To hate that 'wrath' is CONSTANTLY pronounced wrong.

[RocketInMyPocket]

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

Someone upthread confused me a bit, talking about a glockelstop. I think you mean a glottal stop? Just loving "axiomatically fallacious". Will have to try and work that into a sentence this week!

I often use the word 'wrath' - it's the kind of woman I am. OP is 100% correct. If I have ever heard anyone pronouncing it 'wroth', I must have silently forgiven them and moved on.

BreconBeBuggered You've really confused me. First you say that the OP is correct and then you say pronouncing it "wroth" is wrong.
I agree with the OP that it's pronounced "wroth".

This is going back to something posted further up the thread, but every time a discussion comes up on pronunciation, the name Craig comes up. Sometimes being compared to the name Gregg. And then I sit for hours trying to say those words to myself and they always always sound the same. It totally blows my tiny mind to think that they could possibly not be pronounced the same way, I just have no concept of it. And it drives me bonkers.

Would anyone be brave enough to record themselves saying those words and then post a link, so that I don't have to drive myself mad all afternoon?

If you ask nicely, I'll record myself saying a 'thoisand poinds' and 'parr sharr' for you all in return

Also, it's AN-ER....AnnA
NOT ONNA.

It's roth! I can't believe there's even a debate about it!

AN-ER....AnnA

Where does the ER come into it?

Rath (Scottish).

Its Roth is the Uk and Rath in the US but I have always said rath, maybe a regional thing also, not that I can remember saying it very often.

treacle Within the first 10 seconds this video says 'Craig David' and 'Robbie Craig'
That's how I pronounce Craig without the singing of course

AN-Uh then. When you day ER you don't pronounce the R do you?

Rocket but that's how I would say Gregg too, to rhyme with Craig !

And I also say 'rath' not 'roth' for wrath.

It's nigh on impossible to write things out phonetically, because we all pronounce things different.
Opening of this interview might be a bit clearer?

oh well, it looks like my pronunciation of Craig ties in ok with everyone else's. But I pronounce words ending in 'eg' in exactly the same way

So Greg has an eh sound like egg, craig has an ay sound, like lay?
Now if you tell me lay an egg rhymes in your accent, then I'm stuffed

There's only one way out of all this, which is for us all to agree to say "rarrth". (I'm a rother myself, but would be willing to compromise for world peace).

On brands, the iconic synth manufacturer Moog rhymes with vogue. Not that I expect anyone on this thread will have cause to use this knowledge, but if I can't post this here, where can I?

what about apricot...innocent little fruit

but is it APE-ri-cot or APP-rick-ott??

then we can start on almonds. :o

you've got it rocket Lay an egg does rhyme to me!

Egg is ay-g
Leg is lay-g

etc etc

Im Scottish & it has always been pronounced rath, if I try & say roth it just sounds like I'm speaking in a pretend posh English accent.

oh and on the matter of the OP, i am not a wrAther, but sort of wroth...not an all out "O" sound, but not a west country ahhhhhhhhhh

It's lucky that I am in the house alone at the moment, as I sit at the kitchen table with the laptop in front of me saying 'lay an egg' out loud to myself...

AN-Uh then. When you day ER you don't pronounce the R do you?

??

What you mean?

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/british/wrath

I pronounce it 'rath' & will continue to do so. I've never heard an acquaintance/ friend/family member pronounce it 'roth', but then again wrath rarely comes up in conversation so can't say 100%.

As long as we all know what the other person means when they say it..happy days!

Don't care Longtime, I'd still sound like a right numpty if I said roth.