What would you say to a friend/colleague who pointed out, kindly

[MadameCastafiore]

That you were mispronouncing a foreign word?

Just wondered if I am touchy or this is another time when she says something to me and I should stand up for myself?

You probably embarrassed her and she may have felt patronised. You only ever correct someone if you know for sure that they will welcome it. Otherwise you sound smug and patronising.

Nearly Montmartre- g-nocki the g sounds like the g in gnu.

Cecilycardew now you can call it the "Thigh Orchard!"

monsieur Branleur is always correcting me over my pronunciation of ratatouille.

Unfortunately I honestly cant hear the difference between the way I say it and the way he says it when he corrects me.

the Thigh Orchard - harvesting thighs
mmm that might be a very different sort of establishment

Ha! My local Thai place IS called Thai Orchard!

well dont tell me that. I really will be confused

DollyTwat do you mean makhani? As in dal makhani? It's pronounced mark-nee.

Edam Pew-Got is one of my all time pet hates, along with Ren-ought and nugget! (nougat.)

I say Purr-geo, with a soft g, although I did here something French recently that made me wonder whether the pew sound might at least be correct.

I have also had to stop myself saying lon gerie, for lingerie, as I have learned it should be said lan gerie.

Another thing that gets my goat is Los Vegas. It's Las Vegas. Americans tend to pronounce the a as a long a so it sounds like Lars Vegas, which incidentally sounds the same as the Los in Los Angeles to us Brits. An easy mistake to make I suppose, but do these people never see the word written down?

Having said that, nothing annoys me more than Americans saying 'erbs'. Ut's an utterly unnecessarily and quite bizarre thing to do.

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It would depend how the friend corrected me or if she was right.

Come on, op, what was the word? And will you order it again?:)

Sommeliers don't correct people when they order wine, it makes people feel uncomfortable and they cease to enjoy the evening. No one likes to feel silly.

My dh was once corrected kindly by a shop assistant on his pronunciation of a French cheese. Dh is french and she was Scottish:) he just smiled.

An old colleague of mine used to pronounce Stella Artois as "Stella Ar-toss"

I used to get really annoyed whenever I heard Los 'Angeleeees'. It's Los Angeles. It does not rhyme with bees knees.

Apparently americans say 'erbs because they think it sounds a lot more elegant than Herbs.

They don't realise that to english ears they sound thick and/or Cornish.

The mispronunciation I hear nearly every day is 'Savignon' for 'Sauvignon'. I would never correct a customer but I try to make sure my employees get it right (not very successfully).

And in England everyone says Pinot Greejio (Grigiot), but in Australia it has a hard 'g'. The Aussies insist their's is the correct way - but in England I stick to the English pronunciation.

I used ti know someone who was prescribed co codilol

Cecily, are you near Shepherd's Bush by any chance?

Panini?

You worked with her 3 years ago and she left as she moved away from the area. She borrowed a book from you which you both forgot about. Shes passing through the area today and wants to give it back.

Hope you're feeling better soon

Lol at maria

Bless you - hope you feel better soon. I have got a terrible stomach ache for some odd reason and am bent double waiting for the BASTARDING circle line along wiht what seems like half of london.