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Irritating pronounciation

566 replies

percheron67 · 04/08/2018 23:32

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.

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SisterNotCisTerf · 05/08/2018 00:53

Eye buh profen

snap! Grin

Armshouses! Shock

Greenyogagirl · 05/08/2018 00:53

I think it’s just because I don’t expect it, I’m happily watching Ina Garten make dinner and she’s lovely and soothing and then she’s just going to add a sprinkle of UURRBBS! Before serving. 😂

echt · 05/08/2018 00:54

I think the H-less herbs was current in Elizabethan/Jacobean times so went to America and stayed, while it moved on in England. Like "fall" for autumn.

Eemamc · 05/08/2018 00:56

Are there other kinds of almshouses?

Greenyogagirl · 05/08/2018 00:57

That’s interesting echt!

CarrotandSwede · 05/08/2018 00:59

My MIL says Syoot instead of Suit (sooot) or Syootcase instead of suitcase (soootcase). Does that make sense?

I find it really irritating, no idea why.

CheesyWeez · 05/08/2018 01:02

I'm from the area where Theresa May was brought up and I have never heard anyone saying aRmond. (sounds like a pirate Greenyogagirl! Grin) It's Almond or Owmond, and also we say the "T" in ofTen.
I like Sarah Millican's pronunciation.

MenaMecca · 05/08/2018 01:02

Fillet. Can be pronounced "filet" or "filey", depending on where you come from.

BunsOfAnarchy · 05/08/2018 01:05

Some American pronunciations really make my skin crawl especially as Fuzzy said, pronouncing herb 'urb'.

Ugh. And when they pronounce laboratory as la-bore-a-tor-ee.

Eemamc · 05/08/2018 01:06

I doubted myself so I looked it up. I have a copy of the letters and sounds programme. Basically it shows teachers how to teach phonics. Palm balm et al fall under the ar sound.

Irritating pronounciation
Irritating pronounciation
Eemamc · 05/08/2018 01:06

Pictures attached!

BunsOfAnarchy · 05/08/2018 01:07

Oops i mean greenyogagirl

SisterNotCisTerf · 05/08/2018 01:08

English is really a fucker of a language. Grin

9amTrain · 05/08/2018 01:10

Well that's the first I've ever heard of almond not being pronounced with the L!

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 05/08/2018 01:12

I’ve never heard anyone pronounce the L in almond

AcrossthePond55 · 05/08/2018 01:17

Ugh. And when they pronounce laboratory as la-bore-a-tor-ee

I've never heard a fellow American say 'la-bore-a-tor-ee', unless we're trying to pretend we're a mad scientist. It's 'lab-ra-tor-ee'. Accent on the 'lab'.

Sparklesocks · 05/08/2018 01:19

I love how Sarah Millican speaks!

nbee84 · 05/08/2018 01:24

My mother went to Siri Lanka rather than Sri Lanka (almost a shri lanka when I say it) Not sure that I'm right but Siri Lanka makes my teeth itch! Grin

Cailleach1 · 05/08/2018 01:29

My friend always says baguette as bag et.

I remember asking for a baguette in a bakery in London. The person serving said 'Oh, you mean a French Stick'. So, the pronunciation for baguette in London seems to be 'French Stick'.

BeeePeee · 05/08/2018 01:29

Shit, I've been saying almond wrong all my life.

Greenyogagirl · 05/08/2018 01:31

Siri Lanka Grin

thebewilderness · 05/08/2018 01:31

In this areas we pronounce the silent L in al as ah.

VayKayShun · 05/08/2018 01:37

I've been saying almond wrong my whole life. I don't care, not about to change my pronunciation of it now!

liz70 · 05/08/2018 01:41

Olmuhnd. Said the same way everyone else I've known say it.

Greenyogagirl · 05/08/2018 01:41

I wonder how many of us, if we started using the ‘correct’ pronunciation would be laughed at irl?
A debate I have with my mum is colander vs culunder if anyone wants to chip in their pronunciation

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