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Between The Wheels

Between The Wheels => General Discussion => Topic started by: Slim on December 21, 2022, 11:00:49 PM

Poll
Question: Does the word "Bald" rhyme with "Called"?
Option 1: Yes votes: 9
Option 2: No votes: 1
Title: Bald Rhymes With Called - Yes or No
Post by: Slim on December 21, 2022, 11:00:49 PM
There are no right or wrong answers. Just interested to know what others think. Thanks!
Title: Re: Bald Rhymes With Called - Yes or No
Post by: Slim on December 23, 2022, 03:22:28 PM
Thanks to those who participated.

I asked because in NW Leics, folks pronounce "bald" roughly the same way I'd pronounce "bold". Whereas they they say "called" (or sprawled, stalled, hauled etc) much the same way I would.

Just one of those little things that remind me that although I've lived here (mostly) since 1989, I'm not one of them.
Title: Re: Bald Rhymes With Called - Yes or No
Post by: The Picnic Wasp on December 23, 2022, 03:50:24 PM
I was seeing a girl from the Colchester area in the 90s and I had several light-hearted arguments with her family about pronunciation. I think in general Glaswegians pronounce most words correctly and in many areas of Englandshire they do not. A favourite at the dinner table was salt and pepper which everyone knows is SAWLT and
PEPPUR, whereas I had to endure SOULT and PEPPA. Countless others but BOAT and BOUT spring to mind. If I really wanted to wind them up however, I would ask for toasted cheese.😂
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