"That Griggio stuff"

[DuchessOfDisaster]

One of my friends always preferred rose wine, semi-sweet or sweeter wines. I forgot that and one day when I went over for supper took a bottle of Pinot Grigio. She liked it and started to buy it for herself.

Now, she refers to it as "that Griggio stuff" (pronounced with a hard g!) It's embarrassingly amusing!

Do you have any mates that say things like this?

@LargeBouquet

I once sat next to some people on a balcony at the NT on the South Bank, who kept referring to their Pinot Grigio as 'Pee Grigg'. 'Bung us over another glug of that Pee Grigg, there's a love.'

I heard someone order “savvy b” at a bar and it is now what DH and I call Sauvignon blanc.

And it’s not Tally-ban?

What is it then? Cos that’s how I’ve always heard it

It is Tally-ban though isn’t it? In terms of how it’s pronounced?

DH has this habit of pronouncing french place names in a french accent. Gives me the ick

This thread isnt very kind

@Letsallscreamatthesistene

I think people that affect regional accents when saying a word/name of that region sound like pretentious twits.

No, it's just saying the correct name. There is no translation of Paella, just the Spanish word so I don't understand why people mispronounce it. Why is it easy to say cappuccino with a "ch" and not paella with a "y" sound?

I used to work with someone who pronounced tortilla "Tor Tiller" and jalapeno as "Ja La Pee Nos", which might not sound like a regular problem, but our office was next to a Wahaca and she used to get food from there 2-3 times a week.

Other than that the usual stuff, expresso rather than espresso, Pacific instead of specific, haich instead of aich.

I have a friend who kept telling me she was getting okra coloured dining room chairs. I was confused that she had picked green as she says how much she doesn't like it. Anyway, she meant ochre.

@Letsallscreamatthesistene

This thread isnt very kind

Well, one could say the same for your username, which arguably pokes fun at a vulnerable individual who was so moved by her experience of Michelangelo that she broke down into hysterical wailing, and was then retraumatised by being laughed at by about 98% of Mumsnet.

@Soubriquet

We all say min-yuns around here

You wouldn’t hear anyone saying mini-uns

It’s definitely a regional thing

Yes, except she’s a local who has never lived anywhere else. Not an accent thing.

My mother has recently discovered Khor eyes oh (chorizo) and she ordered the khor eyes oh lingueeeeen (chorizo linguine) in a restaurant recently.

@HPLikecraft

My DH was talking with DD about Afghanistan - a bit of history and the current situation.

He knows more than I do, so I didn't want to complain but he kept saying "Tally-ban" and "Afghany-stan" . Made me cringe!

What's wrong with those?

@Bloodypunkrockers, yes I'm confused that someone is either pronouncing Afghanistan perfectly correctly, or pronouncing it as Afghanwhystan.

As ever these threads fill up with piss-taking of other people that MNers consider to be less intelligent, but really only serve to show it's the MNer themselves that has a lack of knowledge.

Taleban, for example. Could be pronounced with that "e" as an /e/, or a schwa (given the syllable is unstressed, or an /I/ as an unstressed "e" is very often rendered as /I/
All three are fine as far as I'm aware, but the most used would be schwa or /I/.

I'm amazed that the OP was a bottle of wine for supper.

I have hot choclate and sometimes a biscuit

@Letsallscreamatthesistene

This thread isnt very kind

Aww and women must BE KIND ALWAYS

@Bloodypunkrockers please not a hot chocklit and biccy though?

The curry guy bible or balti bible.

Bit of a mean thread.

Wrong thread @slowtik?

Well... most people order a lattey in a coffee shop.

This.

I’ve called Pinot Grigio “pinot greeno” for such a long time that I forget it isn’t the right pronunciation

My dad once ordered an "Expresso" as he thought it would be made quicker.I kid you not.

My mum says Cap-you-chino,

@Gubanc - could be worse. They could order a lar-tay

One of my friends always preferred rose wine

Is that the same as rosé?