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Originally Posted by aleCcowaN
Really!? Do you always pronounce "I am" and never "I'm" (or "they're", or whatever)?
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These are not examples of bad pronunciation. These elisions have been part of the English language for centuries, and are perfectly correct English. (But I would never use "whatever" in that context
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Originally Posted by aleCcowaN
Do you watch a program pronounced "Britain has got Talent"?
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Only when I have to. The level of English on that program is deplorable.
By the way - the program is called "
Britain's got Talent" which is correct English.
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Originally Posted by aleCcowaN
Do you always say "/eɪ/ car" and never "/e/ car" and not in the least "/ə/ car" no matter what speed you talk?
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This is a red herring. OED gives the schwa as standard for the indefinite article a, and /eɪ/ for a stressed form. e.g. can I have a biscuit? (schwa). Here are two biscuits! But I asked for
a biscuit (/eɪ/). This is exactly how I pronounce it.
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Originally Posted by aleCcowaN
Are you an RP native speaker, like less than 2% of Britain's population?
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Yes, I am
(Note the stressed form "I am". In a sentence I would always say "I'm")