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[Facts] Re: Well, I get around plenty *LOL*
by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
7/3/2006, 12:15 PM
in reply to a message by Lillian
Well, this being July 3 there aren't many people around my university to ask today. My colleague who was raised in Los Angeles says Saw-yer. My colleague who was raised in central Illinois says Soy-er. However, this is obviously one of those differences that is hard to hear for people who aren't linguistically trained. I was sure she was saying Saw-yer myself even though she believes she says Soy-er. Don't know if that's more her mouth or my ears; probably a combination of both. :)
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Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Lillian  ·  6/30/2006, 3:02 PM
•SOY-er, and LOY-er as well. I'm from California. nt  ·  Julia  ·  7/14/2006, 5:57 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  7/5/2006, 1:37 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Lillian  ·  7/5/2006, 4:30 PM
•SOY-yer  ·  Jocelyn  ·  7/5/2006, 12:18 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Aiver  ·  7/4/2006, 11:53 AM
•SOY-er and "attorney" ;o) (m)  ·  Cambria  ·  7/4/2006, 8:47 AM
•My boyfriend, from Springfield Missouri says SAW-yer and LAW-yer  ·  Elemmennope  ·  7/4/2006, 12:33 AM
•Oh, and I'm from Colorado. SOY-er and LOY-er for me. nt  ·  Elemmennope  ·  7/4/2006, 12:35 AM
•Soyer and loyer in South Africa n/t  ·  Anneza  ·  7/2/2006, 11:40 PM
•SOY-er and LOY-er n/t (Ontario, Canada)  ·  Agata  ·  7/1/2006, 11:59 PM
•SOY-er and LOY-er, too  ·  Seiele  ·  7/1/2006, 1:16 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Kelseyyy  ·  6/30/2006, 9:10 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Array  ·  6/30/2006, 8:32 PM
•In Australia it's definitely SOY-er and LOY-er :-) nt  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/30/2006, 8:29 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Tassiegirl  ·  6/30/2006, 7:34 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/30/2006, 5:42 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Agata  ·  7/2/2006, 12:02 AM
•Well, I get around plenty *LOL*  ·  Lillian  ·  6/30/2006, 7:14 PM
•Re: Well, I get around plenty *LOL*  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  7/3/2006, 12:15 PM
•And adding...  ·  Lillian  ·  6/30/2006, 7:19 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Bri  ·  6/30/2006, 5:00 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Kathryn  ·  6/30/2006, 4:52 PM
•Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally  ·  Sabrina  ·  6/30/2006, 3:48 PM