CHAT: Forsooth (was: Re: CHAT: Names, was: Re: Brithenig-heads)

From: "Raymond Brown"

> >Hmm, I use /ruT/, /tuT/, and /buT/
>
> But you're north American - I think And assumed Dan would use a Brit
> pronunciation.
>
> 'Ruth' is indeed normally [ru:T], but south Wales has [rIwT] and some Brit
> dialects use a high _central_ rounded vowel.
>
> 'tooth' varies between [tUT] and [tu:T].  I pronounce it the latter way,
> but [tUT] is quite common in the south.
>
> 'Booth' is almost always [bu:D].
In my idiolect, it's [bu:T] for the singular, but [bu:Dz] for the plural
(analogously with "hoof, hooves" [and even, in casual speech, with "roof,
rooves"]?). "Bath" behaves similarly, but with lesser consistency; "How many
baths did you take this week?" probably alternates between [b&Ts] and
[b&Dz], but I think an expression like "Roman baths" would almost invariably
use the latter.

Kou