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Archive for May 16th, 2007
Before you think it I must confirm I have no unhealthy obsession with marshmallows. Even though I mention them even when there’s no need…
Anyway, my mother said something about marshmallows the other day but said it with an ‘e’ where the last ‘a’ is. Actually, to make it easier I have recorded a couple of sound files (Windows Media Audio files). I would expect people to pronounce as they see where the last ‘a’ sounds like an ‘a’.
It has since been suggested to me that Sussex accents say marshmellow and northern accents say marshmallow. Help me out with this triviality won’t you?
The sound files:










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