tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post8602594932201364887..comments2024-03-24T16:47:21.470-07:00Comments on A World of Englishes: You say "lee-doh", I say "lye-doh" ...Jane Setterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-67193767863361046022017-03-27T02:43:25.235-07:002017-03-27T02:43:25.235-07:00I can say with my hand on my heart I have never he...I can say with my hand on my heart I have never heard that word used. The references I can find to this word on line seem to refer to places in the USA (e.g., Penn State McCoy Natatorium; The Natatorium, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).Jane Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-2897994035702401512017-03-26T12:14:43.170-07:002017-03-26T12:14:43.170-07:00AmE doesn't have natatorium either. Is that s...AmE doesn't have <i>natatorium</i> either. Is that still current in BrE, or only in the names of specific establishments?John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-23668427423148570182017-03-20T04:19:35.474-07:002017-03-20T04:19:35.474-07:00The one I live near is definitely Charlton Lye-do ...The one I live near is definitely Charlton Lye-do - I don't know of any Lee-dos near here.philb81https://www.blogger.com/profile/07249065245924546322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-48510632121840329182017-03-19T04:42:46.084-07:002017-03-19T04:42:46.084-07:00We never had a lido in Sheerness, only swimming ba...We never had a lido in Sheerness, only swimming bath that hardly survived WW2 (vandalism not blitzing), but I'd say lye-doh. I see the scone map is yellow for Kent (50-50) and you say sconn and I say [skaon]. But cone is pronounced differently across the country, in Yorkshire they'd probably say [sko:n].Sidney Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138711082469220983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-84980345028995347592017-03-16T00:17:30.572-07:002017-03-16T00:17:30.572-07:00Same as me, then, Irene.Same as me, then, Irene.Jane Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-27991885829027319432017-03-16T00:17:03.078-07:002017-03-16T00:17:03.078-07:00If it's only the Italian beach resort mentione...If it's only the Italian beach resort mentioned, then AmE will definitely follow the Italian pronunciation. That, or AmE speakers simply won't know the word to say it. I had one or two posh UK people comment they never went to lidos, so wouldn't have ever had to say the word!Jane Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-57132419506756612692017-03-15T13:50:41.367-07:002017-03-15T13:50:41.367-07:00I did a quick check of COCA, and lido is not curre...I did a quick check of COCA, and <i>lido</i> is not current in AmE, except for the Italian beach resort, and sometimes in an extended sense to refer to similar beach resorts. <i>Lido deck</i> seems to be an isolated idiom.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-9897367900237095562017-03-15T11:45:14.817-07:002017-03-15T11:45:14.817-07:00also I say scone as in gone also I say scone as in gone Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535095160545442925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-14605328692362477132017-03-15T11:44:22.450-07:002017-03-15T11:44:22.450-07:00I grew up in Cheltenham and it's definitely a ...I grew up in Cheltenham and it's definitely a lye-dohIrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535095160545442925noreply@blogger.com