|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
Can I ask those from N. America how they would pronounce the word 'deaths'? My colleague from the US (Nebraska and California I believe) had occasion to use this word several times this morning, and his pronunciation was (approximately given the limitations of this system) /dez/, while I would pronounce it /deths/, where th = voiceless dental fricative.
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
Were you hearing your colleague face to face or was it over some (possibly low fidelity) electronic medium as a telephone?
I would pronounce it with an unvoiced dental fricative and an unvoiced sibilant. If pronounced with a voiced dental fricative and a voiced sibilant the voiced fricative could easily get lost in the sibilant in low fidelity reproduction.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
if my dentals aren't fricasseed, I think I'm with you.
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
I've always preferred chicken fricassee, with consonant clusters for dessert.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773 |
I say "deths", not "dez".
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
Oh, yeah. Like Sparteye, I say /deths/. When I have to.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124 |
We say "they all be daid". Note 'daid' properly has at least two syllables (as does 'two')...
'deths' for me
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
It was a face to face encounter. I shall have to work other -ths words into the conversation to see what he does with them. Do we have any members from Nebraska or thereabouts? (I must confess to being a trifle vague as to where exactly it is.)
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
Nebraska is in the center of the US, in what we call the Great Plains. I lived a lot of my life out in those parts, and I have always said deths. but then, I'm edumacated...
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065 |
Well, yes, I knew it was in the middle somewhere. But that's an awful lot of somewhere.
Bingley
Bingley
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,317
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
596
guests, and
1
robot. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
