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To hate that 'wrath' is CONSTANTLY pronounced wrong.

254 replies

RocketInMyPocket · 22/02/2015 11:59

It's roth, not rath fgs!!!
PS regional shmegional

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Toooldtobearsed · 22/02/2015 12:02

Tis rath not roth. If it was roth it would be spelt wroth Grin

mommy2ash · 22/02/2015 12:03

if I said Roth I would sound like a plank. I've been giggling saying it like that for the last minute lol

SaucyJack · 22/02/2015 12:03

Are you Lloyd Grossman?

IsItMeOr · 22/02/2015 12:04

It's not a word I hear spoken very often. I would probably say it with rath or roth, and googling tells me that the form is the UK English version and the latter the US English version, so I guess I've probably most often heard it said in US tv/films.

DextersMistress · 22/02/2015 12:04

I've literally never heard it pronounced roth

IsItMeOr · 22/02/2015 12:05

Gah - I clearly need to go back to bed.

It's roth that's the UK English version, rath US English.

LongDistanceLove · 22/02/2015 12:05

Well, apparently it's roth in an English accent and rath in an American accent.

LongDistanceLove · 22/02/2015 12:06

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Dazedconfused · 22/02/2015 12:06

If I said roth no one would know what I was saying....

Dazedconfused · 22/02/2015 12:07

Also for context I have a scottish accent not American

SwedishEdith · 22/02/2015 12:07

I've heard people say roth and rath so I disagree that it is constantly mispronounced. I, of course, say it correctly. I remember when 'The Wrath of Khan' came out.

RocketInMyPocket · 22/02/2015 12:09

'Tis a pesky 'Mericanism, that's what it is.
Am out to educate the masses.
Feel my roth.
etcetera etcetera

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WONAR · 22/02/2015 12:10

Can this turn into a general pronunciation thread? My pet hate is the American "mirr" (for 'mirror'), with the Australian "marone" (for 'maroon') coming a close second.

Of course there are also UK hates of mine, but there's a lot more of you on here than Americans and Aussies, and I don't want to risk the AIBU wrath. Grin

SwedishEdith · 22/02/2015 12:10

It was definitely promoted as Roth with an American accent.

littleleftie · 22/02/2015 12:10

It's Roth

Mistlewoeandwhine · 22/02/2015 12:12

It's roth.

larryphilanddave · 22/02/2015 12:13

I say 'roth' First time I seem to have got something right on MN...

Wibblypiglikesbananas · 22/02/2015 12:14

YANBU. Always been 'roth' with an 'o' sound.

SwedishEdith · 22/02/2015 12:15

Oh, I've no probs with Aussies and Americans pronouncing words differently - it's their own accent.

TidyDancer · 22/02/2015 12:15

I've heard both so I don't think it's a huge deal really.

In US films, I've heard 'poem' pronounced as 'pome' and the name Tara pronounced Terror. I don't know if it's the accent or if they just said it wrong differently.

WD41 · 22/02/2015 12:16

It's roth.

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 22/02/2015 12:16

It's funny, I say, The Grapes of Wroth but The Wrath of Khan. I think this is because my English teacher pronounced the (US) book the English way but I've only heard the film pronounced the US way. Hmm

Thumbwitch · 22/02/2015 12:17

I say 'roth' and I compLETEly agree with WONAR that the Aussies pronouncing maroon as marone is teeth-grindingly awful!
I shudder when some of them (MIL in particular) pronounces broccoli as broccoleye too. And privet as pivet (there is an R in it you know!)

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 22/02/2015 12:18

It's roth. Don't think I've ever heard it as rath.

TheSpottedZebra · 22/02/2015 12:18

The one I hate is Craig, pronounced as Cragg, by Americans. No idea why I hate it so much but I do.