Talk:List of shibboleths
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[edit] Schild & Vriend
At end of the section about "Schild en Vriend" the following sentence appears: The combination of the 's and the g in Gilden would create a gr-facto /sx/ A google search for 'gr-facto' shows little more than this article. Shouldn't it be 'de-facto'? As a native flemish speaker, I can confirm that "Des gilden" or "'s Gilden" will indeed produce the flemish pronounciation of 'sch'. 213.246.227.244 (talk) 04:22, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Removed fundukh part, it needs third-party reference. Zondi 07:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
In my experience, people who live in Houston, Texas actually pronounce the first syllable like "you". I only know a couple though, so I guess I won't change it just based on that. Tokataro 11:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Miami, Oklahoma
Would it be okay to add Miami, Oklahoma, to the list of place name shibboleths? It's pronounced "My-am-uh", as compared to Florida's "My-am-ee", and outsiders often ask me about how to get to "My-am-ee", meaning the OK city. Thanks! Trvsdrlng 01:32, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Newark, DE vs Newark NJ
These two cities with the same name have very different pronounciations. See the article on Newark, Delaware here. 71.166.249.250 13:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Shibboleths in Fiction: "unionized"
Since we have established that Asimov was wrong, that chemists use the term "nonionized" or "nonionic" or "deionized", can we really consider this a real Shibboleth? Maybe it should be deleted? Plus, since it was in a nonfiction essay, it isn't really a Shibboleth in Fiction, so doesn't go under that heading anyway.Mmyers1976 (talk)
[edit] English Shibboleths
After having spent some time in New Zealand, I've learned that, in fact, either the opposite of the sentence 'Similarly, Australians have the perception that NZers pronounce "six" as Australians pronounce "sex".' is true, or both are true, because New Zealanders say that Australians are the ones who pronounce 'six' (6) as 'sex', so I'm deleting that line until someone else can clear it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.102.85.53 (talk) 04:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
