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Post by melanell on Mar 20, 2025 11:59:41 GMT
Do you pronounce the "quart" in the word "quarter" the same way that you pronounce the word "quart" on its own? I say QUART as "kwort". (Although I admit that when I say something like "a quart of milk", the "w" sound in quart is not nearly as pronounced as when I say things like quilt or queen.) But I say QUARTER as "kort-er". I hear people living in countries outside the US, or those who have lived outside the US in the past pronounce QUARTER as "kwort-ter", and it got me to wondering if in some regions of the US, people say "kwort-ter" as well. Or maybe, some people say "kort" for QUART, too, and I just don't notice it.  ETA: I was thinking of "quarter" as in the coin. I actually say "quarter" as in a ship's quarters or the French Quarter differently than I say the coin.  |
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Post by littlemama on Mar 20, 2025 12:09:52 GMT
Kwort and kworter
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Post by gillyp on Mar 20, 2025 12:29:27 GMT
UK - kwort and kworter.
Do you refer to your coin as a korter?
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Post by Tearisci on Mar 20, 2025 12:43:40 GMT
I say Kwort and Korter.
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Post by smasonnc on Mar 20, 2025 12:46:07 GMT
Kwort and kworter. The "u" is there for a reason. My sister says "korter" and it drives me nuts.
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Post by smartypants71 on Mar 20, 2025 12:47:24 GMT
I say both words the same way unless it's the french quarter, in which I drop the first r.
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Post by MorningPerson on Mar 20, 2025 12:53:28 GMT
Kwort and kworter.
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Post by melanell on Mar 20, 2025 12:59:13 GMT
UK - kwort and kworter. Do you refer to your coin as a korter? Yes, I call the coin a "korter". |
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Post by melanell on Mar 20, 2025 13:01:30 GMT
Thanks, everyone---sounds as if it's regional within the US as well, then.
I don't really have much reason to hear people say "quarter" (as in the coin) any more, or to say it myself, so I think that's why I never really noticed before.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 20, 2025 13:02:13 GMT
Kwort / kworter. I’m irrationally annoyed when people pronounce words without non-silent letters or sounds that are clearly there (buh-in/button, mih-in/mitten, korter/quarter etc.) or add letters or sounds that clearly aren’t there (warsh/wash, squarsh/squash, etc.). Drives me nuts.
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Post by justkat on Mar 20, 2025 13:03:20 GMT
Kwort and kworter. English is not my native language if that makes a difference.
My husband (native born US citizen/ English speaker) says kwort and kworter also. However he does, rarely, say korter. He says it has to do with where he's from and that it's rarely in regards to money but more with measurement. For example he'd say "I bought a korter pound of ham and used all my kworters to pay for it.".
We had an interesting conversing this morning. LOL
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Post by melanell on Mar 20, 2025 13:05:35 GMT
I say both words the same way unless it's the french quarter, in which I drop the first r. Okay, so I just realized I was thinking of the word "quarter" as ONLY the coin in my OP, and so now I also realize that I say the word differently based on its usage. (Kind of like pecan or creek, two other words in which I switch how I pronounce them.) So I say the COIN as "korter". But if I'm talking about the French Quarter, I say "kworter" or if I am talking about the captain's quarters, I say "kworters". But if I am talking about a quarter pound of something, then I'm back to "korter" again. |
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Post by melanell on Mar 20, 2025 13:19:07 GMT
Kwort / kworter. I’m irrationally annoyed when people pronounce words without non-silent letters or sounds that are clearly there (buh-in/button, mih-in/mitten, korter/quarter etc.) or add letters or sounds that clearly aren’t there (warsh/wash, squarsh/squash, etc.). Drives me nuts. We say mitten and button properly around here, but this region is rife with the with a glottal stop replacing the "T" when a word has an "N" followed by a "T". So Trenton sounds like Tren-in, or even Treh-in. Internet becomes "innernet". Painted is "painned". Twenty sounds like "twenny" or even "twunny" (not using the "e" sound, because we're also very lazy with vowel sounds here). Now, the "warsh" thing is my MIL, and it's wild, because "warsh" isn't a regional pronunciation here, and she has lived here her whole life. She's the only person I know from this area who says it. Even she doesn't know why she says it that way. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 20, 2025 13:27:13 GMT
Kwort / kworter. I’m irrationally annoyed when people pronounce words without non-silent letters or sounds that are clearly there (buh-in/button, mih-in/mitten, korter/quarter etc.) or add letters or sounds that clearly aren’t there (warsh/wash, squarsh/squash, etc.). Drives me nuts. We say mitten and button properly around here, but this region is rife with the with a glottal stop replacing the "T" when a word has an "N" followed by a "T". So Trenton sounds like Tren-in, or even Treh-in. Internet becomes "innernet". Painted is "painned". Twenty sounds like "twenny" or even "twunny" (not using the "e" sound, because we're also very lazy with vowel sounds here). Now, the "warsh" thing is my MIL, and it's wild, because "warsh" isn't a regional pronunciation here, and she has lived here her whole life. She's the only person I know from this area who says it. Even she doesn't know why she says it that way. I think I would slowly go insane, LOL. For some reason, the friend that helped me out with childcare when my kid was little would pronounce milk as melk, and my DD picked up on that and started saying it that way too. 😳😱 Took quite a bit of reprogramming to get DD to say it the right way again. Now she just says melk when she wants to irritate me, LOL. |
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Post by melanell on Mar 20, 2025 13:29:17 GMT
We say mitten and button properly around here, but this region is rife with the with a glottal stop replacing the "T" when a word has an "N" followed by a "T". So Trenton sounds like Tren-in, or even Treh-in. Internet becomes "innernet". Painted is "painned". Twenty sounds like "twenny" or even "twunny" (not using the "e" sound, because we're also very lazy with vowel sounds here). Now, the "warsh" thing is my MIL, and it's wild, because "warsh" isn't a regional pronunciation here, and she has lived here her whole life. She's the only person I know from this area who says it. Even she doesn't know why she says it that way. I think I would slowly go insane, LOL. For some reason, the friend that helped me out with childcare when my kid was little would pronounce milk as melk, and my DD picked up on that and started saying it that way too. 😳😱 Took quite a bit of reprogramming to get DD to say it the right way again. Now she just says melk when she wants to irritate me, LOL. Yeah, "melk" is pretty common around here, too.  |
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Post by Gennifer on Mar 20, 2025 13:34:42 GMT
I say “kort” and “korter” the same, whether I’m talking about the milk container/where you play tennis or the coin/French district.
