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Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.

(, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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OK, but...
Do they really pronounce it as "seeeeeeeling"?

I understand the fact that if a rhotic-accented speaker read the text "searling", then they would pronounce it searrrrrling, as they pronounce their mid-word Rs rhotically...

But you know what I mean. I don't know the phonetic symbols, so unfortunately I had to make do with the approximation of phonetic spelling in RP English.

Now, surely no-one except people singing songs actually pronounces "sealing" with a "seeee" sound - including the rhotic-speakers.
(, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 17:46, 1 reply)
people singing songs...
..and those living in East Yorkshire.
(, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 23:10, closed)

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