Vase, the pronunciation of...

[mudskipper]

I've always pronounced vase as vaz. Only English add an r in pronounciation which doesn't exist in the word itself.

This is true, although I don't think most actually say the 'r'. It's more v-ah-z.

I also get the mick taken out of me for pronouncing the 'h' in where, what, why. Round these parts it's wear, watt and wye - and whales and wales are homophones.

Edit - And tortoise (tor-toys).

[formant]

Varz,barth,tomarto, parb, fark.

Anything else is plebby, common, Northern or American.

Except - assuming you're all non-rhotic Southerners - the pseudophonetic transcription should be more like vahs/bahth/tomahto/etc.

Cause you're not actually adding an intervocalic /r/. Your accent doesn't have an intervocalic /r/. (With the exception of the intrusive /r/ phenomenon in 'Pizza-r-Express' and the likes).

[Cliphead]

Edit - And tortoise (tor-toys).

Always pronounced that as tortus.

[mudskipper]

Always pronounced that as tortus.

I guess I must just be posh.

[mudskipper]

Wednesday or Wensday.

[OwlHoot]

Wednesday or Wensday.

Only pedantic BBC newsreaders say wedNsday these days, with a weird little stop in the middle

BTW Until the 18th century "vase" was pronounced "vayse" in the UK (by cultured people), hence the surname Vasey pronounced "Vaysey".

A lot of Yank pronounciations, and even their southern accent, are more like how British was pronounced a couple of centuries ago.

[mudskipper]

Only pedantic BBC newsreaders say wedNsday these days, with a weird little stop in the middle

[SupremeSpod]

Oi Formant, what about "Moet et Chandon"?

[sasguru]

Except - assuming you're all non-rhotic Southerners - the pseudophonetic transcription should be more like vahs/bahth/tomahto/etc.

Cause you're not actually adding an intervocalic /r/. Your accent doesn't have an intervocalic /r/. (With the exception of the intrusive /r/ phenomenon in 'Pizza-r-Express' and the likes).

Quite right I was trying to specify the "ah" sound rather than the "ay" or "eh" sound.

[Platypus]

I also get the mick taken out of me for pronouncing the 'h' in where, what, why. Round these parts it's wear, watt and wye - and whales and wales are homophones.

In that case, enjoy this: