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I got a kick out of today's pronunciation guide:
Boston marriage (BOS-tuhn MAR-ij, BAW-stuhn -) noun
... shoulda included (BAH-stn)
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Please forgive my ignorance:
How is Boston pronounced any differently than BAW-stun?
I seem to recall hearing a nasal twang - (a as in cat) as in BAA-stn.
Is there some other way to pronounce Boston?
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Ooof, it's not ignorance CB. Over the years, being here at AWAD, I've learned that every[/] word is pronounced differently somewhere else in the world.
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That's fine, belMarduk.
What confuses me a little is that BOS-tuhn and BAW-stuhn sound too much alike to my ear.
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Well they way I've heard them is like this
BOS-tuhn: the OS is pronounced like the A in ball.
BAW-stuhn: The AW is pronounced like the AA in BAA (like a sheep's baa-baa)
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Acshully, in BOS -tuhn, the "Bos" is pronounced exactly the same as "boss". Course, if you're a USn you'll mispronounce "boss" anyways, saying something which sounds to my antipodean ear like "baws". I've been to your Boston a coupla times, but I've been to the real Boston more often. And that's how they pronounce it. Deepest, darkest Lincolnshire!
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Well, Cap, your understanding of the "boss" pronunciation clears the rest of it *up quite nicely.
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Yeah, all except for this part...
...if you're a USn you'll mispronounce "boss" anyways, saying something which sounds to my antipodean ear like "baws". I've been to your Boston a coupla times, but I've been to the real Boston more often. And that's how they pronounce it. Deepest, darkest Lincolnshire!
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This looks like a jhob for jheem and his bag of magic IPAs!
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