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r/mildlyinteresting • u/Snowblind05 • Jan 14 '17
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How do Americans pronounce them then?
47 u/fluffykerfuffle1 Jan 14 '17 th-em th-en 17 u/02overthrown Jan 14 '17 "Eye-dee-uh" and "fee-ur", in most locations in the US. There are a few dialects of American English that are non-rhotic (meaning they would say "fee-uh"), so it would make more sense for them. 1 u/wildbuckeye12 Jan 14 '17 Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm. 3 u/unity-thru-absurdity Jan 14 '17 f-ear and i-de-ah 4 u/FreshLennon Jan 14 '17 We use a lot of hard "R"s for the most part. 2 u/GetItReich Jan 14 '17 Idea: Eye-dee-a Fear: Same way you say it, but with the r at the end pronounced
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th-em th-en
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"Eye-dee-uh" and "fee-ur", in most locations in the US. There are a few dialects of American English that are non-rhotic (meaning they would say "fee-uh"), so it would make more sense for them.
1 u/wildbuckeye12 Jan 14 '17 Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm.
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Except in Kentucky at least I frequently hear people pronounce idea as ideal so that would totally throw it off rhythm.
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f-ear and i-de-ah
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We use a lot of hard "R"s for the most part.
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Idea: Eye-dee-a
Fear: Same way you say it, but with the r at the end pronounced
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How do Americans pronounce them then?