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Re: Are/our/hour

From:Robert Hailman <robert@...>
Date:Friday, March 3, 2000, 22:55
James Campbell wrote:
> > On the subject of are/our/hour: > > The angle from Dorset almost-RP-speakers would be: > (/&/ = schwa) > are our hour > > In careful speech/ /a:(r)/ /aU&(r)/ /aU&(r)/ > word stressed > > In normal conversation /a:(r)/ /a:(r)/ /aU&(r)/
In Toronto, it seems to be the second one almost entirely. My teachers use it, I hear it on the radio, on TV, my friends use it, I use it, my parents use it, my grandparents use it, everybody uses it. I didn't notice it that much until other people on this list commented how much they heard it, although I think I brought the subject up. -- Robert