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ooby_doobyAshland, Virginia USA957 Threads 29 Polls 7,670 PostsWhy do the British say conTROversy putting the accent on the second syllable while at the same time they say CONtributing putting the accent on the first syllable? In both cases these words are pronounced wrong. No wonder when Brits speak they are so hard to understand.
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ooby_dooby: Why do the British say conTROversy putting the accent on the second syllable while at the same time they say CONtributing putting the accent on the first syllable? In both cases these words are pronounced wrong. No wonder when Brits speak they are so hard to understand.
Am guessing because they invented the language
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ooby_dooby: Why do the British say conTROversy putting the accent on the second syllable while at the same time they say CONtributing putting the accent on the first syllable? In both cases these words are pronounced wrong. No wonder when Brits speak they are so hard to understand.
I think you might get different pronunciations in different parts of England., The pronunciation and accent vary considerably, for example you probably wouldn't be able to understand a thick Newcastle accent
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ooby_dooby: Why do the British say conTROversy putting the accent on the second syllable while at the same time they say CONtributing putting the accent on the first syllable? In both cases these words are pronounced wrong. No wonder when Brits speak they are so hard to understand.
We say CONtroversy and conTRIButing.
But then we are neither Brits nor yanks
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Who were first stealing the word ""syllable".
Brits or Yankes
Brits or Yankes
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ooby_dooby: Why do the British say conTROversy putting the accent on the second syllable while at the same time they say CONtributing putting the accent on the first syllable? In both cases these words are pronounced wrong. No wonder when Brits speak they are so hard to understand.
Right in your own backyard, meaning the U.S., there is a group of people who say words differently then you and I do.
For instance, they say ... Open the doh for door
They say powlice (with a long O) instead of police. The way we say it is we turn the O into an A making it sound like pahlice.
As long as I know what someone means I don't have a problem with the way they say it.
However, I was having lunch with a friend and her friend one day. Her friend was from Scotland. When she finished speaking I asked my friend What did she say
Very difficult to understand.Hang in there Oobs.
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secretagent09: Right in your own backyard, meaning the U.S., there is a group of people who say words differently then you and I do.
For instance, they say ... Open the doh for door
They say powlice (with a long O) instead of police. The way we say it is we turn the O into an A making it sound like pahlice.
As long as I know what someone means I don't have a problem with the way they say it.
However, I was having lunch with a friend and her friend one day. Her friend was from Scotland. When she finished speaking I asked my friend What did she say Very difficult to understand.
Hang in there Oobs.
For instance, they say ... Open the doh for door
They say powlice (with a long O) instead of police. The way we say it is we turn the O into an A making it sound like pahlice.
As long as I know what someone means I don't have a problem with the way they say it.
However, I was having lunch with a friend and her friend one day. Her friend was from Scotland. When she finished speaking I asked my friend What did she say Very difficult to understand.
Hang in there Oobs.
A thick Belfast accent is as difficult to understand as a thiclient Scottish accent.
Both need subtitles
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or a strong cork one molly 
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Let me just leave this here.... English is Crazy!
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it's holding that stiff upper lip that prevents them from using their tongues properly.
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Bogart_1960: Let me just leave this here.... English is Crazy!
And then there's the accents.
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Aragorn11: And then there's the accents.
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Aragorn11: And then there's the accents.
fabulous
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Conrad73: yep,especially the "English" of Queen Victoria!
BTW,which Spanish are you talking about?
BTW,which Spanish are you talking about?
mmm I shall await the Elaborate answer from him, mayhap Eloquence, yet maybe hummingbird.
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sophiasummer: mmm I shall await the Elaborate answer from him, mayhap Eloquence, yet maybe hummingbird.
i'm so trying
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Bogart_1960: fabulous I've had some amazing experiences...
Love Michael McIntyre
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Lookin4missright: i'm so trying
humming bird is a hard act to hold,
like you
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sweeper2: or a strong cork one molly
Sweeeps, you know I need subtitles for yours
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sophiasummer: humming bird is a hard act to hold,
like you
like you
i'd love to hold you hummingbird, as you are a spunkybum
Love Sittinglookin
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