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Things you say 'wrong'

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pocketvenuss · 03/12/2022 15:41

Apparently I speak funny. The latest word that has brought mirth to others is the way I say 'sandwiches'. I say sand-wich. The 'd' is audible. I didn't think it was all that weird but others seem to find it hilarious.

What words do you say in a peculiar way according to others?

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Photosymphysis · 03/12/2022 23:03

Sadbeigechildren · 03/12/2022 22:56

Shroud. Does it rhyme with crude or loud?

Croissant and restaurant.

Waddle

Intransigent

Life is tricky.

Pretty sure DH and I say 'cwassont' but DS has picked up an Americanish 'crossohnt'. Not sure I like that one.

ArmyofMunn · 03/12/2022 23:14

To revert to the OP, I guess I say 'sawitch'.

I'm from the South East.

swimmingincustard · 03/12/2022 23:15

Visiting Belvoir Castle in the midlands and pronouncing the end like reservoir. Didn't have a clue it's pronounced Beaver 🤷🏼‍♀️

Anonforthis122 · 03/12/2022 23:17

My f,th,v all sound the same when I say them. I can't hear it though.

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:32

FixItUpChappie · 03/12/2022 16:13

Library -I always drop the 1st r if I don't catch myself

Weirdly round here lots drop them second 'R' so it's Libry

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:33

TrentCrimm · 03/12/2022 16:18

I can't say crisps properly, it comes out as criss-s, with a weird double s sound.

Also can't say WH Smith, it becomes WH Shmith.

I say criss too

MrsMiddleMother · 03/12/2022 23:36

I say necklace like neck-er-lace instead of neckless

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:38

VeganFromSveden · 03/12/2022 17:40

Apparently I mispronounce roof.
I’m told I say a mashup betrween ruff & roof.
tbh it sounds fine to my ears!
I am conscious tho of mispronouncing jewellery.
I can’t even think how to explain what my brain converts it into.
I prefer to wriggle out of it by saying that “oh I do admire your taste in bracelets and necklaces” as an example….. anything other than the dreaded J word!

I'd say 'Jew-lur-ey' but where I live now they say 'Dule-ri'

pursuedbyablackdog · 03/12/2022 23:40

I regularly had the piss taken out of me for say febree for February, I'm now so self conscious I just say Feb. Bastarding 'r' straight after the 'b' I mean why have it written in if it's not pronounced, can't we just spell it Febuary instead?!

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:41

KnickerlessParsons · 03/12/2022 21:38

I can't say meteorological unless I say it VERY slowly.

I could until I read this and suddenly lost the ability 😂

ScarierThanBoo · 03/12/2022 23:41

You can eliminate the sandwich issue by giving it its rightful name of two piece and.... (whatever filling). Or barmcake. Or bun. Or bap. Could really take the piss and say it in Welsh, brechdanau.

I can't say Shrewsbury, Shropshire or Leicester🤷‍♀️

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:42

WhichWitchIsTheWitch · 03/12/2022 21:38

Where do we all stand on armonds?

All-mond but I know posher people say Al-mond and others say Awmond

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:43

TigerDroveAgain · 03/12/2022 22:00

According to DS (obv fount of all knowledge) I mispronounce onions. I do say onny-uns more than onyuns but only slightly

I say Unyun my ExH says un-ee-un

foxlover47 · 03/12/2022 23:45

I also would of thought belvoir was like reservoir instead of beaver !
I have always said plaster like plarster , almond like armond and bath like Barth ...oops

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:46

pigalow27 · 03/12/2022 22:31

Theatre. I can't hear how I say it differently but my DD constantly corrects me and asks me to say it after her, imitating her pronunciation. I then try to do this but she still says I say it wrongly.

Hang on ... how are you saying it??

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:51

Sadbeigechildren · 03/12/2022 22:56

Shroud. Does it rhyme with crude or loud?

Croissant and restaurant.

Waddle

Intransigent

Life is tricky.

I say Quos-ont, ExH says Quassont

forevercooking · 03/12/2022 23:54

pursuedbyablackdog · 03/12/2022 23:40

It's intended to be pronounced. I say Februry my mum says Febuary - my ExH says Febri

TinfoilTwat · 04/12/2022 00:07

My children assure me that I say 'Oodie' like an absolute muppet.

I say it to rhyme with foodie, but apparently it rhymes with goodie.

pastypirate · 04/12/2022 01:03

TinfoilTwat · 04/12/2022 00:07

My children assure me that I say 'Oodie' like an absolute muppet.

I say it to rhyme with foodie, but apparently it rhymes with goodie.

I thought it was an oooooooooodeee

Ffs I don't watch tv much so I hasn't seen any adverts.

Issue or tissue being pronounced iss e yoo makes me teeth itch a bit.

My dad who is welsh but dropped his accent pronounces 'years' as 'yurrs' I have noticed Tory mps also do this.

VeganFromSveden · 04/12/2022 01:14

Forevercooking.. thanks.
in my head, I think I know how to say it, and it’s pretty much what you say.
however, when the sound comes out of my mouth, it bears little resemblance to the sound I’m aiming for.
soooooo embarrassing, it’s easier just to avoid it.

Changechangychange · 04/12/2022 01:25

TrentCrimm · 03/12/2022 22:25

I've had the piss ripped out of me my whole life, because I'm born and bred Yorksher, but say maarster and plaarster (like Craig Revell Horwood ffs)

Only those two particular words though, I wouldn't use the same sound for faster or castor, or anything else. Weird.

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My mum does that. Those exact two words as well. Durham thing apparently (her dad’s family were from there, the family moved to Mexborough before she was born so she speaks fairly broad aside from those two words).

ReginaPerrin · 04/12/2022 01:39

I struggle with biopic. I’ve always pronounced it bi-opic, rather than bio-pic.

mamabear715 · 04/12/2022 05:12

@ReginaPerrin you mean it's NOT bi-opic? Bugger.. ;-)

mamabear715 · 04/12/2022 05:13

And as for scones.. battle between my youngest & I.. I say it's a scone, NOT a sconn! :-)

jennyofthenorth · 04/12/2022 05:39

Oye-sta oyster.

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