- Joined
- Sep 29, 2007
- Messages
- 123,261
- Reaction score
- 27,819
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- Political Leaning
- Independent
“When i was a student there were two words that have now changed their pronunciation. Appalachian and Caribbean.”
C’mon, Bodi, slow afternoon?
Yes, but lets look at this more closely and see what you just left out...
When i was a student there were two words that have now changed their pronunciation. Appalachian and Caribbean.
Appalachian is now spoken as though the second ‘a’ is spoken as ‘ahh.’ I was taught that the second ‘a’ was a ‘sharp’ a ( I can’t think of an example.)
Appilaechian?
Caribbean is the other one that comes to mind.
I was taught hat it was Caribian, and now it seems that the proper pronunciation is Caribeean, anyone old enough to help me ?
When you were a student you were taught that... so again, You said that when you were in school you were taught how to pronounce those words. Generally, in school, the one teaching you is a teacher. Since you did not change anything in between "when I was in school" and "you were taught" the only logical assumption can be that you were taught in school...