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Stephen wrote:
> "Sabrina Kilian" <ski### [at] vt edu> wrote in message
> news:4ad934db$1@news.povray.org...
>
>> I can not make those rhyme without butchering one or the other. Either
>> Ar-ken-saw becomes Ar-kens-ur, or Four becomes Fou. Maybe there is a
>> homograph of 'four' that I am missing? Or maybe I just need a proper
>> Queen's English accent to get that one.
>
> As Bill said it depends on personal accent and I'll add regional and
> class (there I go again :) to that.
> Four and Ar-ken-saw do rhyme if you use a posh RP (Received
> Pronunciation) English accent (fou-ar and saw-ar).
>
> The girl reading the poem in TC's post did really well IMO.
>
Indeed she does. But I was not reading it in my 'deer ol Virginya home'
accent, I tend to slip in to that one only on rare occasion. Still, I
guess my RP accent is lacking what finishing touches I should have
received in finishing school, as I have never heard "four" pronounced in
two syllables.
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