"How to pronounce."

[Horace]

You wouldn't call your Ford Taurus a Trus. So don't call your restaurant a restraunt.

[kluurs]

We all have our favorites. I have a friend who claims I can make the word "ruined" into 3 syllables - Ru-in-duh as opposed to the more accepted roond.

[Catseye3]

@kluurs said in "How to pronounce.":

as opposed to the more accepted roond.

Really? I always pronounced it ROO-ind.

[jon-nyc]

@kluurs said in "How to pronounce.":

Ru-in-duh as opposed to the more accepted roond.

Philistine. Nobody, I mean nobody, accepts that.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in "How to pronounce.":

Philistine.

Pronounced phil-IS-tinny

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes

Pee-Hilly-Steyn

[Renauda]

In American movies and TV my ear always hears the word vehicle pronounced Vee-hickel.

Around these parts the “h” is devocalised or silent so the word sounds as Vee-ickle.

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[jon-nyc]

@Renauda said in "How to pronounce.":

In American movies and TV my ear always hears the word vehicle pronounced Vee-hickel.

Around these parts the “h” is devocalised or silent so the word sounds as Vee-ickle.

I think only a certain type of sheriff deputy pronounces it that way. I never have done so.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in "How to pronounce.":

@Renauda said in "How to pronounce.":

In American movies and TV my ear always hears the word vehicle pronounced Vee-hickel.

Around these parts the “h” is devocalised or silent so the word sounds as Vee-ickle.

I think only a certain type of sheriff deputy pronounces it that way. I never have done so.

It's de rigueur in Appalachia. Seriously, that's the standard.