Comments on: Random Thought of the Moment http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/ the personal blog of Vickie Diablos [citation needed] Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tommy LAM http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-45152 Tommy LAM Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:39:15 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-45152 Btw, you may like to watch "My Fair Lady" for a clue. ;) Btw, you may like to watch “My Fair Lady” for a clue. ;)

]]> By: Tommy LAM http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-45151 Tommy LAM Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:37:31 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-45151 Glad to see this new site. To most of the Hong Kong people (say, me), they seldom consider the effect of the vowel/consonant when the alphabets are individually pronounced. Here are some examples..... A RPG vs. An RPG A mphil vs. An mphil A UFO vs. An UFO My kindergarten teacher pronounced 'eych'. Since then I stick to this convention. It's not until my Undergraduate life that I discovered that *some* native-speakers do pronounce 'hhhh...wen' for the word 'when' instead of simply 'wen'. Perhaps this inherits from the above 'heych-eych' demarcation. Glad to see this new site.

To most of the Hong Kong people (say, me), they seldom consider the effect of the vowel/consonant when the alphabets are individually pronounced.

Here are some examples…..
A RPG vs. An RPG
A mphil vs. An mphil
A UFO vs. An UFO

My kindergarten teacher pronounced ‘eych’. Since then I stick to this convention. It’s not until my Undergraduate life that I discovered that *some* native-speakers do pronounce ‘hhhh…wen’ for the word ‘when’ instead of simply ‘wen’. Perhaps this inherits from the above ‘heych-eych’ demarcation.

]]> By: Kimmy (endless) http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44988 Kimmy (endless) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:16:20 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44988 I didn't know that even the alphabet was different.. I always thought it was just pronunciation of words. That's very interesting. I didn’t know that even the alphabet was different.. I always thought it was just pronunciation of words. That’s very interesting.

]]> By: Amy http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44981 Amy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:47:44 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44981 Ah.. I have an american appalachain dialect (aka southern hick). I am sorry to say it, but I can't help it. Ask a hick why they say "ain't". I'm sure they couldn't tell you lol. As for me, I try to keep my dialect as neutral as possible. Ah.. I have an american appalachain dialect (aka southern hick). I am sorry to say it, but I can’t help it. Ask a hick why they say “ain’t”. I’m sure they couldn’t tell you lol. As for me, I try to keep my dialect as neutral as possible.

]]> By: Kylee http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44979 Kylee Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:44:11 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44979 Very interesting, never heard that before. Lol, my boyfriend is Mexican and he's always saying the weirdest things wrong, he was born in the US and he's bilingual in eng and spanish~ anyways, he does that thing where people say Qwhere, like Cool-Qwhip- they add this little q to the "wh" sound. strange thing language! Very interesting, never heard that before. Lol , my boyfriend is Mexican and he’s always saying the weirdest things wrong, he was born in the US and he’s bilingual in eng and spanish~ anyways, he does that thing where people say Qwhere, like Cool-Qwhip- they add this little q to the “wh” sound. strange thing language!

]]> By: John http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44961 John Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:41:09 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44961 *blink* I never thought about it like this. I'm too busy worried about the grammatical nonsense that Americans butcher to wonder about other grammatics elsewhere! *blink* I never thought about it like this.

I’m too busy worried about the grammatical nonsense that Americans butcher to wonder about other grammatics elsewhere!

]]> By: Kay http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44929 Kay Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:55:38 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44929 It depends...I have an accent. And so does aussie. If we're talking about the same aussie. It depends…I have an accent. And so does aussie. If we’re talking about the same aussie.

]]> By: Emma http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44848 Emma Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:10:27 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44848 *watches Aussie soap Neighbours* Oh yeah lol *watches Aussie soap Neighbours* Oh yeah lol

]]> By: Dre http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44821 Dre Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:31:14 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44821 I never thought about that before, but it's interesting to know that. I don't have any Aussie friends, I only hear Aussies on TV. I never thought about that before, but it’s interesting to know that. I don’t have any Aussie friends, I only hear Aussies on TV.

]]> By: Ashley http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44802 Ashley Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:29:45 +0000 http://vickiepedia.org/2008/03/13/random-thought-of-the-moment/#comment-44802 Interesting... I love grammatical enigmas like this. I'd ask an aussie if I knew one. Interesting… I love grammatical enigmas like this. I’d ask an aussie if I knew one.

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