Re: YAEPT: Enuf is Enuf: Some Peepl Thru with Dificult Spelingz

Roger Mills wrote:

>Is it possible that British(-based) speech uses a more
>[6]-like vowel in "curry (the food)", somewhat closer I think to the actual
>Indian (?) and Malay (['kari])  pronunciation??? After all, you're much
>more exposed  to it than we are.
Fascinating idea, but I've never noticed it anywhere I've
lived (south England and Midlands). Would be very
interesting to look at the speech of young British-born
"Asians" (to use the current term for those with
Indian / Pakistani ancestry) in this context though.

>What vowel do you use, then, in the expression  "to curry favour" ... ?
AFM own speech, /V/. A bit centralised from cardinal [V]
I think, quite close to [@].

>For me as for Mark, these all have the same vowel and are
>perfect rhymes-- along with hurry, blurry, slurry, jury, Murray
/hVri:/, /bl@:ri:/, /slVri:/, /dZU:ri:/, /mVri:/ - equally true in [],
except for /r/ and shortened [i:] word-finally. /U:/ is my own
hypothesis; for me, 'poor' [pU:], 'peer' [pI:]  Standard
southern British English would have [U@, I@] I think.

>Anything resembling authentic (or even faux) Indian cuisine  is hard to
>find over here, except in major cities or university  towns.
Sorry to hear that!

Jonathan.

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