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> Hi Benct,
> I don't know about Anglo-Irish, but USEnglish has [wIT] as an
> alternate
> pronunciation of [wID]. the latter form is listed first in "A
> Pronouncing
> Dictionary of American English" by Kenyon/Knott, but with the explicit
> statement that [wIT] is not substandard. I think I've also
> heard [w@T] in
> Scottish English and Ulster Anglo-Irish has strong
> connections with Scots
> and Scottish English, so I wouldn't be surprised if this were
> true of Bono's
> speech. Though maybe he is Americanising his
> pop-singing-accent like many
> other UK pop artists and going for the US [wiT]-pronunciation.
It's [wIT] in my dialect.