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ariel · 24th January 2006, 07:45 AM

Q: Why do Americans pronounce "schedule" as "sk-edule" instead of correct British : "sh-edule"?
A: That's how they learned it in "sh-ool".

Rick · 24th January 2006, 03:26 PM

BTW Ariel : "Ah pahked mah cah" is in fact incorrect (although it might be the way Mark bowditch would say it as a confused Yankee that moved South)

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We would say " Eye pahrked my cahr " there is a hint of a vestigial 'r' left in there .

But if you ever visit Boston leave your trailing 'g's' at home 'cause yer goin to Bahstin ta do some partyin' .

drdavid · 27th January 2006, 10:45 AM

Hey Rick

Quote:

the Forbes's speak only to Cabots and the Cabots speak only to God

is that a line of Robert Lowell poetry or just a saying from the home of the Red Sox. Excuse my ignorance I am just a downunder Aussie.

Rick · 27th January 2006, 03:55 PM

LOL ; never read Lowell ; guess I'll have to now .

I don't know if he scribbled that or if it's just traditional .

BTW Here's an interesting book :
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

" Tis a wonder to be in Boston ,
The home of the bean and the cod .
Where the Forbes speak only to Cabots,
And the Cabots speak only to God ."

24th January 2006, 07:45 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Q: Why do Americans pronounce "schedule" as "sk-edule" instead of correct British : "sh-edule"? A: That's how they learned it in "sh-ool".

24th January 2006, 03:26 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	BTW Ariel : "Ah pahked mah cah" is in fact incorrect (although it might be the way Mark bowditch would say it as a confused Yankee that moved South) . We would say " Eye pahrked my cahr " there is a hint of a vestigial 'r' left in there . But if you ever visit Boston leave your trailing 'g's' at home 'cause yer goin to Bahstin ta do some partyin' .

27th January 2006, 03:55 PM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	LOL ; never read Lowell ; guess I'll have to now . I don't know if he scribbled that or if it's just traditional . BTW Here's an interesting book : Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World " Tis a wonder to be in Boston , The home of the bean and the cod . Where the Forbes speak only to Cabots, And the Cabots speak only to God ."