I pronounce Becan (bee ahh nnn) Is that the correct pronunciation ? This just came up from a relatively known source whom pronounces Becan differently than I. 

I pronounce it Yammy!!!!!

Well since I don't adapt well or retain information or remember for one moment to the next and Am pretty much set in my ways and don't have a large vocabulary and can't retain information or remember for one moment to the next I'll stay with my ewwn pronunciation thank you very much!


P.S. I know there must be a reason I Am thanking someone..somebody ...but just can't ................

My mowf if too fuh to fay it ri' now.

bayoubill


I pronounce Becan (bee ahh nnn) Is that the correct pronunciation ? This just came up from a relatively known source whom pronounces Becan differently than I. 

No "C" or "K" sound?  That's weird! 

Many years ago, I worked at a gas station downtown in Chicago.  Cab drivers would come in frequently to gas up, stretch, and air out the back of their cabs.  I discovered that some of these people spoke words I thought I knew but in an entirely different manner.

"Eh Eh Eye AH Wuh Reh rer!"  (Give me $5 worth of Regular!")

"En Uh Eyetz!  En Uh Eyetz!"  (Winston Lights!  Winston Lights!)

"Ee Yuh!"  (Fill 'er Up!)

"Uz Aheeun O Ow Gih Uh Zayuh?"  (Does Anyone Know How to Get to Zion?)

"Mah Azz iz Ohn Fahyer!"  (Are your seat beads comfortable?  Mine appear to be failing in this area.)

and air out the back of their cabs.

 
That was just a pretext for airing out the fronts of their cabs.

UbiquitousBubba


Many years ago, I worked at a gas station downtown in Chicago.  Cab drivers would come in frequently to gas up, stretch, and air out the back of their cabs.  I discovered that some of these people spoke words I thought I knew but in an entirely different manner.

"Eh Eh Eye AH Wuh Reh rer!"  (Give me $5 worth of Regular!")

"En Uh Eyetz!  En Uh Eyetz!"  (Winston Lights!  Winston Lights!)

"Ee Yuh!"  (Fill 'er Up!)

"Uz Aheeun O Ow Gih Uh Zayuh?"  (Does Anyone Know How to Get to Zion?)

"Mah Azz iz Ohn Fahyer!"  (Are your seat beads comfortable?  Mine appear to be failing in this area.)

That must be some sort of Cabonics dialect?
 
Now the British cabbies who speak cockney shouldn't mix with the Chicago cabbies.....
 
or should they?

Chicago cabbies don't mix.  Their cabs aren't equipped with reference monitors.

Nor do they have air freshners.