Things you say 'wrong'

[pocketvenuss]

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?

I'll add in my ahhmond to the mix. Or maybe even ahhmind really.

I can't hear foodie and goodie differently?

I can't say cardamom pods.

It always comes out cardomon pobs or somesuch nonsense. Causes much hilarity in this house.

The /u:/ sound in "foodie" is long. The /u/ sound in "goodie" is short.

That said, I've just realised I call them "oodies" to rhyme with "foodies" as well, as I'd never made the connection "oodie-hoodie".

That's quite normal- a syllable in a word "disappears" (one with no stressed vowel sound in it) It's not wrong to say "library" with 2 syllables, and it's not wrong to say it with 3.

In "very posh" English, it's done more. Think of how Boris Johnson speaks. Imagine him (sorry!!!) saying "chocolate" or "vegetable"
Actually, think of him saying "Coronavirus". It comes out sort of like "cronavahs" because he's elided some syllables. The Queen a couple of decades ago used to do it, but over the years her pronunciation changed. Still obviously very upper class, but not nearly as much as when she was younger.

Thanks Pafmo. To me these are all the same..
Goodie
Foodie
Hoodie
Oodie.
I love these threads and like hearing all the differences in pronunciations.

Although, my cardomom pobs is not a different pronunciation, it's just a tongue twister for me for some reason. There was a small village near my granny and when i was little i couldn't say it properly. Used to make her giggle.

Vegetable. I say veg-da-bull. A lot of people here say veg-et-a-bull.

There's a pub not far from here called the Barley Mow. Pronounced, Bar-lee Mo. One neighbour rhymes Mow with Cow and How. Mind you she is the snottiest cow I've ever met so it's appropriate.

@Breathmiller It'll be because "cardamom pods" has a lot of sounds where you need both your lips together, the two "m" sounds in the first word, followed straightaway by the "p" in pods. Your mouth then needs to do some quick gymnastics to get into the "d" at the end of the word. And it ends up like a tongue-twister.

When I'm teaching this stuff, I get the kids to bring a mirror and look closely at what their mouth is having to do to say words which might seem quite unproblematic! There's a reason why the mouth has so many muscles, it's very hard-working!

Brewery

Belvwar - fuck this beaver shite.

Ammond - no r, no l, no nothing,. just plain ammond.

How about turmeric? Tewmeric? Choomeric? No, fucking tur mer ic.

I really should leave this thread, it's not doing my blood preshah any good.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut

My wonderful maternal grandmother, my Nanna, from South Herefordshire, transplanted to South Wales in 1900s, retained her lovely soft accent to the last.
Chewsday was my favourite, I used to steer the conversation to get her to say it and then give her a big Cwtch.
💖

pastypirate

Did your dad say 'yurr' for-
Year
Ear
Here?

I hope so or he was letting the South Waliab side down.

I worked in libraries for 25 yurrs 😉but still say I am going to the libry but I say librarians pronouncing all the 'r's

I love all the different accents across the country and the world. My grandparents' generation here in the Valleys spoke differently to me as the influence of TV didn't affect their language acquisition.
Talk Tidyis a fab book, detailing the phrases used here in the past, sadly dying out now.

Not me but a dear friend says:

Theatre: thee-etter
Yolk: yollc
Tagine: tadge-een

Otherwise a perfectly ordinary way of talking, no discernible accent. These quirks are part of her.

I pronounce the word tongue the same as the world tong. So exactly the same pronunciation but two different meanings. I once read on Mumsnet that people pronounce tongue as tung. Blew my mind, I've never met anyone in real life who says tung. So my kids bite their tongue, I use salad tongs and it's the exact same pronunciation. Tung sounds so strange to me.

Privacy is one I have never worked out

Is it Pree vacy

or

Pry vacy

I always thought it should be the same as Private so Pry vacy with the y being quite long, but around me everyone seems to say it with a very short i sound to rhyme with eye.

Any word with an L in it, I have a speech impediment 😂

Either/both are correct.

I'm curious about "tagine" which I've never thought about, as I don't like mixing my fruit and meat, but I've always pronounced it "tadge-een". Off to look.

Ah, so it's a soft consonant like in "leisure"
That's useful, I'll add it to my list, as that soft sound in the middle of a word (leisure/pleasure) is rare and I can never find examples!

@IamEarthymama I agree, re dialects, I'm teaching my kids words & phrases that my grandparents would have used, they love them!
My daughter practices them, sounds so funny! :-)

I say pri-vicy . The Pri as in prim.

Croissant is mine. Pronounced kwasong where I'm from, but I feel like it's very wrong and avoid saying it at all costs.

Regarding others mentioned, for me:
Sandwich = samwidge
Tuesday = chewsday
Oodie = rhymes with hoodie, foodie and goodie, as they're all pronounced the same in my area at least
Almonds = a-monds as we don't pronounce the L in half (haf), calf (caf), calm (cam) and so on, and we don't have the sort of R most English accents have (if I said ar-mond nobody would know what I was referring to - imagine a pirate saying it! The R is very clear.)

One I've been told was "wrong" (it's just regional, as far as I know), is that Wednesday = Wedensday. They insisted Wednesday = Wensday but where I'm from, we pronounce the first D as well.

I love this stuff - I find it fascinating!

Waitrose

Or is it Wait rose
Or Wai trose?

This. I have a few 'on purpose' mispronunciations which I roll out with people who aren't in on the joke and probably think I'm a nimno. Hostipal ages me because Black Adder is now ancient, Foo Par (an uncle would say this instead of Faux pas) and 'it's a required taste' (same uncle, should be acquired). Also, thanking people from the heart of my bottom, does cause some quizzical looks.

Oh Waitrose gets me as well. Once you start thinking about it, it sounds wrong however you say it. Wait’rose? Waichrose? Argh.

Yes, to clarify, I would say tagine with the soft sound in leisure/pleasure rather than the hard, definite two syllable tadge-een. Probably neither is ‘right’.

My ex used to take the kiss out of me for pronouncing curtains properly instead of saying 'cur-uns' 🙄