Why do people say "i-dear"?

[Jay Hova]

I have a Professor with a British accent, well he's from New Zealand...sounds British. Anyways, he says i-dear instead of idea....and sometimes he'll say Cana-der instead of Canada.

I have heard some people say this before...people on those BBC pod-casts my Dad listens to...

Why do they say this?

[Squiggles]

It's part of a vast government conspiracy.

[Shaner]

The same reason as people in the US and Canada pronounce the letter "z" different.

They don't choose to pronounce it that way, that's just how they talk.

[Dash]

why do some people say "dey" instead of "they"? or "dat" instead of "that"?

[jayisthebest88]

why don't you tell him it bothers you so much....

[Akraz]

most Australians/New Zealanders or w/e u call em pronounce an r-sound instead of an a-sound. its weird.

a friend I knew pronounced "Go" as "Gore"

[umop]

One Chinese teacher I had also pronounced it "idear".

Kinda strange.

[Jay Hova]

One Chinese teacher I had also pronounced it "idear".

Kinda strange.

I also had one too...some Chinese people, are from Hong Kong. I think they teach the "British System" of education e.g O-Levels or A-Levels...probably had British teachers, accents, etc, etc.

[MasterXan]

a waiter once served me clam chowder and he pronounced it as "clam chowdare."

[flexwong]

a waiter once served me clam chowder and he pronounced it as "clam chowdare."

it's CHOWDA! SAY IT RIGHT FRENCHIE!

[originalnutta]

it's an accent.

you might hear them from time to time.

[Becks]

They do this because the next word starts with a vowel.

It's like saying "an hour" instead of "a hour". So, "Canader is" instead of "Canada is".

On a side note: notice also that Canadians say "eh?" at the end of a sentence, while a lot of Brits say "yeah?".

[Squiggles]

it's an accent.

you might hear them from time to time.

I live in Toronto, I don't believe we have anyone with accents here.

[nuberific]

Clearly just an accent, but something people might find interesting: If I remember correctly from my semiotics professor, in some places like Britain, pronouncing that "r" at the end of the word is associated with higher social class.

[felixdd]

In no way does what I have to say advances the discussion of this thread in any way, but:


In a way, the "English accent" is actually the correct way to speak English. It's the rest of us that has the "accent"