And, for a follow-up

[undyingking]

because I forgot these, and it wouldn't let me add them into the same entry:

[Poll #1730021]

Bah, that's going to make analysis a bit of a pain. Ah well.

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

How about "dual"? ;)

I note that I pronounce "jewel" differently depending on whether it is, or is not, part of the word "jewellery".

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

??

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

"jool" vs "jooelery". Or close to that.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Aha, interesting. I say 'joolry' pretty much, I think. (Not that I have occasion to talk about it all that much…)

[queenortart.livejournal.com]

I do exactly the same :) Oooh Shiny!

EDIT - ooh that's interesting though we chose dfferent options for the pronunciation.

I think i saw jooel but the e is really little whereas I say jooEllery

[http://users.livejournal.com/_alanna/]

Not sure of the phonetics of your 2nd option for jewel... but the other two aren't quite what I say, so I chose it ;)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

It's meant to represent a sort of 'uh' sound, so probably 'joo-ul' (or maybe 'joo-wul') might have been clearer, sorry!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_alanna/]

Excellent, then that's the one I should have chosen :)

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

I selected jooəl, but I'm certain that I articulate another sound after the "j", albeit weakly, making it more like "jyooəl". I sometimes notice myself doing it, and think it sounds a bit prissy.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Ah, interesting: I associate an exagerrated version of that with panto villains and the like: "jee-oo-wəl".

Does that also come in on words such as jewish, juniper, juice?

[ninthcouncil.livejournal.com]

"Juice", yes, "Jewish" and "juniper", no - it seems as if a second, fully enunciated syllable kills it off. It also doesn't affect "jew" - in fact, if I say that with the interpolated "y", it takes on a suggestion of distaste and actually sounds quite offensive.

[cardinalsin.livejournal.com]

I chose dyoo, but I think my pronunciation is closer to dyew.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, I thought about having that as a variation but I decided it would make it too complicated. Vowel sounds another time!