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Pronounciation
Jul. 2nd, 2006 06:30 pmSome of you may have seen my struggles at trying to ask for water at a restaurant in the United States. I have eventually adopted a strong accent for that one word of my order, in which I leave out the 't' altogether. "Can I have some warda, please?"
I found a worse word at Lowes the other day. Caulk. First he directed me to the cork. Then he looked shocked. (I think he thought I was asking for cock.) Then I eventually spelled it out, letter by letter. It's just not a word that I can find any acceptable pronounciation of with vowels that exist in my idiolect.
Perhaps slowly I will build up my own American practice sentences ("I need some caulk to stop the water from the faucet.."), my own private "Drinkin' Cutty Sark in the park in Harvard Yard I spilled chowder on Marky Mark's trousers." or some such thing.
I found a worse word at Lowes the other day. Caulk. First he directed me to the cork. Then he looked shocked. (I think he thought I was asking for cock.) Then I eventually spelled it out, letter by letter. It's just not a word that I can find any acceptable pronounciation of with vowels that exist in my idiolect.
Perhaps slowly I will build up my own American practice sentences ("I need some caulk to stop the water from the faucet.."), my own private "Drinkin' Cutty Sark in the park in Harvard Yard I spilled chowder on Marky Mark's trousers." or some such thing.
