How do you pronounce Aodhnait?
How do you pronounce Aodhnait?
Aodhnait (phonetically: ey-neht)2020年1月29日
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Why don’t we pronounce the h in herb?
Our American cousins seem sometimes to arbitrarily decide that they shall pronounce a word in the French style even if it has been an English word for nearly a thousand years. Thus they leave the “h” silent in herb, just as the French do. They pronounce the last “t” in trait when other English users often prefer tray
What do British call their parents?
The UK generally goes with “mum” and “dad”, the Irish with “mam” (mammie). Down south (towards London) it’s pronounced “m-uh-m”, whereas up north (towards Scotland, Manchester) they pronounce it “m-ooh-m”
Why do Brits say me instead of my?
Saying ‘me’ instead of ‘my’ is a very common speech habit along with several others of a similar sort but it does generally indicate a luck of academic education
Why do the Irish say me instead of my?
There was always, as there is now, a strong connection between Liverpool and Ireland. When it became popular to say ‘me’ instead of ‘my’ in Merseyside in the late 19th century, Liverpudlians settling in Ireland got the Irish used to saying ‘me’ instead of ‘my’. It just spread throughout the whole of Ireland after that.
Why do pirates say me instead of my?
In Middle English, “my” before a consonant was indeed pronounced just like the modern “me”, while “me” would have been pronounced similar to the modern “may”. “My” = phonetically “Mee” is the correct older pronunciation.
Why do pirates have an Irish accent?
Here’s the standard explanation: During the Golden Age of Piracy, in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, many English pirates came from this region. Upon discovering that his pirate character was from the West Country, he decided to use the appropriate accent
Why do Northerners say aye?
What is the status of ‘aye? ‘ General impressions suggest that ‘aye’ means ‘yes’ in Scotland, a chunk of Northern England, and presumably Northern Ireland