misterdoctor to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 6 months agoIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?message-square35fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?misterdoctor to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 6 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-square@BlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoLiving on the west coast of Canada, where we talk about Tsunamis fairly regularly, I’ve never heard anyone add a T sound to Tsunami at the start. Only Sue-Nah-Me
minus-square@jbrains@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilink1•6 months agoHow strange. I never pronounced it any other way. I don’t think of it as a regionalism. I grew up near Toronto.
Living on the west coast of Canada, where we talk about Tsunamis fairly regularly, I’ve never heard anyone add a T sound to Tsunami at the start. Only Sue-Nah-Me
How strange. I never pronounced it any other way. I don’t think of it as a regionalism. I grew up near Toronto.