To wonder how my dd got to 14 thinking this was the real phrase?

My DH calls the poppers on clothes snacks instead of snaps - he won’t believe that it’s the wrong word

I'm in Scotland and Pork and Stork sound totally different when I say them

And here in Ireland. 2 completely different sounds.

diddl it’s “sack the juggler”.

I’ve been with my husband since we were in our teens. When we were 18 we (and some friends) went to London for the day. We hopped into a taxi and my husband asked the cabbie to take us to ‘Piccalilli Circus’ we all fell about laughing, thinking he was being stupid but he looked at us blankly. He had genuinely believed, all of his life that was what it was called. He’s a bit of a country bumpkin, bless him!

my DD used to say pacifically instead of specifically

My DM couldn't believe at the age of 40 that they were called Tampax tampons not Tampax tampoons (rhymes with harpoons). My obnoxious, gleeful teenage self soon put her right.

I'm in Scotland and Pork and Stork sound totally different when I say them 🤣

"When someone drops glasses/plates she shouts 'slap the juggler' or once 'slap the joker'

What is she trying to say?

It is basic phonetics. It is the OR that is the link. The clue

But you're not even using the R, I am equally as confused that you say Pork, fork, stork, cork all all pronounced exactly the same way. Using 'paw' as rhyme sound, it is; pawk, fawk, stawk, cawk

From the internet. I forget where I saw it, (I think it was Facebook) but I had it saved on my computer:

Reasons Why the English Language is Hard to Learn

The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

I also used to confuse the word famished with ravished and say I was ravished if I was hungry

I used to think the company "artimage shanks" was "artimage sharks" when I was about 6...i never put my hands near the plughole in case I got bit grin

It's Armitage Shanks not artimage.

and I say somethink instead of something, still do someone picked me up on it, and said it was typical of the town I live in to say that, I don't know anyone else that says it but its become a habit

@Idontwanttotalk

haha I learned something new today at 28!

My DS when quite old, lateish teens used to say phewman being instead of Human Being, I don't understand how he thought this, in other ways he was very articulate

After spending what was supposed to be a relaxing bath saying pork and stork about a hundred times I got out and called

My Geordie friend
My Welsh aunt
My Cousin’s husband who’s Scottish

I asked them all to say pork and stork and they all rhymed! I cannot fathom how they don’t no matter what explanations have been given. The examples in the explanations still rhyme for me.

The other thing that baffled me is that my Aunt didn’t question why I was asking!

I just thought of one of my was embarrassed in year 9 English class when I read aloud in front of the entire class and said 'adoll-scent' for adolescent. Ironically I have always had perfect grades with spelling and grammar. Yet for some reason, I had never heard adolescent said in real life. Only read it on paper. Hence thought it was adoll scent.

DD said helicockter and I never realised her mispronunciation till she was around 6 and could read it. She told me the book had a spelling mistake

Also my DD then aged about 7 wanted to know why none of the birds on the coast were boys. She thought gulls were called 'Seagirls'!

I cannot for the life of me figure out how pork and stork sound different. Never in my nigh on 43 years have I seen anyone say they sound different. I just cannot comprehend that, in any language. lol

Pork, fork, stork, cork all all pronounced exactly the same way. Using 'paw' as rhyme sound, it is; pawk, fawk, stawk, cawk. Or porek, forek, storek, corek.

Pork, fork, stork, cork.

It is basic phonetics. It is the OR that is the link. The clue.

I thought the lyric "don't you know I'll be your substitute" was "don't you know I'll be your prostitute" and sang it proudly in front of my mother.

ha ha @MyCatHatesEverybody same here! And they do in my accent as well. (Dublin)

I pronounce the 'r' in Pork and in Stork so differently from you lot no doubt, but they still rhyme........!

Jewels not heels!

No bummed up noses here

When the air is frosty
My daughter says it’s spicy outside
Her skin prickles from spice & cold so they’re now the same thing!!