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I know this is an album by an American musician, and that this bit of clarification is from the official press release for the album, but I suspect speakers of British English wouldn't actually pronounce it the same as they pronounce "odds". This is only based on the assumption that "Adz" should be universally pronounced like "ah-dz" though, so I guess it's not enough justification to change the explanation to something else, but would it be fine to remove it? Or maybe put a phonetic spelling in there, instead of a word with a pronunciation that differs depending on accent? This is way too long-winded for such a simple matter, but oh well.[[Special:Contributions/121.98.208.32|121.98.208.32]] ([[User talk:121.98.208.32|talk]]) 03:34, 3 October 2010 (UTC) |
I know this is an album by an American musician, and that this bit of clarification is from the official press release for the album, but I suspect speakers of British English wouldn't actually pronounce it the same as they pronounce "odds". This is only based on the assumption that "Adz" should be universally pronounced like "ah-dz" though, so I guess it's not enough justification to change the explanation to something else, but would it be fine to remove it? Or maybe put a phonetic spelling in there, instead of a word with a pronunciation that differs depending on accent? This is way too long-winded for such a simple matter, but oh well.[[Special:Contributions/121.98.208.32|121.98.208.32]] ([[User talk:121.98.208.32|talk]]) 03:34, 3 October 2010 (UTC) |
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:I was thinking about this myself the other day as well, but given that this comes directly from the release page on Bandcamp: [http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-adz], I suspect all English speakers will pronounce this title like they pronounce "odds". The most important aspect anyway is that the 'a' is given the [[Open back rounded vowel|ɒ]] sound instead of the [[Near-open front unrounded vowel|æ]] sound. (On first seeing the title, I was tempted to think it was a lolcat spelling of "ads" :) '''[[User:Jujutacular|<span style="color:#006400;">Jujutacular</span>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:Jujutacular|talk]]</sup> 03:59, 3 October 2010 (UTC) |
:I was thinking about this myself the other day as well, but given that this comes directly from the release page on Bandcamp: [http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-adz], I suspect all English speakers will pronounce this title like they pronounce "odds". The most important aspect anyway is that the 'a' is given the [[Open back rounded vowel|ɒ]] sound instead of the [[Near-open front unrounded vowel|æ]] sound. (On first seeing the title, I was tempted to think it was a lolcat spelling of "ads" :) '''[[User:Jujutacular|<span style="color:#006400;">Jujutacular</span>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:Jujutacular|talk]]</sup> 03:59, 3 October 2010 (UTC) |
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::Yes, I see it's important to differentiate it from something like "ads"... but I think the fact is British English speakers and American English speakers pronounce "odds" differently (even though the phonetic symbol is the same, which confuses me), so they'd pronounce "Adz" differently too if they followed this rule. Listen to the different pronunciations of "hot" and "rock" here and hopefully you'll see what I mean: [http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm] I think "Adz" seems like it should be pronounced similarly to RP "ask", which would be written "osk" if you wanted an American to pronounce it the same way, I think.[[Special:Contributions/121.98.208.32|121.98.208.32]] ([[User talk:121.98.208.32|talk]]) 06:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC) |
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I know this is an album by an American musician, and that this bit of clarification is from the official press release for the album, but I suspect speakers of British English wouldn't actually pronounce it the same as they pronounce "odds". This is only based on the assumption that "Adz" should be universally pronounced like "ah-dz" though, so I guess it's not enough justification to change the explanation to something else, but would it be fine to remove it? Or maybe put a phonetic spelling in there, instead of a word with a pronunciation that differs depending on accent? This is way too long-winded for such a simple matter, but oh well.121.98.208.32 (talk) 03:34, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
- I was thinking about this myself the other day as well, but given that this comes directly from the release page on Bandcamp: [1], I suspect all English speakers will pronounce this title like they pronounce "odds". The most important aspect anyway is that the 'a' is given the ɒ sound instead of the æ sound. (On first seeing the title, I was tempted to think it was a lolcat spelling of "ads" :) Jujutacular talk 03:59, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, I see it's important to differentiate it from something like "ads"... but I think the fact is British English speakers and American English speakers pronounce "odds" differently (even though the phonetic symbol is the same, which confuses me), so they'd pronounce "Adz" differently too if they followed this rule. Listen to the different pronunciations of "hot" and "rock" here and hopefully you'll see what I mean: [2] I think "Adz" seems like it should be pronounced similarly to RP "ask", which would be written "osk" if you wanted an American to pronounce it the same way, I think.121.98.208.32 (talk) 06:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC)