Lucita Jones Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) Ok, I'm willing to bet my all my equipment that I am the first person asking this, but I just need to get an answer from a native English speaker or from a pro working in an English speaking country. When we talk about setting a lamp to FLOOD or SPOT..... is "flood" pronounced as in "floods of water" ??? or is it "flood" as in "coop or wood" ??? You see, I teach my students that it is "flood " as in a "flood of light", which makes a lot of sense to me. But everyone else here (we speak Spanish) uses "flood" as in "wood". So, which is the correct form? Thanks! Edited November 22, 2007 by Lucita Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Paul Maibaum ASC Posted November 22, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted November 22, 2007 flood as in dud, mud or blood. or as mentioned........"floods of water" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucita Jones Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 flood as in dud, mud or blood. or as mentioned........"floods of water" Thanks, I can go on speaking now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Case Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Yes, it's the same word as in "floods of water" so you pronounce it the same way. that is, to rhyme with dud or blood as someone said before. However, there are regional variations. In the north of England, you would hear "flood" or "blood" (or "dud" for that matter) sounding much closer to the "wood" you mentioned. More like "pudding". Though not as long a sound as "food". Don't expect any English word to be pronounced as it is spelt - and don't expect any English word to be pronounced as it is twenty miles away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiaoSu Han Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoVdAedCwAE reminds me of that :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucita Jones Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yes, it's the same word as in "floods of water" so you pronounce it the same way. that is, to rhyme with dud or blood as someone said before. However, there are regional variations. In the north of England, you would hear "flood" or "blood" (or "dud" for that matter) sounding much closer to the "wood" you mentioned. More like "pudding". Though not as long a sound as "food". Don't expect any English word to be pronounced as it is spelt - and don't expect any English word to be pronounced as it is twenty miles away! Thank you very much for answering my doubt!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucita Jones Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoVdAedCwAE reminds me of that :) :lol: . Saw the video, its very funny and very realistic Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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