Do "dawn" and "don" rhyme? (1 Viewer)

[bostonfred]

I would also like to hear from someone who pronounces "bag" and "vague" the same way. Every way I try to imagine it sounds ######ed.

Grew up in Wisconsin. I still do this, and people still look at me funny. I now know it's not normal, but I don't intend on changing.

bag and vague aren't pronounced the same?

Yeah, I can't help you here. Ag is a unique sound. Vague is a rare exception to it that rhymes much more closely with cake than with bag. Prague, on the other hand, sounds more like Wade Boggs likes frogs.

 

[videoguy505]

Vague is a rare exception to it that rhymes much more closely with cake

WTF

 

[17seconds]

I was The Midlands (no accent)

One thing I realized taking that test. I say Don and Dawn slightly differently, but I still think they rhyme.

I know someone who has a strange quirk. They say everything like a typical "no accent" person with one exception. They pronounce the vowel in "egg" like the "eigh" in "neighbor". I have no idea where this came from. They grew up in california and nobody in their family says it that way. When they say "Greg" they pronounce it "Grayg"

 

[jplvr]

Missed me by a lot.What American accent do you have?Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."_________Actually, I call it soda, like any sane person would. Just about all of those words were differnet from each other in the questions. Who comes up with them sounding similar the whole way through? Martians?

Soda is what you put in the fridge for odor issues.Pop is what a balloon does when you stick it with a needle.I'm from the South, so there are different versions of coke: Dr Pepper, CocaCola, cocaine, Sprite, etc.Soft drinks is the only acceptable, universal answer, I think.

This issue is a totally different thread.

True.

 

[FatMax]

Vague is a rare exception to it that rhymes much more closely with cake

WTF

He's talking about the hard A sound. And he's right.

 

[Jewell]

I would also like to hear from someone who pronounces "bag" and "vague" the same way. Every way I try to imagine it sounds ######ed.

Grew up in Wisconsin. I still do this, and people still look at me funny. I now know it's not normal, but I don't intend on changing.

I spent sometime in Wisconsin and the vague as "vag" always killed me. I tell people on the East Coast that some people pronounce vague that way and they just stare at me weird.Some Wisconsinites also pronounce milk as "melk". Weird.

 

[Radical Larry]

Who speaks better English? Simon Cowell or Matt Lauer?

Matt Lauer.

Based on?

How he speaks.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Nice Favorites Rude

oops.

 

[Radical Larry]

If you were a man I'd punch you.

 

[Jewell]

Who speaks better English? Simon Cowell or Matt Lauer?

Matt Lauer.

Based on?

How he speaks.

Strong answer.

 

[GloryDaze]

Some Wisconsinites also pronounce milk as "melk". Weird.

 

[bostonfred]

Vague is a rare exception to it that rhymes much more closely with cake

WTF

He's talking about the hard A sound. And he's right.

Exactly. Vague is also different from egg, and beg, and leg, which all rhyme with one another, and it certainly does not rhyme with bag. It's just a weird word. If someone said they were being very vegg, I would think they were being very dumm. If they were being vag, I would assume it was Rudnicki.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

 

[videoguy505]

Vague is a rare exception to it that rhymes much more closely with cake

WTF

He's talking about the hard A sound. And he's right.

"Rhyme" has to do with the last sound in a word, not the vowel in the middle.

 

[bostonfred]

Vague is a rare exception to it that rhymes much more closely with cake

WTF

He's talking about the hard A sound. And he's right.

"Rhyme" has to do with the last sound in a word, not the vowel in the middle.

And close has to do with not quite being there. It seems like we've got the definitions of words down, now it's time to focus on the pronunciation.

 

[Radical Larry]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

So just pronounce both of them like "don". Problem solved.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

I would also like to hear from someone who pronounces "bag" and "vague" the same way. Every way I try to imagine it sounds ######ed.

Grew up in Wisconsin. I still do this, and people still look at me funny. I now know it's not normal, but I don't intend on changing.

bag and vague aren't pronounced the same?

Furley> I'm well aware that I do say bag, tag, sag etc. with a "long A" sound as opposed to the proper "short A". Pretty sure thats strictly a Wisconsin thing

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Some Wisconsinites also pronounce milk as "melk". Weird.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

So just pronounce both of them like "don". Problem solved.

they are different words and are supposed to sound different.

 

[videoguy505]

Vague is a rare exception to it that rhymes much more closely with cake

WTF

He's talking about the hard A sound. And he's right.

"Rhyme" has to do with the last sound in a word, not the vowel in the middle.

And close has to do with not quite being there. It seems like we've got the definitions of words down, now it's time to focus on the pronunciation.

"cake" ends with a plosive. "Vague" does not. The end sounds are nothing alike. Not "close", not "not quite there". I agree the vowel sound is the same, but that isn't what a rhyme is.

 

[Doug B]

Who speaks better English? Simon Cowell or Matt Lauer?

Matt Lauer.

Based on?

How he speaks.

Persuasive.

 

[GloryDaze]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

So just pronounce both of them like "don". Problem solved.

they are different words and are supposed to sound different.

Definitely. I'm not sure who decided the aw sound as in 'Awwwwww what a cute puppy!' is a perfect substitute for the ah sound in 'Open your mouth and say Ahhhhhhh.'

 

[Radical Larry]

"Vague" sounds just like "beg" to me.

 

[mcintyre1]

I would also like to hear from someone who pronounces "bag" and "vague" the same way. Every way I try to imagine it sounds ######ed.

Grew up in Wisconsin. I still do this, and people still look at me funny. I now know it's not normal, but I don't intend on changing.

bag and vague aren't pronounced the same?

