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Thread: Q: How To Pronounce 'Krayt
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Yaurrada
Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:50 am
#27
RWC wrote:
Theres probably more different accents in England than there are in America, I know alot of players from England and none of them say "Crite". Probably the only person that would is the stereotypical English person that alot of Americans think we speak like.
It's not a matter of whether I think something or not, it's a matter of what I see English people on TV speak like. I have never been to the UK personally so I have not been able to hear it for myself, but unless all of those people you hear on TV, and my friends mother and father are playing one huge joke on us silly Americans, then every English person I have heard is a "steriotypical english person".
Yaurrada
Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:53 am
#28
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CitizenErased
Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:21 pm
#30
while we are on the pronunciation subject, how do you pronounce coronet?
...and carbine? like the gun...
Fellstaff
Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:54 pm
#31
RWC wrote:
Theres probably more different accents in England than there are in America, I know alot of players from England and none of them say "Crite". Probably the only person that would is the stereotypical English person that alot of Americans think we speak like.
Forget accents, most of the differences in England come from dialect. You have many dialects of English, plus Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Irish.
If you wanna get into accents, there are about 25 classifications for 'dialects' in the US. Some of the 'interesting' ones are Cajun English/Fench, Creole, Ozark and Appalacian 
I have a hell of a time understanding our imported Bostonian sometimes
I have a hell of a time understanding our imported Bostonian sometimes
Capt
Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:57 am
#32
CitizenErased wrote:while we are on the pronunciation subject, how do you pronounce coronet?...and carbine? like the gun...
Coronet - 'Coro' like coronation, 'net' as in... net
carbine.. exactly as in the real world - 'car' like the vehicle, 'bine' like the beginning of 'bind'
Sovyen
Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:43 am
#34
Regarding the pronounciation of 'carbine'... while I personally subscribe to the carb+bine (would rhyme with barb+fine), I've also heard 'carbine' pronounced like carb+bean and 'carbineers' subsequently pronounced carb+beaner with the stress on the second syllable. Yeah, I know, it sounds wierd, but Gun Historians on the History Channel wouldn't lie... or would they 
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?As for Coronet, I'm sure cor-o-net is correct, but I personally like the Metropolis Sophisticat pronounciation of Cor-o-nay, may even roll that 'r' for a touchof Euro-galactic-trash resonance .
.Message Edited by Sovyen on 04-15-2005 10:47 AM
Capt
Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:10 am
#35
Sovyen wrote:Regarding the pronounciation of 'carbine'... while I personally subscribe to the carb+bine (would rhyme with barb+fine), I've also heard 'carbine' pronounced like carb+bean and 'carbineers' subsequently pronounced carb+beaner with the stress on the second syllable. Yeah, I know, it sounds wierd, but Gun Historians on the History Channel wouldn't lie... or would they
according to Dictionary.com, both are correct (as far as the last syllabel)
It would never be a '...b-b...' sound though, the there's a syllabel break between the r and b (and there's no 2nd b
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Anosa
Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:16 am
#36
this one id at my school hes a noob and he says craat lol as in crr-at
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