General / Off-Topic Help me solve a debate: Pronunciation of "Master"

[Sir.Tj]

the original (i.e pre norman) check of North v South was the boundary of the River Trent. the strong Viking settlements north of the river have given us some of the accents and colloquial phrases we hear today -

for example, not many people are aware that the East Midlands greeting 'Ay up mi aud duck' is directly related to a Viking greeting, with the root of the word 'duck' being related to where we get the english word 'Duke', i.e a person of renown or good standing.

Funny, I like to confuse Brett & Jenner by saying things like "Ow do lad and Ay up..." then correcting them on the lack of use for the letter U...

But as mentioned, there is no "right" way to say a word only that it's understood.

@BC & Jenner.... ColoUr.... ArmoUr...... heh heh heh...

 

[Jenner]

Funny, I like to confuse Brett & Jenner by saying things like "Ow do lad and Ay up..." then correcting them on the lack of use for the letter U...

But as mentioned, there is no "right" way to say a word only that it's understood.

@BC & Jenner.... ColoUr.... ArmoUr...... heh heh heh...

I shouldn't have to point out how ridiculous that looks.

 

[Ca$hback]

Doesn't matter. I can't tell what anybody says anymore. Gee Gee, guys (like it's made of fewer syllables).

 

[Arvel Yael]

The one that makes me seethe:

That's reyt good

I think the etymological history of this is right replaces very, and reyt (pronounced "reight") replaces right.
And it makes me sigh inwardly every time I hear it. One little word and I think "This person will spend the rest of their life complaining about "people wot have more money than me innit".

Oh well.

 

[Minonian]

Funny thing accents and the north south divide.

North: Blue
Midlands: Green
South: Yellow

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...vide.png/800px-English_North-South_divide.png

I'm in the east and they still regularly point at the moon around here....

Round this way it's pronounced. Maaaarster.

Aye! Accents are a sure giveaway even if it's taken for the show, and if someone think, if it's noticed the other not proceed accordingly?

Edit; And as a curiosity. Master in Japan means Sensei, and in chinese Si - fu (elder brother) The meaning of this? There is no all knowing supreme begin, but some people are walking before us know more than us, in terms of knowledge and wisdom? Older than us.

 

[Dominic Corner]

Hi there,

It's a deceptive one... the correct pronunciation is "Not Dangerous Yet"

Hope this helps,
Dom

 

[Sir.Tj]

Hi there,

It's a deceptive one... the correct pronunciation is "Not Dangerous Yet"

Hope this helps,
Dom

That could also be a apt description for Ed just before he sees a five guys restaurant...

Not so much after though.

 

[Frank]

Hi there,

It's a deceptive one... the correct pronunciation is "Not Dangerous Yet"

Hope this helps,
Dom

Could someone please give Dominic a rep for me? I can't because I have to spread the love first.

 

[TheAntitheist Crusader]

Master as in Mass for me, i'm not posh so i tend to not add the R.....however i sometimes do go posh, perhaps because i have never picked up a regional accent, my Dad was in the RAF so i moved around a lot, Wales (where i was born) Cyprus, Scotland and of course England where i live now, i have been told by different people that i sound posh, "common" , Welsh, English etc etc, i just don't have an accent, i must have picked up my pronounciaton of Mass as in master from my half Wrexham half Sheffield father, who would never dream of saying mars marster. But like i said, sometimes i catch myself saying Bath as in Barth....which greatly disturbs me lol.

 

[Morbad]

Last option is how it's pronounced everywhere I've been (all over the States and not much else).

 

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[Ian Skippy]

"maaster" here, but thats due to the Dutch public schools. Over here, "BBC English" is considered "proper English". Any deviation from it is slang, no matter if that way of saying things is centuries older than the "formal" one.

 

[TheAntitheist Crusader]

"maaster" here, but thats due to the Dutch public schools. Over here, "BBC English" is considered "proper English". Any deviation from it is slang, no matter if that way of saying things is centuries older than the "formal" one.

Every time i hear the Dutch speak English, i think they do it better than half of the Brits i hear these days, so i guess your English lessons must be doing something right lol.

 

[Riedquat]

Ask him how he says 'Banana' and then laugh and call him a minion.

Anyway, just ask him to call you 'Boss' instead if it gets on your nerves.