to think that Americans don't pronounce "Warrior" or "Aluminium" properly?

[giddypig]

"Woryer" and "Aloominum"

Just wrong!

Quite, squoosh.

Mee-er. It's grotesque.

Grotesque seems a tad dramatic.

This thread is ridiculous. If it were 'oh, those annoying Geordies with their accents' or almost any other accent it would be rightly shot down in flames.

Pronunciation is one thing, but aluminium really is officially spelled this way. If I've got to put up with having to write 'sulfur' then I can surely object to 'aluminum'

Yes, MN is a very non-rhotic-centric place. Next thing you know someone will complain about us rhotic speakers pronouncing all those "r's."

Do you really think anybody over there gives a rats ass what you think.

My DP is British but has been working in the USA a lot lately. When he says "anyways", "y'all" or "pissed" (meaning angry not drunk) it makes me want to poke him in the eye with a Butterfinger. If he loses the ability to pronounce mirror I will have to LTB.

who cares if Americans say mee er for mirror or whore for horror - or indeed parster for pasta.
It is their language as well u know, and moaning about a different version of our international language just sounds provincial and petty.

Do you really think anybody over there gives a rats ass what you think.

A rat's arse, surely?

Squirrel

Mee-er. It's grotesque.

Grotesque seems a tad dramatic.

Well obviously! It's not exactly a serious discussion is it?

Good grief. Some people have obviously left their sense of humour at the door on what is very, very clearly a light hearted thread.

Yeah, Brits can't seem to say taco, Oreo, or jalapeño correctly.

As an Irish person in London I find the non-pronunciation of the letter "r" in words very odd. Especially as I have an "r" in the middle of my name meaning it is never pronounced properly here. Also other small differences like "gen-u-in" instead of "gen-u-(w)ine" are strange. It's a different dialect, nobody is wrong!

Panin. could you explain where we are going wrong please?
How should I say 'oreo'?

80sMum that it's truly horryfing. In what accent is been ever prounced 'bin'?! I'd have corrected the teacher.

I'll admit our pronunciation of "jaguar" (jag-wire) is a bit odd.

oh yes Rinceoir, there are no R's in London, Once a Spanish student complained about my slight London accent and told the boss I didn't speak English properly...

In what accent is been ever prounced 'bin'?!

Not uncommon in the northern UK as well as US, TBH.

"Bin" instead of "been" is definitely regional in the US (as are any of these examples, really).

Taco = tah-ko, not tack-oh
Jalapeño = hah-lah-peh-nyo
Oreo = Ohr-ee-yo

'bin' instead of been and 'sin' instead of seen is pure Brighton.

I'm sorry for missing the lightheartedness, I read it as 'bloody Americans'. Clearly past my bedtime which I intend to rectify forthwith.

I've never heard taco or oreo pronounced any other way. Jalapeño I'll admit to sounding more like halapeno, but that is a properly foreign word, not the 'two nations divided' thing.

Y'all also need to learn how to pronounce "pecan."

The worst thing is when you're reading your kid a British rhyming book but your accent means the words don't rhyme.

not pee - k'n?