Pho·net′i·cal·ly speaking: Examining the proper pronunciation of our favorite cocktail terms - Tiki Drinks and Food

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Thu, May 26, 2016 1:43 PM If any of you will be attending The Hukilau this year, a number of good spiritists (heh) will be there and will be able to comment on some of these questions. Ed Hamilton, Martin Cate, Jeff Berry, among others. Maybe I'll run around and ask these folks the same set of question and see what they say and then report results here. I think agreeing to disagree is a good approach since there may be multiple takes on these by multiple knowledgeable people. We know that various cultures and languages modify their pronunciations based on their own home country's approaches to various letter combinations. For example, we anglicize a lot of stuff, and others do the same with their pronunciations. The silent vs. non-silent "t" is an example of that. Fun stuff, eh? Nerdy, but fun.

If any of you will be attending The Hukilau this year, a number of good spiritists (heh) will be there and will be able to comment on some of these questions. Ed Hamilton, Martin Cate, Jeff Berry, among others. Maybe I'll run around and ask these folks the same set of question and see what they say and then report results here.

I think agreeing to disagree is a good approach since there may be multiple takes on these by multiple knowledgeable people. We know that various cultures and languages modify their pronunciations based on their own home country's approaches to various letter combinations. For example, we anglicize a lot of stuff, and others do the same with their pronunciations. The silent vs. non-silent "t" is an example of that.

Fun stuff, eh? Nerdy, but fun.

Post #764262 by AceExplorer on Thu, May 26, 2016 1:43 PM