Furley> I'm well aware that I do say bag, tag, sag etc. with a "long A" sound as opposed to the proper "short A". Pretty sure thats strictly a Wisconsin thing

Minnesota too. I couldn't understand what a "DrAYgun" was until about the 5th time.

 

[videoguy505]

"Vague" sounds just like "beg" to me.

But not "bag", right?

 

[Radical Larry]

Who speaks better English? Simon Cowell or Matt Lauer?

Matt Lauer.

Based on?

How he speaks.

Persuasive.

Lauer speaks proper English. Cowell sounds like some Savile Row dandy trying to pitch woo at Prince Charles.

 

[Radical Larry]

"Vague" sounds just like "beg" to me.

But not "bag", right?

God no. I'm not simple-minded.

 

[BRONG]

No BRONG?

 

[videoguy505]

I'm well aware that I do say bag, tag, sag etc. with a "long A" sound as opposed to the proper "short A". Pretty sure thats strictly a Wisconsin thing

"Her boobs say-gg down to her knees"

Like that?

 

[Radical Larry]

I'm well aware that I do say bag, tag, sag etc. with a "long A" sound as opposed to the proper "short A". Pretty sure thats strictly a Wisconsin thing

"Her boobs say-gg down to her knees"

Like that?

Aww crep that is funny.

 

[FatMax]

"Vague" sounds just like "beg" to me.

And you were doing so good, too. I'm going to pretend this was never posted.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

I'm well aware that I do say bag, tag, sag etc. with a "long A" sound as opposed to the proper "short A". Pretty sure thats strictly a Wisconsin thing

"Her boobs say-gg down to her knees"

Like that?

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Lauer speaks proper English. Cowell sounds like some Savile Row dandy trying to pitch woo at Prince Charles.

 

[Doug B]

"cake" ends with a plosive. "Vague" does not. The end sounds are nothing alike. Not "close", not "not quite there". I agree the vowel sound is the same, but that isn't what a rhyme is.

"Vague" does end in a plosive -- a voiced velar plosive, to be specific."Cake" ends in a voiceless velar plosive.

 

[Thorn]

That's an awful lot of work just to speak wrong.

It's voice training -- when a British actor works with a voice coach to realistically mimic an American accent, is the actor being taught to "speak wrong"?

Obviously it depends which part of America we're talking about.

It actually doesn't.Who speaks better English? Simon Cowell or Matt Lauer?

In Britian or in New York?

 

[Billy Bats]

Who knew so many people had speech impediments.

 

[Doug B]

Who speaks better English? Simon Cowell or Matt Lauer?

In Britian or in New York?

Pick one -- trying to come up with a single proper & correct standard of English that everyone is supposed to aim for.

 

[Pickle Rody]

Uh....no they don't.

If you were a man I'd punch you.

Whatever. (not whetahvah) Bunch of country bumpkins around here that can't speak English clearly. Obviously it's your upbringing in Schticksville, USA.

 

[Prinefan]

11 pages. Unbelievable.

 

[GDogg]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

So just pronounce both of them like "don". Problem solved.

they are different words and are supposed to sound different.

Are "they're," "their," and "there" also supposed to sound different?

 

[bostonfred]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

So just pronounce both of them like "don". Problem solved.

they are different words and are supposed to sound different.

Are "they're," "their," and "there" also supposed to sound different?

Oh no. Now there's a reason they're going to be sitting there saying their they'res to see if you're making them say their there like your their or if you're switching the two other theres to sound more like theirs.

 

[Finless]

Can I get cliffs here? 11 pages on two words rhyming

 

[GDogg]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

So just pronounce both of them like "don". Problem solved.

they are different words and are supposed to sound different.

Are "they're," "their," and "there" also supposed to sound different?

Oh no. Now there's a reason they're going to be sitting there saying their they'res to see if you're making them say their there like your their or if you're switching the two other theres to sound more like theirs.

Well done.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Also, I knew the harsher Don sound would be the issue Fred (and others) picked up on. But, pronouncing it like Dawn is much worse, IMO.

So just pronounce both of them like "don". Problem solved.

they are different words and are supposed to sound different.

Are "they're," "their," and "there" also supposed to sound different?

no.I guess dawn and don don't really need to sound different. they just do.

 

[Radical Larry]

Can I get cliffs here? 11 pages on two words rhyming

I think I figured it outeople that live(d) in states that border the Great Lakes talk all weird and stuff.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Can I get cliffs here? 11 pages on two words rhyming

I think I figured it outeople that live(d) in states that border the Great Lakes talk all weird and stuff.

60% of people voting in this poll live that close to the Great Lakes?

 

[Radical Larry]

Can I get cliffs here? 11 pages on two words rhyming

I think I figured it outeople that live(d) in states that border the Great Lakes talk all weird and stuff.

60% of people voting in this poll live that close to the Great Lakes?

That's like 8 states. Fairly populated states at that.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Can I get cliffs here? 11 pages on two words rhyming

I think I figured it outeople that live(d) in states that border the Great Lakes talk all weird and stuff.

60% of people voting in this poll live that close to the Great Lakes?

That's like 8 states. Fairly populated states at that.

sucks being a minority, huh?

 

[moleculo]

Can I get cliffs here? 11 pages on two words rhyming

I think I figured it outeople that live(d) in states that border the Great Lakes talk all weird and stuff.

60% of people voting in this poll live that close to the Great Lakes?

I think lots of people voted no because words can't rhyme with themselves. link

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Can I get cliffs here? 11 pages on two words rhyming

I think I figured it outeople that live(d) in states that border the Great Lakes talk all weird and stuff.

60% of people voting in this poll live that close to the Great Lakes?

I think lots of people voted no because words can't rhyme with themselves. link

so Larry can't create polls correctly either?"Ouch."