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Encaitare · 10-13-2005, 09:15 PM

...when you're so used to pronouncing the "au" dipthong as ow, like in Sauron, that you suddenly have problems pronouncing Chaucer correctly, with the "au" as aw. I've been trying so hard to get it right, and it keeps inadvertently coming out as Chowcer...

10-13-2005, 09:15 PM	#1888
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Linguistically dorky ...when you're so used to pronouncing the "au" dipthong as ow, like in Sauron, that you suddenly have problems pronouncing Chaucer correctly, with the "au" as aw. I've been trying so hard to get it right, and it keeps inadvertently coming out as Chowcer...