Morrigan pronounces "skeletal" really weird when the Inquisitor and she exits the eluvian after encountering Flemythal. Is that really how you pronounce skeletal?
It literally took me over a year, like from November 2014 until this day, to figure out what the hell she was saying when she said "ske-lee-t'l."
Ohh. Skeletal. Um, okay
She's Australian, right? They also have "'Boxing Day" and eat Vegemite. I suppose saying "Skeletal" differently is par for the course.
Your weird pronounciations are why the sun set on the British Empire, you know. That and your weirdo measurements.That is how we pronounce it here in th UK. Well, some parts of the Country anyway.
English and all of its regional and dialectal variations. Us northern mid-west American seem to pronounce it skel-eh-ton
English and all of its regional and dialectal variations. Us northern mid-west American seem to pronounce it skel-eh-ton
That's how I pronounce it, but I'm in the South.
Congratulations everyone. You've successfully discovered that people in different places pronounce words differently, even words which are closely linked which you'd think would be said in much the same way. Welcome to the world, that place that exists outside your regional borders.
Your weird pronounciations are why the sun set on the British Empire, you know. That and your weird measurements.
"I get forty horseheads to the furlong with my new auto, and I think that's rather Johnny on the spot, old pip. Lashings of ginger beer for everyone!"
Since it shares its obsession with the Imperial system with North Korea, I suspect the USA needs to have a serious word with itself on the subject of its choice of measurement standards.
The world doesn't revolve around the northern mid-west of America?
Quite a bit of it does though. If anything, it's the "broadcast" dialect.. the most general voice used for movies/news from America.
The world doesn't revolve around the northern mid-west of America?
Quite a bit of it does though. If anything, it's the "broadcast" dialect.. the most general voice used for movies/news from America.
And yet foreigners insist on pronouncing things according to their own accents. How disquieting.
Don't look at me. I just find the thread amusing for now. I have both Scandi and Asian family.. I couldn't say I have a bias towards midwest US accents. Not even my own qualifies as typical, since I'm from Texas.
It's not just regional. I'm in Canada, and my biology teacher pronounced it like Morrigan, and I don't pronounce it like Morrigan. There are a lot of other words that have different pronunciations that don't depend on location, like "either/neither", "lever" etc.
It's not just regional. I'm in Canada, and my biology teacher pronounced it like Morrigan, and I don't pronounce it like Morrigan. There are a lot of other words that have different pronunciations that don't depend on location, like "either/neither", "lever" etc.
I'm in Canada too (Ontario), and I always pronounce it Skel-Eh-Tel and that's how I was taught in school.
I'm in Canada too (Ontario), and I always pronounce it Skel-Eh-Tel and that's how I was taught in school.
Personally I think that makes the most sense, since it's consistent with "skel-eh-tun". Though, a lot of words that have verb/noun/adjective variants have similar problems. For instance, "photography" vs. "photo" vs. "photographic". It's not a different pronunciation (well, a little), but the emphasized syllables are inconsistent.
Personally I think that makes the most sense, since it's consistent with "skel-eh-tun". Though, a lot of words that have verb/noun/adjective variants have similar problems. For instance, "photography" vs. "photo" vs. "photographic". It's not a different pronunciation (well, a little), but the emphasized syllables are inconsistent.
Yep! Also many will say "vayse" or "vawse" and "charaid" or "charod" and so on. Sometimes accents play a part in it too I think.
I just say "Kostrové" and I'm done with the whole pronunciation thing.
Congratulations everyone. You've successfully discovered that people in different places pronounce words differently, even words which are closely linked which you'd think would be said in much the same way. Welcome to the world, that place that exists outside your regional borders.
You said better than I could have.
You said better than I could have.
That's because you're from the Deep South. We couldn't even understand even if you did explain. 
That's because you're from the Deep South. We couldn't even understand even if you did explain.
I live in the Deep South, I'm not from here. 
Born and raised out West.
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