You say tomAYto, I say tomAHto. Does anyone actually say tomAHto?

Seriously, I've never heard anyone pronounce it with an AH sound. Does anyone actually say it that way?

 

Wouldn't people with thick, Southern accents say it that way? ?

JMA

 

They pronounce it "tomahtay" south of the border.

Close enough.

 

Those of us that speak, you know, English, pronounce it tomAHto.

 

In Australia we say TomAHto, but then again we do have to sexiest accents in the world

 

Tomayto is the American, bastardised, version.

Tomahto is the civilised, correct, way.

 

99.9% of the English population say it tomAHto, including me.



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I've never heard anyone say tomahto.

But what about potAHto? Does anyone say potahto? I only heare potAYto around here.

 

//Raises Hand.

 

Oh, I have heard one person say it that way. One of the hobbits in Fellowship of the Ring said it, I think.

JMA

 

PotAYto

 

Tomato is the new fangled way of saying Love Apple.

 

You say "Tomahto" I say "You can't even speak *-ing English!"

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So if you all pronounce potato as potAHto, then how do you pronounce taters? Tahters?

 

I don't know. I've never had to pronunce the word. PotAYtoes taste disgusting anyway.

 

Having lived in Europe, as well as having a Brit girlfriend *cough*literalwhore*cough*, I've heard many say tomAHto.

 

Don't try to reason with the way the English pronounce their words. They won't change to make actual sense

Like saying "centre" "sin tr" and not saying "padre" "pah dr". Also, why isn't your dad your "fathre" and why isn't the boy-Wizard Harry's last name "Pottre"?

America just tries to make English make some sense, but it's an impossible feat

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PotAYtoes taste disgusting anyway.

Not if they're fried in an cast iron skillet with lard and onions.

 

No, they would taste worse than disgusting.

 

Like saying "centre" "sin tr" and not saying "padre" "pah dr". Also, why isn't your dad your "fathre" and why isn't the boy-Wizard Harry's last name "Pottre"?

It's all to do with where the words originated. I've never known anyone say 'centre' 'sin tr', we say it 'sen ter'. And padre is pronounced 'par dre'. and the thing about 'fathre' and 'Pottre' is that the wouldn't have the 'er' sound on the end, they'd be 'far threy' and 'pot tray'.



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Does anyone actually say tomAHto?

Well, I do. But I say PotAYto ... so basically I pronounce it whichever way I want.

 

Anyone who speaks proper English says TomAHto. TomAYto is the way you barbarians say it.

E_S

 

I'm with Ender_Sai. TomAYto is the way to go

 

Anyone who speaks proper English says TomAHto. TomAYto is the way you barbarians say it.

Jifty SMASH!

*hits Ender with rolled up Wall Street Journal*

RRRAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

 

I know...it takes a certain intellect to pronounce words differently to how they phonetically read.

Obviously the Brits and Aussies posses that intelligence.

amerikans karnt du that...thay arr stoopid