To tell DH he is pronouncing DD’s name wrong.

[DuchessOfNorfolk]

DD is mainly known as a shortening of her name. Occasionally we call her the full versio. However I have noticed DH pronounces it in a different way to how I have ever heard it pronounced. I assumed there was just one pronunciation of it. I’m wondering if it would be reasonable to point it out? Or do I just live with it.

I'd probably just say milky coffee.
The 'tt' suggest a short a.

I'll stick to black coffee and not worry about it I think.

Interesting, I've never heard anyone say it with a short 'a'.

ew, can't do black coffee. Sugarless, yes. Milkless? No!

DH sometimes says it with a short “a” and I take the piss 😂

He also swallows the end of the word when he says calendar so it’s like caalnder but really gulped down at the end. Neither are accent things, just numpty things.

Definitely lah-tay in Australia.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/nov/16/too-late-to-the-par-tay-to-correct-the-pronunciation-of-latte
Never mind all those ridiculous versions of caffè latte (Latte lessons, G2, 14 November). The lesson I wish most coffee drinkers and baristas would learn is how to pronounce “latte”. It rhymes with paté, not par-tay, and is Italian for “milk”.
Alan Greenslade-Hibbert
Mollington, Oxfordshire

Actually it’s regional in Italian too (because we are not the only ones with accents)

DH pronounces it latay which is wrong. It would la teh or laa teh.

But Middle what are epoisses? You're my key to a middle class life.!!

Cheese

Ooh thanks. It's not just me then.

Epoisses

I like the way we’ve gone from accents to a vegan nightmare 😂

"However as many PPs have pointed out, they don't want to say pour. They are happy just saying paw for three differently pronounced words"

Sorry, I should written that as "teeyaw", really. I'm a poor/pour/paw/pore all sound the same person too. Common as muck, me.

Anyway, it's not a case of wanting or not wanting to pronounce words a certain way. It's just the way I naturally speak; any other way would feel affected and false to me. I'm not paid to speak to the public (or anyone), and people I do talk to seem to understand me okay, so I guess all's good.

middleclassproblem LOL at vegan nightmare.

I aye ating tha' skin Middle,it looks well mingin', we doe ate posh muck like that 'ere y' know

I’m sorry, one simple can’t engage when one is about to consume venison with a cocoa and quinoa crust, saffron infused quail eggs with blanched asparagus and romanesco.

fake food is making me hungry and the dog ate my actual lunch when I went to the loo so I’m grumpy

I can at least pronounce quinoa

Sushi is bad for dogs. Is it one of those dogs you carry in a bag and only feed meat the gatekeeper ha shot?

It is a Labrador...

(Sushi not ideal for dogs but not “bad”)

But it was a quiche which probably was bad for him as it has onion in it.

Oh I Labrador's. Is he called Bounca?

Yes but we pronounce it Bou-En-Sior

And he’s married

I think we’ve derailed the thread...

Surely Bou-En-Swa as you can't say R!

Oops, we'll be sent tip the head teachers office!!

I don't want to marry him you weirdo, I'm not into bestiality. I like fit blonde Australian men not fit blonde dogs!