Postby Geist » 2005-05-06, 3:35
A friend of mine and I conducted an informal survey at school about this the other day. So, here's the question for Unilang: How do you pronounce "syrup"? Are you a native English speaker? Where are you from? Does your current pronunciation of the word reflect the way you were taught to pronounce it in your youth, or is it an adopted pronunciation?
I'm a native speaker; I've grown up in the northeast US, and I (like my parents and their parents), pronounce "syrup" as if its first syllable rhymes with "see".
I'm sorry I can't describe the sound relationships better - that area of linguistics is not (yet) my speciality.
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