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

J JenTiki Grand Member (1 year) Home of the best rum collection in NC Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 2336	J JenTiki Posted posted on Thu, May 26, 2016 2:29 PM On 2016-05-26 13:43, AceExplorer wrote: 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. Can we get video of each of them saying the same words? And since that soft "T" is sometimes so soft it's hard to hear, we could ask them to specify whether or not they believe those words to have a soft or silent T at the end. Tell them it's "research."

On 2016-05-26 13:43, AceExplorer wrote:
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.

Can we get video of each of them saying the same words? And since that soft "T" is sometimes so soft it's hard to hear, we could ask them to specify whether or not they believe those words to have a soft or silent T at the end. Tell them it's "research."

Post #764265 by JenTiki on Thu, May 26, 2016 2:29 PM