I'm from Tony Soprano land in the NYC area (US). I have a somewhat silly question - but where is a better place to ask?
In the Beatles song "Girl," John Lennon pronounces the word leisure as "leh-sure." I always pronounced it "LEE-sure," as in leisure suit (ecch!). (Yes, I'm doing the best I can with the phonetic spellings.)
So, is Lennon's pronunciation the way it is said in England? Or is it a way to make the words rhyme?
Yes, It is one of the silliest questions you will ever read here. But I'm in good company.
Thanks.
PS I have always pronounced migrane, as in migrane headache, as "MY-grain," not "MEE-grain." Is the second the "English English" pronunciation?
2006-10-05
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