Well, we pronounce Martin with the last syllable sounding like the
metal tin (and, of course, without sounding the "r"). My friends and
other Americans since pronounced it as if the "i" did not exist:
"Mart'n". In fact I remember watching "My Favourite Martian" and
they pronounced it like that as well.
This is not a complaint, you understand, merely an observation... :>)
Chris
At 10:04 -0700 19/6/02, Winsor Crosby wrote:
That is a teaser, right? O.K. I will bite. And how is Martin
pronounced "across the pond"?
Language is going to change quickly in a country that has little
respect for education and correct grammar is considered to be some
sort of effete elitism. But I think it probably wrong to think that
the language is preserved in England because it changes there too.
Some years ago a small isolated community in the mountains of
Appalachia was found to be speaking English as it spoken in the
1600s. It did not sound like any modern form of English.
Lets hear it for for President Bush's "noohcular" power. :-)
Winsor
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