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Old 09-07-2007, 03:14 PM   #92 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by akuma View Post
I first thought New York was 'New Ya-ouk.' A hard part of english for Japanese or Koreans are one syllable works like 'york.' We will want to stretch it to two via 'yo-rk' with it sometimes sounding like "yo-rk'a".

At least the english in Queens was not as mangled as it is in the Bronx or Brooklyn.

As for Zee or Zed, I was forced into accepting the Zee way. My American teachers were very ignorant about Zed. I was not rebellious enough in school to start a fight about the proper pronounciation of Z.

My daughter's first day in an American school, aged 9, she asked the teacher for a rubber, or an eraser in American parlance.

The teacher was quite taken aback.

I find most Americans don't have much knowledge of what happens outside their country. Often I am mistaken for an Australian although the accent is very different.
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