I was at a fan convention in Los Angeles some 30 years ago when the TV series Due South was big, the one about the Mountie in Chicago. Mentioned it to someone there and her response was, basically, What? So I said it again: Due South. Blank. Considered, said Doo Sow-th. Then she got it.
British and Brit-inflected vowels like my own don't exist in most American dialects.
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I was at a fan convention in Los Angeles some 30 years ago when the TV series Due South was big, the one about the Mountie in Chicago. Mentioned it to someone there and her response was, basically, What? So I said it again: Due South. Blank. Considered, said Doo Sow-th. Then she got it.
British and Brit-inflected vowels like my own don't exist in most American dialects.