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Help[Opinions] Re: Pronunciation question for those who've read Hunger Games
in reply to a message by insane romantic
Well, I haven't read the books, but I'm an American and I am assuming the books were written by an American, and we don't say Peetah and Peter the same way. Barring some minor and not very pronounced regional accent differences, Peter is pronounced Pee-ter. The r at the end of words and names is always pronounced in American English.
In Judy Blume's series of children's books, the pesky littel brother can't or won't pronounce his older brother Peter's name so calls him Pee-Tah, which is how it's written out in the books. No idea if the Hunger Games author has read those books but in any case, Peetah for Peter is not original with her.
In Judy Blume's series of children's books, the pesky littel brother can't or won't pronounce his older brother Peter's name so calls him Pee-Tah, which is how it's written out in the books. No idea if the Hunger Games author has read those books but in any case, Peetah for Peter is not original with her.
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