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Looking at the pronunciations listed on this site, I assume that the site is American.
In English, John is pronounced 'Jon' and not 'JAWN' as listed.
Can English pronunciations be added along side of the American ones so that people can decide which accent to speak with ?
In English, John is pronounced 'Jon' and not 'JAWN' as listed.
Can English pronunciations be added along side of the American ones so that people can decide which accent to speak with ?
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This site's pronunciation guide says that the vowel sound AW is the one found in the words CON and BOUGHT.
In my speech the words ON, LAWN, and JOHN rhyme, and COT and CAUGHT are homophones. I believe this is true for most North Americans. Adding British pronunciations would be a difficult undertaking for me. I would like to do it eventually, but don't look for them anytime soon.
Mike
In my speech the words ON, LAWN, and JOHN rhyme, and COT and CAUGHT are homophones. I believe this is true for most North Americans. Adding British pronunciations would be a difficult undertaking for me. I would like to do it eventually, but don't look for them anytime soon.
Mike
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Actually, this site is Canadian.
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Hi Ian,
Where do you want to stop then? I'm sure that the name sounds a little bit different in almost every English dialect and the form John is used in non-English speaking countries as well, so there are more pronunciations to come which are totally different, e.g. "yohn" and "yoon"...
Regards, Satu
Where do you want to stop then? I'm sure that the name sounds a little bit different in almost every English dialect and the form John is used in non-English speaking countries as well, so there are more pronunciations to come which are totally different, e.g. "yohn" and "yoon"...
Regards, Satu
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What is the difference between Jon and JAWN?
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Quite a bit here, Jon has a short vowel sound and JAWN a long one. I can't describe it as I don't know how you say other words, if you catch my drift :)
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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.
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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.html
Although 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.
This is a good example of Yorkshire palance:
http://www.halifax-today.co.uk/specialfeatures/triviatrail/mmp132.html
Although 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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