Tomato: tuh-muuuh-toe. (Living in both Australia and Canada has destroyed my confidence with this word and I just try to avoid saying it now because it tends to short-circuit my brain and I end up trying to say it both ways at once)
Schedule: SHED-jool (I used to say it the other way but the Americans got to me, I guess)
Genuine: JEN-yoo-in
Versatile: VER-sa-tile
Urinal: YOO-in-uhl
Oregano: or-eh-GAH-no
Aluminium: a-LOO-min-um (which is completely wrong, because we spell it with an I)
Aunt: ahnt.
Route: root (but router is pronounced “ROW-ter” (“row” rhymes with “now”)
Caramel: CA-rah-mull (short A, as in cat)
Greasy: GREE-see.
Processes: PRO-sess-es
Secretary: SEK-reh-TAIR-ee (people say this differently?)
divisive: di-VIE-siv
homage: oh-MAHZH (noun), HAH-midge (verb)
Niger: NIE-jer (country), NEE-zher (river)
tomato: tuh-MAY-toh
potato: puh-TAY-toh
schedule: SKEH-joo-uhl
genuine: JEN-yoo-in (how else can you say it?)
versatile: VER-sit-uhl or VER-sih-tile, with no real distinction
urinal: YOUR-in-al
oregano: ah-REG-ah-noh (except in the phrase “or-eh-GAH-noh, what the hell?”)
aluminum: ah-LOOM-in-um
aunt: AHNT (not “ont”, but then, I don’t think people from some accents are able to hear the difference between O and AH and might hear it ONT)
route: ROOT
router: ROW-tuhr
caramel: CAR-muhl
greasy: I’m not sure, it isn’t a word I use much. I guess I’d say “GREE-see”.
processes: prah-ses-EASE (“prah” isn’t quite right, but the sound is closer to “prah” than “pro”)
tourist: TOUR-ist
secretary: SEK-rih-TARRY
Oregon: or-ih-GAHN
My additions:
either: EYE-thur
attributes: A-trih-byouts (A like in bAt)
Ditto on the first two, but Nee-ZHAIR for the third. That’s what they say in Nee-ZHAIR, after all. NYE-jer is not incorrect, but it does tend to cause confusion with Nigeria. As if Africa didn’t have enough troubles!
VIT-a-mins, not VITE-a-mins
GROSS-er-ees, not GROSH-rees
PRIV-acy, not PRIVE-acy
TREE, not CHREE
ISS-yoo, not ISH-oo (same goes for tissue)
S[H]ure, not SHORE
And, like many Maritimers, when saying OUT, MOUTH, MOUSE, ABOUT - it sounds like OAT, MOATH, MOASE, and ABOAT. Etc and so on.
But we don’t say “ABOOT”!
You should hear me try to wrap my lips around a word like “antiquer”. I invent new words everytime I see that one. Antiquikater, Antiquitter, Antiquitikater…
I’m with that, except that NYE-jer is the river and the birdseed, and nee-ZHER is the country. The folks who live there say it that way, and I have to respect that.
It’s said to be characteristic of people around Boston that they pronounce these three differently. “Marry” would have a short “a” sound, like “cat.” “Merry” has a short “e,” like “pet.” “Mary” is sort of like “Mayree.” Here’s a just-invented tongue-twister: Say “marry merry Mary” three times fast, with a Boston accent.
Me, I pronounce all three the same. Don’t say “merry” much, though.
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