A local commercial has a voiceover saying ‘Make it happen, Captain!’ This sounds off to me. I think Captain should be pronounced Cap’n in order to match happen.
Do you prefer ‘Make it happen, Cap’n!’, which more closely rhymes; or ‘Make it happen, Captain!’, which properly pronounces the title?
Smoke me a kipper, Skipper; I’ll be back to check the poll.
Well, the way I say it, I’d probably spell it Cap’n, but it really doesn’t rhyme. It’s the ca of cat, followed by a glottal stop while my lips close to make an M, not an N. I guess I could say happen the same way, but I wonder if it would be recognizable.