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Please help settle an argument between me and DH...

52 replies

ImSpeakingFigurativelyOfCourse · 22/09/2018 19:39

How would you pronounce café?
Would you say ‘caf-ay’
Or ‘caf’ ?

Who knew the tiger who came to tea could cause such a debate?!

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AliceRR · 22/09/2018 19:39

Cafay

BeeFarseer · 22/09/2018 19:40

Caf-ay.

PipLongStockings · 22/09/2018 19:40

Always pronounced it as caf-ay

RedPencil · 22/09/2018 19:41

Cafay

Only ever heard caf on Coronation Street, could it be a Manchester/ wider regional thing?

Disfordarkchocolate · 22/09/2018 19:41

Ca-fay for somewhere nice, caf for somewhere more basic.

LittleBearPad · 22/09/2018 19:41

Cafay

Unless in Eastenders

Bluewidow · 22/09/2018 19:42

Caf-ay as its got that thing (!) above the e. Caf if it's just cafe.

JC4PMPLZ · 22/09/2018 19:42

I say greasy caff, otherwise caf-ay

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ImSpeakingFigurativelyOfCourse · 22/09/2018 19:43

Thank you! I knew it!

He’s from London. Apparently I’m posh. Good thing I love him, and his incorrect pronounciations Grin

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RebeccaCloud9 · 22/09/2018 19:44

It's caf ay. Isn't caf what you'd say to shorten it/slang but you'd know the whole word is pronounced caf ay?

RebeccaCloud9 · 22/09/2018 19:45

On a side note, does anyone else agree with me that the tiger who came to tea is just a cover up for a miserable alcoholic mum?

SLoisachtal · 22/09/2018 19:45

Cafay - for a nice one

Or

Caff for an old-style one!

Nothisispatrick · 22/09/2018 19:46

To me a caf and a caf-at are two different types of places.

A caf is where you go for a builders tea and a fry up.

A caf-ay is more like a coffee shop or a lunch place.

redwinebreak · 22/09/2018 19:47

Caf-ay

MajesticWhine · 22/09/2018 19:48

Caff - ay

If you say caf then you are not pronouncing the word cafe.m, you are shortening it, like saying chippy instead of fish and chip shop.

Hazardswan · 22/09/2018 19:50

Caff for a caff

And caf-ay for a fancy pants one

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ImSpeakingFigurativelyOfCourse · 22/09/2018 19:50

@Rebecca haha! That’s dark. There are a few things about it which stand out for me

  1. Why is it Sophie’s daddy who comes in to save the day?
  2. Sophie is left in her nightie to go the café. She must be cold and this bothers me.
  3. Where do I buy a tin of tiger food?!

I feel I may have become too invested...

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chipsandgin · 22/09/2018 19:52

Caf-ay.

Also how did the tiger drink all the water from the taps? How is there a finite amount of water in a house in an urban area. Always bothered me.

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ImSpeakingFigurativelyOfCourse · 22/09/2018 19:59

I guess you could also say that the tiger is the ultimate CF. Inviting himself in and then literally eating and drinking everything. Why didn’t Sophie’s mummy ask him to leave?!

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MajesticWhine · 22/09/2018 20:03

how did the tiger drink all the water from the taps?

Artistic license? I have never before queried this (you've ruined it now)

Rarfy · 22/09/2018 20:03

Caff-ee where im from.

LonelyDadNeedsHelp · 22/09/2018 20:08

I once read that the tiger was supposed to represent Nazis (Gestapo), as Judith Kerr grew up in Nazi Germany.

MonumentVal · 22/09/2018 20:13

Kerr got asked this and always insisted it wasn't a Nazi allegory and the tiger was just a tiger.

LonelyDadNeedsHelp · 22/09/2018 20:24

MonumentVal, in which case I take that back, although it's possible it was subconscious. This is the article I read:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25027090

Oh, and OP it's definitely ca-fay, unless you're auditioning for Eastenders.

RebeccaCloud9 · 22/09/2018 20:43

Defo mummy drank all of daddy's beer, was then unable to do her wifely duties of shopping and cooking, and made a mess in her drunken state. Daddy was patronising but also caring as he went along with the tiger story to shield Sophie from the truth.