There is a phenomenon called compression or smoothing. That's in the work when you hear "kris-chin". Similarly, 5 syllable pronunciation of California contains similar process; ditto for the 2 syllable pronunciation of India. You observe it wherever you see vowel digraphs that require 2 syllable pronunciation in the "preacher speak".
In some cases, you end up deleting the latter vowel: indinapolis for "indianapolis", for instance.
There are some idiots out there that tell you to avoid these non-standard pronunciations. Master non-standard prounciations and find why they have been pronouced that way by a large group of native speakers. If you know the why, you are on the right track, since that knowledge is subconscious to native speakers.
this is where the shit hits the fan, where the pedal hits the metal and where the rubber hits the road.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
smoothing, Indianapolis, Indinapolis
http://www.englishforums.com/English/KrisChinKrisCheeChristian/pcwgc/post.htm#1265511
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment