"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?

@cheesemarmitepanini

Bit like grass, glass, bath, charade, transport (long a) etc etc etc etc

Anyway, I'm still amused by 'min-yons' and have adopted this at home

I don't say any of those words with a long a sound 😆. These things vary regionally! Min yuns would be the norm for people here with a strong local accent. You'll also hear words like Choona with a strong ch and sangwich. Lots of entertainment to be had with Scottish dialect.

I don't say any of those words with a long a sound

The entire point of the thread is talking about regional differences and accents....

Not really. Calling Pinot Grigio the 'griggio stuff' isn't regional dialect 😆. Most people are talking about funny things that people from the same area as them say.

@cheesemarmitepanini

I don't say any of those words with a long a sound

The entire point of the thread is talking about regional differences and accents....

Wrong thread... I'm confused with the roll one running at the moment

Anyway, LOADS of us will pronounce charade with a long A

In Venice, DH studied his Italian phrase book carefully and then ordered 2 glasses of prosciutto. The waiter couldn't contain his giggles.

When we go out for a celebratory dinner and drink now, DH always asks if I fancy a flute of ham.

Anyway, LOADS of us will pronounce charade with a long A

I know that now. That's why me and others asked as we were confused that so many people found that particular one funny. I thought maybe I'd been pronouncing Gatorade wrong my whole life (not that it's a word I say often 😆)

@cheesemarmitepanini

I don't say any of those words with a long a sound

The entire point of the thread is talking about regional differences and accents....

Tbf, I think its original aim was to take the piss out of people.

I have a friend who loves to chill in her dressing down. I can't bring myself to say anything!

Regarding paella/chorizo/tortilla, I (bilingual English/Spanish) have given up trying to get my English family to say them "correctly." It's a mystery how some borrowed words are generally pronounced "correctly" and others not, but it really doesn't matter. Believe me, the same thing happens with English loan words in other languages!

You've reminded me I called it peeno-greeno for years after my bf in my younger years pronounced it at the bar on our first date. Funny memories.

@Soubriquet

Gatorade rhymes with lemonade

Charade rhymes with lard in this country

In America it would also rhyme with lemonade

Which country is "tihis country"

I live in the UK and charade rhymes with lemonade

Ok, traditionally people in England say charade to rhyme with lard but I think a lot of people have Americanised it

I say charades to rhyme with lemonades anyway but traditionally we are supposed to say it the other way

Anything else is just wroooong

People always say we Americanise things but here in Scotland we generally said or did it first long before the Americans (like Halloween and the lanterns and going round the doors). I've literally never heard a soul say they are having a game of Cher aahds. Although I do imagine that's how the queen would say it 😆.

I've always said Cher-ahhds.

Lemon-aid, Gator-aid.

Where is this extra R that keeps getting added into charade??

@shreddednips - “Having a Caesar” is a common way of saying “Having a C-Section” (considered to be more American) in Australia

@messybun101

Where is this extra R that keeps getting added into charade??

Same way there is a r in vase

We say varse

Americans say vayes

I had to sit behind someone on the train waxing lyrical about the horrors of her “History Directomy” and how she couldn’t eat at all for the three months she was in hospital, she became so thin that when she went home she looked “Really Emancipated!”

Who is 'we'. You say varse (or vaahs I hope. No actual R) 'we' round here say vas

My ancient mum rang me a few weeks ago, delighted to tell me "I've got a fibroid!...oh...wait...do I mean fibroid? I think I mean fibroid...doesn't sound right...oh you know, that thing with the computer"
"Do you mean full fibre broadband, mum?"
"Yes I knew you'd know!"

She bought DS a new-with-tags Superdry beanie hat from a charity shop. He was thrilled. Went out on winter walk, came home and she took it off him, felt his hair and said "wow it works! Your hair really is still super dry!" She was being serious

@messybun101

Where is this extra R that keeps getting added into charade??

Same as grass, glass, etc etc etc it's not an extra R, it's a long A.

I could play the same game with 'why do my in-laws add an R to "no"? They're from Yorkshire

If you wrote it with a long a (aah) rather than an r it would be clearer. In my part of the uk we pronounce and r as rr wherever we see it. And glass and grass have a short a as Ive already said

@messybun101

Where is this extra R that keeps getting added into charade??

When I see these threads with people adding extra 'R's into words I imagine them to be slightly posh people who don't pronounce the R sound...I'm from SW England and if I said eg varse I'd sound like a farmer 🙈

@Soubriquet

Ok, traditionally people in England say charade to rhyme with lard but I think a lot of people have Americanised it

There are places other than England and America you know.