Re: Re: Good presentation.
by Rajesh Nair on Apr 28, 2011 05:04 PM
Thanks to both of you. I got confused many times i have heard educated people pronouncing it as 'suprise'
Re: Good presentation.
by Prateek C on Apr 28, 2011 10:48 PM
It can be pronounced both ways depending whether the accent is rhotic or non-rhotic. In British English (actually English-English as Scotland has rhotic accent), "r" after a vowel is usually silent. In most parts of Americe (except for some north-eastern states like masachussetts) the accent is rhetoric. So they'll pronounce the "r" after the vowel.
eg, in Britain, "father" and "farther" is pronounced the same.
Re: Re: Good presentation.
by Subramanian R on May 12, 2011 03:15 AM
You are WRONG. There is less stress on r, but it is there; they do not stress like we do : faarrther ! HAHA.....
Re: Good presentation.
by Visharad Software on Apr 29, 2011 04:16 AM
In received pronunciation, "r" before a consonant sound is silent. Therefore, surprise is pronounced as su-prise Give a small pause between pronouncing 'u' and 'p'.
dats vai English es wary Phunny Langwaje. U kan talk engligh wak english.
Our Languages like Sanskrit and Hindi are much greater in Pronunciation and spellings. Pity that people today use only English even at home instead of their Mother Tongue.
Re: Funny Language
by Mahesh Pasad on Apr 29, 2011 11:32 AM
Yes, we should respect our language and use it more often. Ignoring our language indicates lack of honor in one's past culture/heritage.
Re: Re: Funny Language
by Mehul Mehta on Apr 28, 2011 04:24 PM
and you seem to be the looser with knowledge of 2 words 'Pathetic' & 'Looser'. ya and also 'Suck' from one of your posts below.
Why have they removed words like THY, THOU, THEE etc which were used by Shakespeare in his literature.....!! Was Shakespeare's language not sophisticated enough?
Re: A totlly confused language
by nogita on Apr 28, 2011 03:59 PM
english is a very poor language. It has no words for hindi words like massi, mama, jeeja, sali, sandoo etc, use only uncle aunti or in-law etc. We can call english a code language. Every letter have differt pronounciation depends on its place in the word. Also many words pronounciaiton is same but meaning is different depends on purpose of use.
Re: Re: A totlly confused language
by Indian Saint on Apr 28, 2011 04:53 PM
Hindi is the best? It does not have a neutral gender- everything is masculine or feminine- how funny that could be? Tell me condom in hindi- is it a man or a woman?
Re: Re: Re: A totlly confused language
by tanmay patil on Jul 19, 2011 05:21 PM
Hindi and all languages derived from sanskrit have a neutral gender .. where do you get such tosh from indian stupid :P
"Remember, a little care can help prevent a great deal of miscommunication or more importantly embarrassment." Why embarrassment? After all it's a foreign language and you improver over a period of time.
