[pianotech] was Pronunciation, shoulda been O.T.

David Nereson da88ve at gmail.com
Tue May 29 04:17:19 MDT 2012


(O.T.)  How is any of this connected to pianos?
--David Nereson, RPT

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:51 PM, David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> wrote:

>  Oui, vraiment, vous avez raison.
>
> But Duaine's post had said "As the British would say - "put that in your
> pipe (pronounced peep) at smoke it" .
>
> My contention was that the British would not pronounce "pipe" as "peep".
>
> Albert Finney (Murder on the Orient Express) or Peter Ustinov (Death on
> the Nile) might well do so, however, while playing the part of a Belgian
> speaking English with a Belgian accent.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David.
> www.davidboyce.co.uk
>
>
> > On 05/28/2012 03:07 AM, David Boyce wrote:
> > > In no part of the UK is "pipe" pronounced "peep".
>
> But in French it certainly is.
>
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