Pen-drak-en or Pen-drake-n?

[Techno]

Drak as in accumulate? Drake as in ache?

Yes, Aquahog.....absolutely correct 
(Can't believe you're a non-native speaker from your post !  )
Cheers - Phil

[get2grips]

You guys have no idea how compliicated this thread was to read for a non-native speaker. Drak as in accumulate? Drake as in ache? I used to say Pen-drake-n until I heard Henry Hyde use the other form on 'View from the Veranda'.

Hi Aqua,

Your English is really good: wouldn't have known you weren't "home grown".  Hope this helps:

Drak as in "Hack".
In accumulate the "a" sound is a schwa which means it sounds like "uh" as in ago.

Any use?   English is horrible 

[Aquahog]

Thanks guys. I can assure you that it would be extremely easy to place me if you heard my accent.

English is not so bad in its spoken form, but a spelling reform wouldn't hurt I think. Ghoti and all that. While I'm wishing for them, could I please have one for Swedish* too?


*E.g. C, Q and W are of no relevance in modern Swedish as they are pronounced as S/K, K and V anyway. Meanwhile we lack letters for some sounds and have to spell them with combinations of consonants e.g. tj and k or stj and sk. The pairs are pronounced the same, of course...

[get2grips]

Thanks guys. I can assure you that it would be extremely easy to place me if you heard my accent.

English is not so bad in its spoken form, but a spelling reform wouldn't hurt I think. Ghoti and all that. While I'm wishing for them, could I please have one for Swedish* too?


*E.g. C, Q and W are of no relevance in modern Swedish as they are pronounced as S/K, K and V anyway. Meanwhile we lack letters for some sounds and have to spell them with combinations of consonants e.g. tj and k or stj and sk. The pairs are pronounced the same, of course...

We should all speak Spanish: no grey areas 

[Ithoriel]

"Shaggy Dog" Story:

"A man is sent to the UK to learn English by his family and is told he cannot return home until he has mastered the language. He tries hard but finds the pronunciation a real problem. Some things look the same but sound different (cough/ bough), some things look different but sound the same (maid/ made) and some pronunciation is just downright weird (Cholomondley pronounced Chumley) but at last he feels he's mastered the language and can return home.

A group of his friends and neighbours turn up to see him off and he thanks them for their help and support and is clearly excited to be returning home after a prolonged absence and so they are all shocked when he goes to get his train, buys a local paper, reads the headline, produces a pistol and shoots himself dead. As they race towards the body one of the group glances down and sees the headline ...

... "School Fete Pronounced Success!"  

[get2grips]

Lol 

[Techno]

"Shaggy Dog" Story:
... "School Fete Pronounced Success!"  

Go and stand in the corner ! 
(Oh all right.....I had to read it twice !)
Not bad at all.
Cheers - Phil.

[Techno]

*E.g. C, Q and W are of no relevance in modern Swedish as they are pronounced as S/K, K and V anyway. Meanwhile we lack letters for some sounds and have to spell them with combinations of consonants e.g. tj and k or stj and sk. The pairs are pronounced the same, of course...

You should try Welsh Aqua !!
(Ian will tell you, you probably shouldn't)
Cheers - Phil

[O Dinas Powys]

You should try Welsh Aqua !!
(Ian will tell you, you probably shouldn't)
Cheers - Phil

Welsh is phonic and easy 

The consonants only have on sound each, whilst the vowels only have two. Of course some of the letters use two characters for spelling... 

Pob hwyl,

Meirion

[get2grips]

Welsh is phonic and easy 

The consonants only have on sound each, whilst the vowels only have two. Of course some of the letters use two characters for spelling... 

Pob hwyl,

Meirion

Only, to quote Blackadder, you need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names 

[O Dinas Powys]

Only, to quote Blackadder, you need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names 

A drop of Brains or Double Dragon works perfectly well too!

Iechud da! 

Meirion

[get2grips]

A drop of Brains or Double Dragon works perfectly well too!

Iechud da! 

Meirion

[O Dinas Powys]

...and just for the record, I say drak: short vowels, it's a Welsh thing!

Pob hwyl 

Meirion

[Hertsblue]

A drop of Brains or Double Dragon works perfectly well too!

Iechud da! 

Meirion

Or the stuff they call "Feeling Foul"?

[O Dinas Powys]

Or the stuff they call "Feeling Foul"?

Yup, that'll do too!