You’re going to have to rely on usage to determine which word I mean, I guess.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Mar 20, 2025 13:41:58 GMT
I say the COIN as "korter". "Kort" for quart. I also say water as "worter" so there's that...  |
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Post by monklady123 on Mar 20, 2025 14:10:53 GMT
Lol at this timely thread.... Just two days ago I was working with three ESL kids in math and we were doing money. They're learning the English words for our money and we had to do some extra work on pronouncing "quarter". I taught them "kworter" with a distinctive "w". Although, I think when I say it quickly, like if I said "the store gave me six quarters" I'd slur over that "w" a bit more. As I always say, I love this type of thread. |
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Post by naby64 on Mar 20, 2025 14:21:35 GMT
I say Kwort and Kworter. However, sitting here at my desk, it is a soft w in the Kworter. But it is still there.
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Post by smasonnc on Mar 20, 2025 14:36:35 GMT
Kwort / kworter. I’m irrationally annoyed when people pronounce words without non-silent letters or sounds that are clearly there (buh-in/button, mih-in/mitten, korter/quarter etc.) or add letters or sounds that clearly aren’t there (warsh/wash, squarsh/squash, etc.). Drives me nuts. Thank you! I thought I was the only one irrationally annoyed about that "buh-in" thing. I think "warsh" is regional, kind of like stretching everything to three syllables in the south. |
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Post by caangel on Mar 20, 2025 14:43:08 GMT
kwort/kwor-der
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 20, 2025 14:44:04 GMT
Kwort / kworter. I’m irrationally annoyed when people pronounce words without non-silent letters or sounds that are clearly there (buh-in/button, mih-in/mitten, korter/quarter etc.) or add letters or sounds that clearly aren’t there (warsh/wash, squarsh/squash, etc.). Drives me nuts. Thank you! I thought I was the only one irrationally annoyed about that "buh-in" thing. I think "warsh" is regional, kind of like stretching everything to three syllables in the south. OMG, I was watching a crafting video on YouTube once where this girl from Utah was talking like that. I had to turn it off before it even hit the one minute mark because it was so annoying. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 20, 2025 14:47:38 GMT
^^^ this is how I say them, too. I KNOW the coin should be pronounced the same way, but if I say it fast, the "w" sound gets dropped. ...something about the fact that the word 'Quarter' has a second syllable, maybe?? ETA: but I think this word is the only one I do it with- Hearing someone say "buh-in" for button, etc. irritates the HECK out of me!!! |
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Post by TXMary on Mar 20, 2025 15:04:46 GMT
I say kort and korter no matter what I'm talking about. Actually I think it's more korder.  |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 20, 2025 15:48:27 GMT
Kwort, kworter all the way around!!
All those who drop the 'H' in wHite...
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Post by aprilfay21 on Mar 20, 2025 15:53:45 GMT
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Mar 20, 2025 16:38:54 GMT
Kwort and Kworta (I'm from Boston ) |
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Post by Zee on Mar 20, 2025 16:42:43 GMT
Kwort, kworter all the way around!! All those who drop the 'H' in wHite... Because it's wyte, not Hwyte! Kwort and kworter here Rural Midwest often tends to say MAYsure and TRAYsure for measure and treasure, Feesh for fish, Warsh for wash. I hate warsh the most. |
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Post by Merge on Mar 20, 2025 16:51:02 GMT
Hmm, I hadn’t realized it, but I think I mostly say kwort and korter. Sometimes kworter if I’m being careful with enunciation.
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Post by Merge on Mar 20, 2025 16:54:42 GMT
I teach young singers learning bel canto style to pronounce white as hwite. You want to hear that H.
And in that style of singing, we also eunciate the Ts properly. But in my everyday speech, I’m guilty of swallowing any T in the middle or at the end of the word.
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