Asphalt
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There are people who wouldn't say 'shit' if their mouths were full of it. Why do some people say 'cock'-ing when the word is 'caulking', and how do you pronounce the name of that planet out in the ass-end of the Solar System? None so queer as folk.
It was pointed out to me 15 years ago that it is ASS-Fault and I have been using the correct pronunciation ever since.
BTW (on a similar civil engineering vein), it's concrete and not cement. As in "concrete walkway" or "concrete floor" Cement is the white powder that you mix with water and aggregate to get concrete.
BTW (on a similar civil engineering vein), it's concrete and not cement. As in "concrete walkway" or "concrete floor" Cement is the white powder that you mix with water and aggregate to get concrete.
Most folks just repeat what they've heard, as in "…how big of an earthquake was it"†, rather than figuring out what's correct phonetically or grammatically. But for why that is what they've heard, see the lol below. "Ass-fault! You said ass-fault! Hehehe!"
†Big is an adjective, not a noun, and can only be modified by an adverb like 'statistically speaking', not by an adjective phrase like "…of an earthquake". Such an adjective phrase can only modify a noun, as in 'the force of an earthquake'. But you knew that, just like you know how big an earthquake it was.
The English language changes, Shakespeare wouldn't recognize it today.
If most people pronounce it "ash fault" then it becomes okay. Everyone here says "garroj" when referring to where you park your car instead of "garridge" with the emphasis on the first syllable like others in the world do.
If most people pronounce it "ash fault" then it becomes okay. Everyone here says "garroj" when referring to where you park your car instead of "garridge" with the emphasis on the first syllable like others in the world do.
But although it's Portidge and Main, I expect you still portahge your canoo. With our great French heritahge, we understand how garahges want to hear their name pronounced.
Just as we recognize Shakespeare was writing English, and that still excites us, I think he'd have fun with the modern version. But enough of this foolish controversy; I am deeply shamed I don't say canot. and I'm going to hide out in a théâtre for the afternoon.
Both ways are correct according to the dictionary. ˈas-ˌfȯlt (American) also ˈash-ˌfalt (British)
I've said it both ways.
