tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811427489592820032.post6674087767907452166..comments2009-03-31T20:38:02.023-04:00Comments on pronounced WOO-BIN: Non-rhotic Geographybitterandrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03208425018192023247noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811427489592820032.post-32973800729191182882008-09-17T21:17:00.000-04:002008-09-17T21:17:00.000-04:00Oh, I know what you mean about that "neutral" acce...Oh, I know what you mean about that "neutral" accent. I grew up in the Western 'burbs, out past Sherborn, and one way to tell the Old Money Douchebags from the New Money Douchebags in that town was that while the former pronounced it (properly) as "SHUH-bin," the latter for some reason over-enunciated the whole thing, with an odd emphasis on the final syllable--"sher-BORN."<BR/><BR/>I can only imagine that they thought it made them sound classy; instead it made them sound like pathetic status-seeking strivers.Jack Feerickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957899718721006732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811427489592820032.post-19480627793375219642008-09-17T09:16:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:16:00.000-04:00Thanks for remembering us. Unlike everyone else in...Thanks for remembering us. Unlike everyone else inside 495.<BR/><BR/>Born in Fawrivvah, but traveling with Air Force and telephone company parents, I missed out on our famous accent. Which worked out for a career in radio & teevee, where they thought I had grand elocution.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't play as well on the local scene, since everyone either distrusts the fawrinnah or dislikes the smahtypants.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396827815461690034noreply@blogger.com