When listening to the recording of TR, one must consider the recording technology, which didn't have the sensitivity or dynamic range of later methods. The limitations would require exaggerated enunciation, I am sure.
listener8/16/2013 07:35:00 AM "Alan Mary =. Mare'-ee (Mare as in horse) Merry = Meh'-ree Marry = rhymes with Larry and carry (same A as in bass)" Hereabouts they are all pronounced like the female horse, and none like either the low-pitched viol or the fish (formerly barse, BTW). Away back there, is Larry pronounced like "bass-boat" or like "bass fiddle?"
Cat--Away out here merry also rhymes with berry, Jerry and Kerry--and also like Carrie, Mary and marry. I may here it about the same even when pronounced differently, because I expect to hear it about the same.
I shall have to study this. Edith Skinner's program starts with training the ear to hear distinctions.
--Alan
Off to Mountain View to visit with Naomi for her (slightly belated( birthday. The police agencies out here are supposed to start a three-week anti-DUI action all over the state; extra work for me, probably.
Sounds like a fascinating course, Alan. Is it still available, or did you buy the only copy Alibris had? I'd love to listen to it.
To my ear Larry, Barry and marry all rhyme. Mary and Gary rhyme and, well, hmmm, do perhaps have a slightly different sound to the 'a' than Barry etc. But Barry and Jerry do not rhyme. Barry rhymes with the first two syllables of lariat while Jerry rhymes with very.
Curiously, for me berry and bury are homophones, though I gather some people pronounce bury as if it were spelled burry, to rhyme with furry.
At this moment in time I'm drooling over the boxed set of Upstairs Downstairs over at Amazon. I never saw it during the 70s, but picked up on a whole lot during the nineties when PBS was doing it every afternoon. I could do it right this minute by adding my other CC to my account. But my little voice sez as soon's I do that the car will need a license plate, or the dog will break his cable. . . .
Dean! Zounds!
ReplyDeleteWhen listening to the recording of TR, one must consider the recording technology, which didn't have the sensitivity or dynamic range of later methods. The limitations would require exaggerated enunciation, I am sure.
listener8/16/2013 07:35:00 AM
"Alan Mary =. Mare'-ee (Mare as in horse) Merry = Meh'-ree Marry = rhymes with Larry and carry (same A as in bass)"
Hereabouts they are all pronounced like the female horse, and none like either the low-pitched viol or the fish (formerly barse, BTW). Away back there, is Larry pronounced like "bass-boat" or like "bass fiddle?"
Cat--Away out here merry also rhymes with berry, Jerry and Kerry--and also like Carrie, Mary and marry. I may here it about the same even when pronounced differently, because I expect to hear it about the same.
I shall have to study this. Edith Skinner's program starts with training the ear to hear distinctions.
--Alan
Off to Mountain View to visit with Naomi for her (slightly belated( birthday.
The police agencies out here are supposed to start a three-week anti-DUI action all over the state; extra work for me, probably.
"I may here it about the same" should read " I may hear it about the same"
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Sounds like a fascinating course, Alan. Is it still available, or did you buy the only copy Alibris had? I'd love to listen to it.
DeleteTo my ear Larry, Barry and marry all rhyme. Mary and Gary rhyme and, well, hmmm, do perhaps have a slightly different sound to the 'a' than Barry etc. But Barry and Jerry do not rhyme. Barry rhymes with the first two syllables of lariat while Jerry rhymes with very.
Curiously, for me berry and bury are homophones, though I gather some people pronounce bury as if it were spelled burry, to rhyme with furry.
Bass as in fish!
DeleteAt this moment in time I'm drooling over the boxed set of Upstairs Downstairs over at Amazon. I never saw it during the 70s, but picked up on a whole lot during the nineties when PBS was doing it every afternoon. I could do it right this minute by adding my other CC to my account. But my little voice sez as soon's I do that the car will need a license plate, or the dog will break his cable. . . .
ReplyDeleteOf course, also in the running is Downton Abbey. . . . All three seasons.
DeleteAnd The Hunger Games. . . .
Or West Wing. . . .
DeleteOur Library offers Downton Abbey and West Wing... no charge. I sure wouldn't want to watch The Hunger Games alone...!
DeleteI found Upstairs Downstairs tedious and a lite depressing. It doesn't have the splendour of DA.
Deletelite = little
DeleteGo for Upstairs Downstairs. It's wonderful! I was not impressed by what little I saw of Downton Abbey, though Mum likes it.
DeleteThis sounds interesting:
ReplyDeleteAlchemy: Ancient and Modern by H. Stanley Redgrove
Project Gutenberg has a lot more formats available now than the last time I visited.
On the last thread I saw something about "the promise of autumn. It has now returned to the 80s, with 90s promised for the end of the week.
ReplyDeleteThen I go to San Antonio, where 90s is standard.