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The word 'minging'

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TheOnlyBeeInYourBonnet · 14/10/2022 01:10

I love it, it's so descriptive. But as a non-Pom I need to check I'm pronouncing it properly before putting it into use. I embarrassed myself on my last trip to the UK by shopping at 'Preemark' Blush

Is it like whinging or singing?

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ThatsMsAtomicBob · 14/10/2022 11:47

Pemba · 14/10/2022 07:01

Your relative is out of order for sniggering at your 'Pree-mark' pronunciation, it's a perfectly valid one and they pronounce it that way in lots of areas I believe. Unsure how they pronounce it in Ireland, where the store originated? That would be the definitive way I suppose.

Brits do tend to be quite rigid about what they consider the right way to say things, often not taking into account the origins of a word or brand name and pronouncing the word by following English language rules. For example they will say Nike to rhyme with Mike when it should be nye-kee, and pronounce Porsche as 'porsh' one syllable when of course it's German and should be more 'Por-sha'.

In Ireland it's pronounced Penneys.

But also Preemark is correct, as per their own radio ads years ago. Pry-mark sounds a bit too try hard, like it's posher than €3 leggings and tops that go shapeless after two washes.

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