[Magdalen] Mary, Marry, and Merry

[Scott Knitter]

Yes, I pronounce "want" and "font" with approximately the same vowel sound.

I'd pronounce "Auntie" like (sorry...) "panty." Here in the USA it's mostly
used with children to refer to their aunts or perhaps their great aunts,
but often only certain ones, possibly based on how easy it is to say. For
example:

We had (and still have) an "Auntie Cindy," but another aunt was always
"Aunt Eileen." (pronounced "Ant")  Some others were never "Auntie N." but
were sometimes called simply "Auntie." As in "Let's go by Auntie's and give
her her birthday present."

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:01 PM Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hey, hang on, don't any of you pronounce "want" to rhyme with "font"(which
> rhymes with the first  "o" in "pontoon.")
> Overhere, on the other side of the bigger pond, "aunt"
>  would rhyme with "can't" (pronounced c-ah-nt)
> But, enquiring minds want to know, how  do you pronounce "auntie"? ( the
> diminutive of "aunt" but often used by aboriginal Australians as a term of
> respect towards all older women.)
>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA