How do you pronounce 'fault'?

[Conchita]

Do you say [fo:lt], [folt] or the American way [fa:lt]? I pronounce it as [fo:lt], but have a sneaky suspicion that this is becoming old-fashioned -- at least, I seem to hear [folt] more and more these days. Is it only my impression?

[Jamie (K)]

[Tamara]

By the way, I know quite many British people who pronounce 'natural' as 'nAtural', for example. Quite clear to my ears.

Not to mention that the vast majority of people I know around pronounce 'associated' as 'assoSiated' (which surprised me a lot).
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[Jamie (K)]

[Conchita]

[Jamie (K)]

[Conchita]

Another word that is sometimes given a phonetic transcription different to the one I normally hear and use is 'sexual' -- I've never heard anyone say 'seksju9l', as you can read in some dictionaries, but rather 'sekshu9l'.

[Prezbucky]

the way I pronounce it now: "fahlt"

the way I used to pronounce it, when living way up north: "faaahlt"

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[Conchita]

[Prezbucky]

the northern vowels are very Scandinavian/German in pronunciation -- none of this rounded-vowel crap (California).

Latin vowels are also true to my Northern sensibilities (northern Midwest, that is):

the Spanish "e" is my "a", only i put a bit more of a diphthong on it.

their "u" is the vowel sound when I say "you"

their "o" -- straight and hard -- is identical to my "o".


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