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Re: Pronunciations. Where in America? v. English
Down South they would say JAW-n, with sort of an up-down singsong accent stringing it out, and I dunno how they'd say it on the East Coast, but here in Oregon we say Jon. More like Jahn, ah not aw. If that's any help!
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I live in the South, and almost all of us say "Jon" around here (well, more often "Johnny", but you get the drift). My friend John at work does say "Jawn", but he's from Armagh in Northern Ireland and therefore entitled to talk funny.- Da.
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No offense, but what are you basing your "Down South" pronunciation on?
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My Texan relatives. I'm afraid I didn't do a good job of putting what I meant on e-paper.
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How do you say on, if it's AWN, we're in the same position, if not Jon is just on with a j sound.This is a good example of Yorkshire palance:
http://www.halifax-today.co.uk/specialfeatures/triviatrail/mmp132.htmlAlthough it is correct in saying that it is the older generation who have the most pronounced dialect although I do say nowt, owt, mek, frozzen plus others that aren't on there. It also doesn't mention the dropping of the letter 'h', eg hat becomes 'at, Henry becomes 'enry and it's sometimes done in the middle of words. also not mentioned is running word together, eg 'what a' becomes 'worra', 'ought to' becomes 'oughta' and so one.And here ends the lecture! :D.
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I say Jon, like on with a j.
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