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rhiannon55

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10. Thanks for your explanation, tblue37

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 21, 2017, 09:05 AM

Sep 2017

I was being a cranky English major about it. I assumed ignorance (not know how to spell the word), when it's really a linguistic thing.

I will stop being cranky about it. 😊

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I know this isn't important [View all] rhiannon55 Sep 2017 OP

Jimmy Carter did that all the time BeyondGeography Sep 2017 #1

What people? Shell_Seas Sep 2017 #2

I hear pundits do it rhiannon55 Sep 2017 #7

Because the velar R sound has the tongue humped in the middle with the tip down. raging moderate Sep 2017 #3

So physical as well as cultural differences? SharonClark Sep 2017 #6

Pronunciations are usually learned at home. SharonClark Sep 2017 #4

I'd never really thought about that. I tend to say "importUnt," I believe. Glorfindel Sep 2017 #5

So you say hich, hat, hen, here, and hy? SharonClark Sep 2017 #9

Of course not. I'm from the southern Appalachians, and I pronounce the "hw" in those words. Glorfindel Sep 2017 #11

Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. SharonClark Sep 2017 #14

It is part of the natural evolution of language to elide some sounds, especially tblue37 Sep 2017 #8

Thanks for your explanation, tblue37 rhiannon55 Sep 2017 #10

Depends on where you grew up. cbreezen Sep 2017 #12

LOL malaise Sep 2017 #13

I pronounce it "Throat Warbler Mangrove"... First Speaker Sep 2017 #15

Thank you, Mr. Luxury Yacht. Iggo Sep 2017 #17

I pronounce it "imPOR?unt" rock Sep 2017 #16