Can we have a 'how do you pronounce that' thread please?

[Wonkybanana]

I'll start with one that drives me crackers, Louboutin.

Is it -
LOO-boo-tan

Loo-BOO-tan
or
Loo-Boo-TAN

Please put me out of my misery!
(As you might have guessed, they're not in my price range however it's pronounced.)

Beaulieu they say beuw-Lee
But dibden perlieu is per-loo

Always confused me.

Suffolk is full of strange pronunciations

Buew*

Chorizo is cho-REE-tho as 'z' is pronounced as 'th' in Spanish.

As a previous poster pointed out, that's just one pronunciation. In Latin American countries and in the US, it's cho-REE-so.

All the staff called her catriona, cat-ri-own-a.

All the Catrionas/Caitrionas I've ever met as distinct from Katrinas have pronounced it with a slight diphthong in the middle, so Cat-REE-uh-na. It doesn't sound the same as Katrina.

Siren sester

And my old school mate was kt Ree onna

I've known several Catrionas in the US. They all pronounce it exactly the same as Katrina. But sometimes have to correct people who say Cat-tree-own-a.

Slaithwaite is Slow-itt - with the 'ow' as in wow, not low.

One word I've avoided saying, and not solely to avoid sounding like a pretentious wanker, is oxymoron. Back when I was young (80s), I could swear it was pronounced oxIMMeron, but now it seems to have morphed into oxy-moor-on. What's with that?

Hegemony

This trips me up every time. In my mind it's hedgey-money.

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How do you pronounce Quesadilla? The only time I've attempted it, the waiter looked confused and had no idea what I was trying to say.

Quesadilla is keh sa dee ya.

I could swear it was pronounced oxIMMeron
Really?! Never heard that (even in the 80s)! It's always been oxy moron.

Hard g - goo-gores?
Yes, this one.

Hebe is 'Heebee' like heebie-jeebies.

Tintwistle - Tinsel I have NEVER heard that Is it a name, like Featherstonhaugh?

As a previous poster pointed out, that's just one pronunciation. In Latin American countries and in the US, it's cho-REE-so.

Yep. Definitely not choritso or koritso though!

Hegemony
This trips me up every time. In my mind it's hedgey-money.

How DO you say it then? Hard g?

I say huh-geh-muh-nee which I think is the English pronunciation (and was what I was taught at university)

Estrella. The Spanish woman in the pub told me you don’t pronounce the L, but then someone else said when they went to Spain they did so I’m stumped.

In Spain, depending on where you are, the 'll' is between a 'y' sound and an 'ly' sound. Where I live (North) it's 'pie-el-ya', but in Sevilla it would be 'pie-ey-ya'. So I say 'Estrel-ya' but others might say 'estrey-ya'. But most say something subtly inbetween.

I think the US pronunciation is hedge-EH-muh-nee

'hedge-EH-muh-nee'
This is what I'd say, but I'm British. I think I'm saying it wrong!

I was taught Hedgeh-MOney

Consensus is hedge-EH-muh-nee

I'll forget that by the next time I see it.

Why, when it is spelled LAS Vegas, does everyone seem to pronounce it LOS Vegas??? It does my head in...

redwoodmazza, yes, that bamboozles me too!

Kenya is it Ken yah or keen yah. I heard a posh person pronounced it the second way!

Paracetamol is is pa ra set a mol or pa ra seat a mol?