Mudcat Café message #2986072

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Thread #132089 Message #2986072
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
13-Sep-10 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Foreign pronunciations: inconsistencies
Subject: RE: BS: Foreign pronunciations: inconsistencies

Suddenly "Peter" was expected to respond to "Pierre"

That's not that different from the way Peter tends to be pronounced in Estuary English, with the t being dropped.