[NON BLOG] An Insularism
Oct. 30th, 2005 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldBy and large, I speak standard Canadian English. I don't speak with the stereotypical Prince Edward Island accent, and I'm ill-acquainted with the sayings of Prince Edward Island. Whenever I use Insularisms, I use them self-consciously and with some degree of irony, for instance when I point out the bifurcation of the world between the Island (always spelled and pronounced with a capital "I") and the Mainland (everything else--Nova Scotia, Sweden, Japan).
There is one Insularism in my speech that is beyond my control, I've just been told. It's the word "P.E.I." It seems that my "P" almost blurs into the "E," while my "I" is a long "I". Would that I had the IPA handy on my keyboard to better describe my pronunciation of this text.
There is one Insularism in my speech that is beyond my control, I've just been told. It's the word "P.E.I." It seems that my "P" almost blurs into the "E," while my "I" is a long "I". Would that I had the IPA handy on my keyboard to better describe my pronunciation of this text.
