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Thread #170167   Message #4114961
Posted By: Jos
31-Jul-21 - 04:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Regional UK Accents
Subject: RE: BS: Regional UK Accents
I've heard some odd pronunciations lately. I suspect that people are learning new words by reading instead of hearing them, so they guess at how to pronounce them.
A recent example was 'hyperbole', which was pronounced as 'hyper-bowl', like some superlative kind of Superbowl.