Re: Re: Okay Eric....
Which of the following would you pick, and what would you propose to do to the rest of them:
British English (choose one of countless different pronunciation schemes)
Irish English
Scottish English
American English
American Southern English
American Western/Middle North English
American New England English
American New Jersey English
American New York English
American Creole English
Canadian English
Jamaican English
African American English
Spanglish
Singapore English
Australian English
New Zealand English
All of them use different pronunciations for many different words. I'm sure that others can easily expand this list as well. Perhaps someone could expound on the various pronunciation schemes of the UK.
Tiberius said:
Prescriptive! IMO, there should be one set pronounciation for the words of the language to which all speakers should be held accountable, rather than having dictionaries full of the most recent mangling of spoken English.
-Tiberius
Which of the following would you pick, and what would you propose to do to the rest of them:
British English (choose one of countless different pronunciation schemes)
Irish English
Scottish English
American English
American Southern English
American Western/Middle North English
American New England English
American New Jersey English
American New York English
American Creole English
Canadian English
Jamaican English
African American English
Spanglish
Singapore English
Australian English
New Zealand English
All of them use different pronunciations for many different words. I'm sure that others can easily expand this list as well. Perhaps someone could expound on the various pronunciation schemes of the UK.

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