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Star Trek:Deep Space 9 ?

• nknight 15y ago
  Er, OK, I find that much closer to "quart" than "lark". Maybe we're dealing with some sort of accent/dialect issue here, and/or people are hearing something far more subtle than I am.
  • lmm 15y ago
    quart is (at least where I live) pronounced to rhyme with wort (or, I dunno, sort).
  • jonnathanson 15y ago
    I think it's a regional/accent thing. I'm on the West Coast, and I've always used (and heard) the DS9-style intonation of the word (which, to my ear, sounds a lot more like "quart" than "lark"). Midwesterners and New Englanders are probably more likely to hear and use the "lark" pronunciation in the word. (And the James Joyce explanation needs to take into account that Joyce, being Irish, would have pronounced and rhymed things a bit differently from an American).
    • rprospero 15y ago
      Midwesterner (Indiana) here. I've never heard anyone use the "lark" pronunciation.