From: raustkin@aol.com   
      
   Whenever I, or maybe I should say, my ears, hear a British person say a word   
   that ends with an A, the last part of the word doesn't sound the same as it   
   does when a, shall we say, born and raised in the U.S.A., "W.A.S.P."-y person   
   says the same word.     
   Also, it's like this every time I hear it, no matter what the word is, as long   
   as it's one that ends with the letter A, and it's a British person saying it.    
   I'll give you an example.  As I would guess most people know, when it's   
   properly pronounced, the    
   word banana sounds like, (although I don't know/remember where the accent   
   goes), Buh - na - nuh; with the NA part sounding like it does in the word   
   NANNY.  Using my example, whenever I hear a British person, let's say Elton   
   John, for example, say the    
   word banana, it sounds to MY ears like Buh - na - ner; with the ER part   
   sounding like it does in the word HER. If you understand WHAT I'm asking based   
   on how I'm asking it, and my ears are not deceiving me, why is that?   
      
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