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Dune mess ear?

Quick pronunciation survey. In each case, pick the one that's closest to your version – it doesn't have to be absolutely exact. (And 'ə' is a schwa, ie. a neutral 'uh' type of vowel sound.)

If you use different pronunciations in different contexts, answer the commonest one and expand in a comment. Likewise if you have a pronunciation that's not like any of the options…

[Poll #1729985]
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[identity profile] secondhand-rick.livejournal.com 2011-04-15 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Smart arse. How about Southampton?

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2011-04-15 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Saaaaaaarmpn, I think. Not sure on that one, though.

[identity profile] secondhand-rick.livejournal.com 2011-04-15 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
The only sentence I can still hear in my grandfather's 'voice' is 'Goan down Sampton, sarf'dee'.

[identity profile] mr-malk.livejournal.com 2011-04-15 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Holborn" confused me for ages. Pronounce it anything like it's spelt and parochial Londoners contrive to affect complete ignorance.

Assuming my very best (i.e. most grotesquely parodied) "Saaand a'Bow-Behwz" accent turns it into Owb'n (like the town near the Isle of Mull in NW Scotland - only more so.

[identity profile] secondhand-rick.livejournal.com 2011-04-15 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I still have trouble with Hoebunn as well.
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