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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Sun shone like Gould #121913 02/02/2004 5:25 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland That is extraordinary. I never knew Americans pronounce "shone" as homophonous with "shown". Round here, it's pronounced "shon", and it's a sign of how rarely the word is used in speech that I've never heard an American say the word on TV or film. Similarly there are two variant pronunciations of "scone". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Sun shone like Gould dxb 02/02/2004 12:45 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould wwh 02/02/2004 12:53 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould TEd Remington 02/02/2004 12:54 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould Buffalo Shrdlu 02/02/2004 1:48 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould AnnaStrophic 02/02/2004 1:56 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould tsuwm 02/02/2004 2:34 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould Faldage 02/02/2004 2:39 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould dxb 02/02/2004 3:09 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould hibernicus 02/02/2004 5:25 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould hibernicus 02/02/2004 5:26 PM 'British'?? Jenet 02/02/2004 5:42 PM Re: 'British'?? Jackie 02/02/2004 6:07 PM Re: 'British'?? Faldage 02/02/2004 6:12 PM Re: 'British'?? hibernicus 02/02/2004 6:48 PM Re: 'British'?? AnnaStrophic 02/02/2004 7:57 PM Re: 'British'?? tsuwm 02/02/2004 8:10 PM Re: 'British'?? Zed 02/02/2004 8:32 PM Re: 'British'?? Capfka 02/02/2004 8:40 PM Re: 'British'?? wwh 02/02/2004 9:21 PM Re: 'British'?? dxb 02/03/2004 10:59 AM Re: 'British'?? Father Steve 02/03/2004 12:37 AM Re: 'British'?? hibernicus 02/03/2004 9:30 AM Re: 'British'?? consuelo 02/03/2004 10:57 AM Re: 'British'?? Faldage 02/03/2004 11:00 AM Re: 'British'?? stales 02/02/2004 11:33 PM Re: 'British'?? consuelo 02/02/2004 11:57 PM Re: 'British'?? Father Steve 02/03/2004 12:34 AM shone gift horse 02/02/2004 10:05 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould sjmaxq 02/02/2004 10:49 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould Faldage 02/03/2004 1:19 AM Re: Sun shone like Gould TEd Remington 02/04/2004 8:09 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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