Thread: annoying british accents
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Unread 1 Nov 2005, 19:27   #37
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Re: annoying british accents
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Originally Posted by Nodrog
Yes it is, I dont think I've ever heard someone say love-lee.
all the dictionaries i can find say luv-lE*. And all I've ever heard from non-brits is lee. I'm loathe to say that any given pronunciation is 'wrong' because i feel it's all pretty arbitrary, but i do feel comfortable saying that pronunciations which are unsupported by dictionaries cannot accurately be called 'correct.'

*except one that thought it could settle the issue by putting it as "luv-ly". Thanks, assholes.
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