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You know, certain words are said to have more than one pronunciation, such as Scone, Book, Look, Garage and even that place in Spain, Tenerife. So working with those words (you don't have to use all of those) and maybe some of your own, what say you on pronunciation?

Working with those words, I pronounce like so.

Scone = Sconn
Book - Buck
Look = Luck
Garage = Garidge
Tenerife - Tene-rifay (This comes from watching Spanish football)
 
Springsteen said:
You know, certain words are said to have more than one pronunciation, such as Scone, Book, Look, Garage and even that place in Spain, Tenerife. So working with those words (you don't have to use all of those) and maybe some of your own, what say you on pronunciation?

Working with those words, I pronounce like so.

Scone = Sconn
Book - Buck
Look = Luck
Garage = Garidge
Tenerife - Tene-rifay (This comes from watching Spanish football)
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sKone
Buuk
Look
Gah-ra-ge
Teherife? (get a life?)
 
Springsteen said:
You know, certain words are said to have more than one pronunciation, such as Scone, Book, Look, Garage and even that place in Spain, Tenerife. So working with those words (you don't have to use all of those) and maybe some of your own, what say you on pronunciation?

Working with those words, I pronounce like so.

Scone = Sconn
Book - Buck
Look = Luck
Garage = Garidge
Tenerife - Tene-rifay (This comes from watching Spanish football)
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Scone= Scone
Book= Book
Look= Look
Garage= Garage
Tenerife= Ten-er-eef
 
Scone= Sk-oan
Book= Buk
Look= Luk
Garage= Ga-ridge
Tenerife= Tenner-reef

My delivery of book & look changed somewhat when i lived in Sheffield, im not too sure how to phonetically write how i say it. I don't know if americans would read it as buck, perhaps its more of a bük. its an ou sound rather than a uh
 
Scone = Sc oh n
Book - book I don't know, it's not an ooh but not an uh
Look = more ooh-y than book but still not a full ooh
Garage = Grahj

My mom got on to me once cause I said "sto-orge" for storage, yes with a double syllable o. And I don't say "on" it's more of an "ohn" so sometimes when I type I put "one" instead of "on" because the o needs changing. And friends used to joke that when I say no it should be spelled "nao" I think I'm past that one though.
 
Scone = Sk-oan
Book - Book
Look = Look
Garage = Ga-rawge
Tenerife - Tene-reef

One that perturbs me most is 'via'. I pronounce it v-eye-a. My sister and mother pronounce it v-ee-a.
A few others are:
Cathedral = Cath-ee-drull
Advertisement = Adver-ties-ment
Caribbean = Care-i-bee-an
 
Scone = Sk-own
Book - Book
Look = Look
Garage = Ga-rahge
Tenerife - Ten-eh-reef

the one that drives me crazy is appreciate.
it's uh-pree-she-ate. -_- damnit!

as far as the ones JoeCool posted, I agree on all of them. Except the last. I say it like springsteen does.
 
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