Aunt; was Re: "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/6/2010 09:28 PM, Jocelyn Limpert wrote:
>I've said "ANT" my whole life, as did my parents (Berkeley and Yale -- from
>Southern California and Ohio) -- but everyone else I've encountered seems to
>say "AHNT" -- from one coast to the other (but never south of St. Louis). I
>always it sounded like an affectation, like someone saying "tomahto" for
>"tomato."

RP -- received pretentiousness.

Joel

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