Irritating pronounciation

[percheron67]

I have just seen the Tesco steak ad and wish that the woman talking would not use a glottal stop in the middle of words. Perhaps this is regional but it sounds very lazy.

[StripySocksAndDocs]

It's possible that funcy is an archaic word. I think whatsit poster (I'd scroll back but it's on a different page). Was travelling to Britain, accidentally slipped into a wormhole. Ended up in the funcy era. Had her holiday, travelled back through the wormhole to Australia.

She now thinks she was in modern day Britain and everyone says funcy. Evidently not her fault, could happen to anyone.

Obviously was at a funcy pooh-low match when there too.

[CountFosco]

Oh, oh. I think I get the Polo thing. Salem thinks we all talk like the queen in the 1950s.

As for funcy...

Fancy dress I have no idea what else you would say here
She fancies him I know this is a British term because I know Americans react to this as well
Do you fancy a biscuit? yes please
It's a very fancy hotel I think this phrase is either regional or class based.

[liz70]

"Fancy dress I have no idea what else you would say here"

Cosplay, of course. What century did you timewarp from - the 20th?

[liz70]

^ (imitating my teenaged DDs above, just in case it weren't obvious)

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

I can tell the difference between po-lo and pole-o.

However, it was the British who anglicised the name, codified the rules and spread the sport worldwide, so I think we can pronounce it how we like...

[MonaLisaSimpson]

My last post should have said I definitely don't say funcy but autocorrect changed it to fancy!

[MereDintofPandiculation]

@longwayoff you friend may be right. It's not that far away from Woolfardisworthy (pronounced Woolsery) after all.

[goose1964]

My kids make fun of the way I say cupboard, sort of cuh buhrd, and valley, as va lee, with the gaps being short gaps. Now say them in a Welsh accent

[HMC2000]

Ok, so I haven't read the entire thread, but I just wanted to add that my Greek mother in law pronounces "cheesecake" as "jizzcake". Just as well I'm lactose intolerant, because I don't think I could face it.

[longwayoff]

Thank you meredint, never heard of it before, another one for my collection, excellent, thanks

[Ihavenoideaatall]

Mmmm jizz cake! 😂

[nilinu]

Correct pronunciation is 'sec re tree' NOT 'sec re terry' please!

[Barrowmanfan22]

Sarah Millican is from the North East. Her lack of glottal stop is part of her accent.

I will never understand how it is acceptable to rip apart someone's accent in a public forum and or think you have the right to judge how someone else speaks.

[HerNameWasEliza]

[quote Merryoldgoat]The L in almond is silent and it gives me rage when people pronounce it.

www.dictionary.com/browse/almond?s=t[/quote]
www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/02/almond-joy.html

Think you're behind the times!

[user127819]

@HerNameWasEliza This is a two year old thread!

But did we ever find out how baguette is supposed to be pronounced?

[EarthlyTent]

ZOMBIE THREAD!