Funny things, accents.

[Roger Kettle]

I can't remember if it was The Peepmaster or Mince who named this particular section of the site "Just A Fort". Both of these fine gentlemen are English and that explains the tortured pun on "just a thought". I find accents fascinating. The words "fort" and "thought", to the Scottish ear, are a million miles apart. I guess this is based on the Cockney/South of England dialect which would turn "thought" into "fawrt". Weird but fascinating.
Well, I think so.

[Tom]

I always have a problem when someone with a scottish accent spells a word with "Ji" in it... it's either a G or a J, but I always get it wrong. After many a year on the phone I always get it wrong.

And how do people pronounce almond now?

And, would accents and pronunciations be the same thing??

[Diane CBPFC]

My son and I were sat there fascinated listening to the Canterbury tales read out loud in olde English on the Knowledge network last night as they discussed the progression of English language through the middle ages ? well I thought we were fascinated ? turns out my son was playing Gameboy.  I had assumed that the words that I could understand in the writing were pronounced in their present day form ? no, no ? no ? they sounded like the Elfen people in Lord of the Rings or perhaps Glaswegians.

[Roger Kettle]

I pronounce "almond"..."ahmond". I hate nuts anyway. And cheese.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Ah - this is where I part company with Roger. I love nuts...and cheese.

However, we do pronounce ahmond the same way.

[The Peepmaster]

I say "Ally-moondi", which is considered an extremely unusual pronunciation of "cheddar".