Now THIS is what I call a pose...

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Nah, Brian Adams is ok. Now Howie Mandel is another matter. Sorry,
but he just seems to annoy me. LOL.
Helen

As far as I can see, the only difference between Canadians and Americans is
when they pronounce the word, "about". With us Americans, it rhymes with "A
shout", and with Canadians, it rhymes with, "A boot".

John McWilliams wrote:
Pudentame wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:40:33 -0700, William Graham wrote:


http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/veil.html

Ha! - You're right....I've always misspelled it, and (in fact)
thought of it as a veil, and not as a vale....
I'm 71, and I still learn something new almost every day....

As you are still just a youth I will make allowances.....


Yup. Same "vale" as what holds the "shadow of death" where you're
supposed to "fear no evil".

But I also like the veil of tears. That's a veil that got caught in the
paper shredder.....


Never heard of that, although I have heard of the neck-tie of tears.

On Jun 4, 5:00 pm, "William Graham" wrote:
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Nah, Brian Adams is ok. Now Howie Mandel is another matter. Sorry,
but he just seems to annoy me. LOL.
Helen

As far as I can see, the only difference between Canadians and Americans is
when they pronounce the word, "about". With us Americans, it rhymes with "A
shout", and with Canadians, it rhymes with, "A boot".

I pronounce it "about" which rhymes with "shout", just like you.
Helen

Pudentame wrote:
John McWilliams wrote:
Pudentame wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:40:33 -0700, William Graham wrote:


http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/veil.html

Ha! - You're right....I've always misspelled it, and (in fact)
thought of it as a veil, and not as a vale....
I'm 71, and I still learn something new almost every day....

As you are still just a youth I will make allowances.....


Yup. Same "vale" as what holds the "shadow of death" where you're
supposed to "fear no evil".

But I also like the veil of tears. That's a veil that got caught in
the paper shredder.....


Never heard of that, although I have heard of the neck-tie of tears.

You have to pronounce "tears" so it rhymes with "pears"...

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On Jun 4, 5:00 pm, "William Graham" wrote:
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Nah, Brian Adams is ok. Now Howie Mandel is another matter. Sorry,
but he just seems to annoy me. LOL.
Helen

As far as I can see, the only difference between Canadians and Americans
is
when they pronounce the word, "about". With us Americans, it rhymes with
"A
shout", and with Canadians, it rhymes with, "A boot".

I pronounce it "about" which rhymes with "shout", just like you.
Helen

Well, the difference is sometimes quite subtle.....Sometimes there is just a
hint of "boot" in the word....Especially if they have lived down here for a
long time, like Alex Trebec has.....but it is the only difference that I
have ever been able to hear in the pronunciation of English between the two
countries......

William Graham wrote:
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Nah, Brian Adams is ok. Now Howie Mandel is another matter. Sorry,
but he just seems to annoy me. LOL.
Helen

As far as I can see, the only difference between Canadians and Americans is
when they pronounce the word, "about". With us Americans, it rhymes with "A
shout", and with Canadians, it rhymes with, "A boot".


You will hear that pronunciation in the Appalachian Mountains in
Virginia, also; perhaps other parts of Appalachia, though I haven't
heard it. Some linguists claim that pronunciations and speech patterns
in that area is the closest we have today to seventeenth century England.
Allen

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William Graham wrote:
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Nah, Brian Adams is ok. Now Howie Mandel is another matter. Sorry,
but he just seems to annoy me. LOL.
Helen

As far as I can see, the only difference between Canadians and Americans
is when they pronounce the word, "about". With us Americans, it rhymes
with "A shout", and with Canadians, it rhymes with, "A boot".


You will hear that pronunciation in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia,
also; perhaps other parts of Appalachia, though I haven't heard it. Some
linguists claim that pronunciations and speech patterns in that area is
the closest we have today to seventeenth century England.
Allen

Interesting. I know that the best English construction I have heard spoken
is from individuals from the deep South. Especially from Louisiana and one
friend from Georgia. But this was not pronunciation, but construction.....If
the accent is so bad that you can't understand the language, then perfect
construction is of little consequence......:^)

William Graham wrote:

I'm 71, and I still learn something new almost every day....


We will be starting your Cleopatra Acceptance courses next week.





mike

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William Graham wrote:

I'm 71, and I still learn something new almost every day....


We will be starting your Cleopatra Acceptance courses next week.

Will Elizabeth Taylor be teaching it?

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:30:05 -0700, William Graham wrote:

I'm 71, and I still learn something new almost every day....


We will be starting your Cleopatra Acceptance courses next week.

Will Elizabeth Taylor be teaching it?

If she is, show her the respect she's owed. Don't be an asp.