Quartzsite Video
A couple weeks ago, I posted a video link and asked for your critique. The following link shows the results of your suggestions... Quartzsite, Arizona - 2014
Forum Discussion
bka0721 wrote:
pronunciation of the word; “The.” At approximately 2:45 in your video, your narrator pronounces “Thiee” when plain speaking is; “Thuh.”
Assuming you meant "thee" (instead of thiee), that's the pronunciation I learned, when followed by a word starting with a vowel. She said "Thuh largest" and "thee American" which sounds correct to my ears. "Thuh American" is clumsy, and an 'ethnic' pronunciation in this country.
bka0721 wrote:
While I like pronuncing the word envelope as; “ON velope” rather than “IN velope.”
How about "Enn velope"? Can't say I've ever heard IN velope.
As for my personal take, I don't like: "8 am on Saturday morning". Isn't "am" always in the morning?
Kudos for "EE vents" and not "Uh vents". I also was especially pleased at not hearing the constant use of long A's, as in "This remote desert town has uh (a) population of.. " Almost all newscasters seem to have picked up this "long A" habit, and he/she would have said "This remote desert town has AY population of.. " Drives me crazy.
As for Plomosa, I've always heard it as "Plomossa", not "Plomoza"
br549redneck wrote:Pretty harsh words from someone who has trouble spelling.
. Go crawl under a rock.
To the original poster great job I have often wondered myself what Quartsite is what drew so many people.
