So I've been doing Google Hangout a LOT. One of the guys who frequents has a fairly noticable accent, where /aj/ (as in "thigh" or "why")'s glide becomes dulled and becomes /æ:/. The accent is really nothing of the ordinary and I wouldn't have really said anything about it until I head his pronunciation of "Dubai" as /duˈbæ:/, and for whatever ( Read more... )

Carl and I were watching Top Chef, and British King of Food Douchery Toby Young was a guest judge. Towards the end the least successful dishes were being reviewed, and Padma says, "... and what about the pah ey yah?"

Toby, full of himself, countered, "... why does everyone insist on calling it that?? It's a pa ehl luh -- just as you don't say ( Read more... )