ben thinking

[Tom Zurinskas]

For "been" I'd say "bin" (~bin) not "ben" (~ben) is the most frequent pronunciation.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
see truespel.com phonetic spelling









> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:41:44 +0800
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> From a Baltimore Sun article:
>
> _War on Fox: Is this best use of White House talent?_
>
> 'I have ben thinking all day and much of the night about Week 2 of the
> White House attack on Fox News Sunday. You can read my Sunday post on
> it here under the headline "Emanuel, Axelrod offer more bad media
> criticism."'
>
> (At least until it gets fixed.)
>
> http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2009/10/white_house_fox_news_attack_em.html
>
> Pronunciation "been" is usually given with a schwa or "short i" in
> dictionaries. My impression is that the schwa form is allegro speech
> (taking the idea that schwa is not accented in American English), and
> that the short i version is in the minority, with the majority
> pronunciation (what might be considered more standard) is with a
> "short e" /bEn/. It would be silly to assume that this typo was
> caused by sound-spelling, but it caught my attention and stirred an
> old pet peeve.
>
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