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Pronounciation « Posted: 20 March 2011 at 05:21 PM »
I know language is always changing and evolving but lately I ve noticed a number of words being pronounced differently and wonder where these changes come from its not a geographical thing as they are all heard on news programmes

Is it a generational thing?

When did yog urt   become yo  gurt
Bo   dacia  is now Bu da ka
are monds are now al monds
Che noble is now Che  nobble

Have you noticed any?
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #1 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 05:34 PM »
I think they discovered that Budaka is the more likley pronounciation with the hard k rather than the softer c.
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #2 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 05:35 PM »
Also Ykeni rather than Yceni
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #3 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 05:47 PM »
I think this relates back to an older post on here, regarding the differences in pronounciation between America and England. 
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #4 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 05:51 PM »
Dont really see how as they are ALL British pronounciations  heard on British radio or TV and none are American

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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #5 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 05:53 PM »
Quote from: malcolm on 20 March 2011 at 05:34 PM
I think they discovered that Budaka is the more likley pronounciation with the hard k rather than the softer c.

But who is they? and when and where did the changes come from  indeed where did the soft c in Bodecia or Iceni come from in the first place
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #6 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 06:14 PM »
I think that thus the “soft c” in “Boadicea” - was possibly was due to a mistranslation and therefore mispronunciation of her name Boudicca (Boo-dik-a).
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #7 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 06:26 PM »
I noticed last year on a BBC programme broadcast about the 'Himalayas' how the pronunciation of that had changed; I have always heard it pronounced as the 'Him-a-layers' and have always used that pronunciation. On the BBC programme the word was pronounced the 'Him-arliers'.
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #8 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 06:34 PM »
“The word Himalaya is of Sanskrit origin and means "abode of snow" (Sanskrit him "snow", and aalaya "home, abode"). In its Hindi/Sanskrit pronunciation, Himalaya is pronounced with a long first a and a short last a, i.e. as /himaal-ya/.”

Source: “Inopedia” - http://www.indopedia.org/index.php?title=Himalayas
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Re: Pronounciation « Reply #9 Posted: 20 March 2011 at 06:43 PM »
I don't disbelieve you Trigger but I have only ever heard them (in this country anyway) called the 'Him-a-layers'.
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