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Re: British people and their alphabet
Posted By: Beasty, on host 194.201.13.162
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2000, at 07:26:18
In Reply To: Re: British people and their alphabet posted by Howard on Wednesday, December 13, 2000, at 06:33:48:

> How do you Brits pronouce the y? Do you blow in or out? I say wy,not why.

We say wy. Only posh people pronounce the aitch

> Is Wales pronounced the same as Whales?

Yes


> And how about those words that begin with X? Do you use a zee sound or a zed?

Depends on the word. Xylophone has a Zye sound to it, Xenophobe a Zee and Xerox a Zere.

> And do you pronounce the u in flavour and colour? I'll bet you put an Oh in front of 'possum, too.

I only ever say flave-er or flave-or, i.e. only two syllables

We don't have possums in England so it doesn't really arise.

> How"flav oh you are"ard

Bea "I say po-tay-toe..." sty