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Ignorant local pronounciations that stick...
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Always crack me up when yanks say ...
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Eye-tal-ians
Oh and they never get the town of Leominster right .... (it's Lemster BTW)
PS ... Aluminium ..bwhaaaaaaaaaa0 -
Gonna have a bob -e-q out in the yad, invite Peta and Linder and cook up some of them Lobstah! :bigsmile:0
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The one that I wonder about is Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie was from Pittsburgh, but was a titan of industry world wide. As such many places are named after him, New York for example. But everyone else pronounces it Car-nuh-Gee while we say it Car-Nay-Gee.
I really hope everyone else is saying it wrong and not us.
Andrew CAR- NAY- GEE came from Scotland and that is how you say it...with a hard 'G'
And for the record - it's Edin- buh-ruh- NOT Edinboro or Edinburg; Glas GO not Glas-GOW and Aber-DEEN not AH -berdeen. There's American 'English' then there's PROPER English!!0 -
I am irritated when people say FO-ward for FORward, as well as when they pronounce February as Feb-u-ary!0
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It's known as "regional dialects". If this is your biggest problem today, thank the Almighty for your good fortune! Might not be a bad idea to pull the log out of your butt as well....................0
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It's known as "regional dialects". If this is your biggest problem today, thank the Almighty for your good fortune! Might not be a bad idea to pull the log out of your butt as well....................
This board is called "Chit-Chat, Fun, and Games" ... lighten up Francis..0 -
As a person raised in Michigan, I must add "Sault St. Marie" to this discussion.0
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Okay, here's one for the Brits: Gloucestershire. I think I recall it without the "ce" in there, but I'm not sure.
There are many tricky areas in London, too. Marylebone looks to be read Mary-le-bone, but I vaguely remember Maryl-bone.
Yep glos-ter-shire. Same as Leicestershire -les-ter-shire.
My husband and I both say mar-lee-bone.
Missed off a bit... Neither of us are from London so we may possibly be wrong.... Although that'd make everyone I've ever played monopoly* with wrong too. (*it's one of the stations).
Edit to add an apostrophe. Just incase it bothers fellow pedants.
I am an Londoner - we say Marl-e-bone / Glos-ter-shear / Les-ter-shear
My biggest grip is the mispronunciation of Leicester square - its not Lie-cess-ter Square its Les-ter Square. If you are a US tourist in London and you pronounce this correctly then you'll be well respected0 -
Okay, here's one for the Brits: Gloucestershire. I think I recall it without the "ce" in there, but I'm not sure.
There are many tricky areas in London, too. Marylebone looks to be read Mary-le-bone, but I vaguely remember Maryl-bone.
Yep glos-ter-shire. Same as Leicestershire -les-ter-shire.
My husband and I both say mar-lee-bone.
Missed off a bit... Neither of us are from London so we may possibly be wrong.... Although that'd make everyone I've ever played monopoly* with wrong too. (*it's one of the stations).
Edit to add an apostrophe. Just incase it bothers fellow pedants.
I am an Londoner - we say Marl-e-bone / Glos-ter-shear / Les-ter-shear
My biggest grip is the mispronunciation of Leicester square - its not Lie-cess-ter Square its Les-ter Square. If you are a US tourist in London and you pronounce this correctly then you'll be well respected
Assuming "Marl-e-bone" is eeeee as in knee not e as in egg then I'm feeling rather pleased with myself. Lol. And yep 'shire' = "shear" as in rhyming with hear and ear; not "shire" (as in the place hobbits live).0 -
PS I love phonics.0
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well I'm from England and as far as I am concerned ALL Americans pronounce things wrong! *giggle*0
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well to that I say the word is aluminium not "al -U -Min -e-um"0
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well I'm from England and as far as I am concerned ALL Americans pronounce things wrong! *giggle*
Dead right :-p0 -
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2 more food ones:
Chorizo pronounced as chorit-zo. Special rage points for trying to overdo a Spanish accent while pronoucing it as no Spanish person would ever do. It doesn't have a 'zz' like pizza! But everybody does it. If being strictly correct it's chor-ee-tho although I do agree that sounds a bit pretentious from an English person, otherwise chor-ee-so is ok for an English speaker.
Canape pronounced as canopy.0 -
There are many streets with French names in Detroit. Everyone butchers them, and it drives me nuts.
How bout when people try to say Gratiot!!!0 -
It's known as "regional dialects". If this is your biggest problem today, thank the Almighty for your good fortune! Might not be a bad idea to pull the log out of your butt as well....................
The Butthurt is strong with this one0 -
well I'm from England and as far as I am concerned ALL Americans pronounce things wrong! *giggle*
Dead right :-p
Dank uns können Sie nicht lesen0 -
well to that I say the word is aluminium not "al -U -Min -e-um"0
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