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How do you pronounce ’Bonas’

21 replies

gwrbakes · 20/05/2026 18:10

As in, Oliver Bonas?

Bon - ass

or

Bone - ass

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TorroFerney · 20/05/2026 18:11

Bown ass is how I say it and how I have heard others online say it who have nicer accents than I do. Like Bonus with an a instead of a u?

AnnaQuayRules · 20/05/2026 18:12

I say it to rhyme with Jonas

NewGoldFox · 20/05/2026 18:13

Bone ass

beasmithwentworth · 20/05/2026 18:13

Bone-ass

pouletvous · 20/05/2026 18:13

Bo-nass

gwrbakes · 20/05/2026 18:13

TorroFerney · 20/05/2026 18:11

Bown ass is how I say it and how I have heard others online say it who have nicer accents than I do. Like Bonus with an a instead of a u?

Edited

Yes that’s how I imagine it, just not very hot at putting it into text!

I overheard some people earlier who said Bon (as in Bon appetite) ass and wondered if I had been saying it wrong

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pouletvous · 20/05/2026 18:13

Bonnas would have double nn

WallaceinAnderland · 20/05/2026 18:14

What does it mean?

TorroFerney · 20/05/2026 18:17

WallaceinAnderland · 20/05/2026 18:14

What does it mean?

That's a very deep question for Mumsnet!

Justyouwaitandseeagain · 20/05/2026 18:17

Bo-nass

HoraceCope · 20/05/2026 18:18

Justyouwaitandseeagain · 20/05/2026 18:17

Bo-nass

Bo to rhyme with fog
and nass to rhyme with cash

BasilandTom · 20/05/2026 18:23

Oh dear! I think I may be outing myself as deeply uncultured Blush I would, and have always called it Bon - ass. It’s how I’ve heard it referred to where I live.

It sounds Latin or Italian to me… not sure how that might impact how it is pronounced though.

thisistheworstpossibletiming · 20/05/2026 18:24

I’m sure I’ve read somewhere they themselves officially say it as ‘bonus’

Calliopespa · 20/05/2026 18:30

thisistheworstpossibletiming · 20/05/2026 18:24

I’m sure I’ve read somewhere they themselves officially say it as ‘bonus’

I think it is this too but can't resist suggesting Bone-Arse

TheChosenTwo · 20/05/2026 18:35

I pronounce it to sound like bonus although dd and I call it Olly B’s to each other 😂

Wreckinball · 20/05/2026 18:36

You need to ring their customer services and ask or better still see what their chatbot has to say- let us know

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 20/05/2026 19:01

Bonas as in Oliver Bonas is a name. The surname Bonas is pronounced Bow-nas.

(The brand name came from the owner’s first name Oliver and his then girlfriend’s surname Bonas. The Oliver from Oliver Bonas was the man who was married to the woman who has an affair with Matt Hancock and was in those “very much not socially distanced” photos that forced Hancock to resign. I always felt sorry for Oliver from oliver Bonas, it’s bad enough finding out that your wife is cheating, but to find out from seeing photo on the front pages of the newspapers of your wife with her lover, and then to find the person she’s chosen to cheat with was Matt Hancock must be so horrific.)

Calliopespa · 20/05/2026 19:06

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 20/05/2026 19:01

Bonas as in Oliver Bonas is a name. The surname Bonas is pronounced Bow-nas.

(The brand name came from the owner’s first name Oliver and his then girlfriend’s surname Bonas. The Oliver from Oliver Bonas was the man who was married to the woman who has an affair with Matt Hancock and was in those “very much not socially distanced” photos that forced Hancock to resign. I always felt sorry for Oliver from oliver Bonas, it’s bad enough finding out that your wife is cheating, but to find out from seeing photo on the front pages of the newspapers of your wife with her lover, and then to find the person she’s chosen to cheat with was Matt Hancock must be so horrific.)

It was the goofy footage that was worst. He stood there like a naughty, guilty toddler.

Nincompoo · 20/05/2026 19:11

Bow-nas

It’s a relatives surname.

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 20/05/2026 19:16

Calliopespa · 20/05/2026 19:06

It was the goofy footage that was worst. He stood there like a naughty, guilty toddler.

poor Oliver from Oliver Bonas. Cheating on your dh, horrible, cheating with Matt Hancock <shudder>

thisistheworstpossibletiming · 20/05/2026 19:24

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRtvVAEM/

this is staff saying it. Deffo “bonus”

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