I say tomato. How do you say it?

Question

I say tomato. How do you say it?
A lazy and flippant way of engendering a discussion about accent, idiom, colloquialism in the written lttypedgt word. I like trying to guess if what I am reading here or there comes from an American finger or elsewhere

Answer

In Spanish is quotTomate.quot And it is pronounced the way it is spelled. We dont suffer so much over phonetics as English speakers do.brbrAll joking aside, I think your query is an interesting one. Many a time I ask myself the same thing. I use idiomatic phrases to identify the authors country of origin. Like the word solicitor instead of lawyer. Also, the way words are spelled can give clues like colour instead of color, etc.brbrGood question, loved to ponder on it.brbrLourdes