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Old March 27, 2017, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by aleCcowaN View Post
Really!? Do you always pronounce "I am" and never "I'm" (or "they're", or whatever)?
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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Do you watch a program pronounced "Britain has got Talent"?
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 View Post
Do you always say "/eɪ/ car" and never "/e/ car" and not in the least "/ə/ car" no matter what speed you talk?
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 View Post
Are you an RP native speaker, like less than 2% of Britain's population?
Yes, I am

(Note the stressed form "I am". In a sentence I would always say "I'm")
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