misterdoctor to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 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-square36fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14
arrow-up189arrow-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 • 3 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-square@BlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 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.workslinkfedilink1•3 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.