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Re: We talk about the slaughter of spellings, what about pronunciations?
by Llewella (penguiny7)
3/25/2011, 3:40 AM
in reply to a message by BellaMiaBambini
In my accent DON-tay and DAHN-tay are the same thing! So I suppose I'd say it the way you pronounce it? And I'd say Sofia like sophie-a, too, but I can hear the difference if I try to say sof-EE-a.
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- Caitlin žita (earthnut)
3/25/2011, 3:17 PM
Me too. DON-tay and DAHN-tay are the same to me. DON to rhyme with bonbon or John, not donut. I'm in the NW US.But I do say Sofia like so-FEE-ah, same as Sophia.
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- Dracotorix   +1
3/25/2011, 12:02 PM
I assumed that DON-tay meant they were saying it like the "don" in "donuts". Or maybe she meant that they say it like more the "o" in "song"?
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- BellaMiaBambini (bellamiasofia)
3/26/2011, 12:36 AM
An Australian accent sounds very different to an American accent, and it's hard to explain the difference without actually hearing it. When we say Dante, the Dan bit sounds more like dun ( rhymes with nun) than don. If that makes sense.
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