Pronunciation of amateur

[JeanSeberg]

It's not 'amacheur'.

Why is this so common nowadays?

[Spockster]

As bad is "shtyoodent", really gets my goat

[JeanSeberg]

But I've heard it on the bbc and everything.

[fevertrees]

Never heard that before.

[Magix]

What is it then ? I've never heard it pronounced any other way ?

[JeanSeberg]

It's amateur but lots of people pronounce it amacheur.

[fevertrees]

The correct way (in my mind) is to split it up, too. A - ma - teur then place stress on the 'teur' part.

That probably doesn't make sense at all

[JeanSeberg]

There's definitely no ch in it.

[Magix]

Like ama-toor?

[JeanSeberg]

Yes with a t not a ch.

[Magix]

I don't think my scottish tongue would get round that . And id definitely get the pish ripped right out me for saying it like that !

[ohmymimi]

It's an American English pronunciation, am-a-tee-ur, which degrades to am-a-chee-ur, isn't it. The UK pronunciation is am-a-tur, which is similar to the way it's said in French.

[chateauferret]

Where I come from it's "ammituh", same as a device for measuring electrical current.