Pronunciation of water

[FrAgGEr]

i say it watt-er

[Ad Bot]

[zz_tophat]

Imitation of an English accent, or some of their more vibrant ones, i'd guess.
Also obnoxiously stereotypical Australians.
Do you say Whater? Wahter? W- Ah - Ter? IDK. Sounds silly to me. Every time you hear it commonly, War-ter sounds like the most common use. Not drifting too heavily toward Woor or Wah.

War-ter sounds like the way people talk in iowa.

For example you say: "sure" they say: "shure" (sounds more like "shore"). Or Sara being spelled and pronounced Shara (texan)

If you are hearing an "h" sound heavy pronunciation my guess is that you are in an area with a more relaxed vernacular, like the middle states but not a full-blow drawl like the south.

[Seph]

Vod-a

Damn my Croatian accent!

Voda Voda Voda

"Excuse me, Teacher, can I please go get a drink of Voda"

"Are you sure you should be drinking Alchohol at school?"

"._."

[SupremeCommander]

Voda Voda Voda

Ironically, Voda is how you say water in Polish.

War-ter sounds like the way people talk in iowa.

For example you say: "sure" they say: "shure" (sounds more like "shore"). Or Sara being spelled and pronounced Shara (texan)

If you are hearing an "h" sound heavy pronunciation my guess is that you are in an area with a more relaxed vernacular, like the middle states but not a full-blow drawl like the south.

forget Australia. :(
War ter sounds like the most common use to me.

To quote you:
"So it can be pronouced as either waa-ter or wa-ter."
Can waa = wah?

At least we agree on the 'ter'.

[zz_tophat]

waa = w + aw, the sound you make when the dentist tells you to open wide, no h.  Many people stuff h sounds in words because... I really don't know why, "lazy" would be my guess.

[zz_tophat]

Also Australia, ugh. Some people I know tell me they can't tell the difference between Australian and British accents. I can. Australian sounds to me like British, only raped, not quiet as bad as pikey but close.

[tails]

only raped, not quiet as bad as pikey but close.

God damn those Australian pikeys increasing our council tax!

[SupremeCommander]

Also Australia, ugh. Some people I know tell me they can't tell the difference between Australian and British accents. I can. Australian sounds to me like British, only raped, not quiet as bad as pikey but close.

The g'day mayte stuff and all that, sure, but day-to-day, sounds pretty average to me. :/
the aa you have in Waa reminds me of Ahh. As in 'Ahh! Idea!". Waahter? It still sounds so weird. Noone else, not even on American tv, says that. :/

[zz_tophat]

The g'day mayte stuff and all that, sure, but day-to-day, sounds pretty average to me. :/
the aa you have in Waa reminds me of Ahh. As in 'Ahh! Idea!". Waahter? It still sounds so weird. Noone else, not even on American tv, says that. :/

The people on TV are a bunch of philistines that California-ise English to a point that someday everyone in the united states will be speaking a bastardized version of Ebonics and valley girl.  If I had my way, people would be publicly beaten for failing to enunciate.

[Masterlegodude]

I pronounce it as 'w-or-t-er'

[SupremeCommander]

The people on TV are a bunch of philistines that California-ise English to a point that someday everyone in the united states will be speaking a bastardized version of Ebonics and valley girl.  If I had my way, people would be publicly beaten for failing to enunciate.

I do try my best.

I pronounce it as 'w-or-t-er'

I say War as with the ar as the ore as in More.
So what you have there I presume is equivalent to me saying War - ter.

[Slugger]

i say it watt-er

In Ohio almost everyone pronounces it like this.

[Makanix]

I'm from Nu Joizee. We say wooder.

[WhoDa?]

ua-ter