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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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LadyOdd · 05/08/2018 13:37

Haha sorry misspelling (feeding baby) of miss pronunciation lol like bag get lol for anyone confused how to say it this helpful video might help.

liz70 · 05/08/2018 13:43

"He’s got a strong West Country accent and mispronounces pretty much every single word on this thread."

No he doesn't. He just says them differently to you, because, like, regional accents.

liz70 · 05/08/2018 13:45

" scone sgon" in my tum, yum yum!

Bugjune · 05/08/2018 13:47

@Powerless She's so fecking irritating, be warned!

Frankwindsor · 05/08/2018 13:49

My mum had a friend called Yvonne who called herself Eeve-ONN

AnExcellentUsername · 05/08/2018 13:50

At least it wasn't EEEEEE-von.

llangennith · 05/08/2018 13:51

Garage.
I've always said ga-raj
Some welsh cousins say ga-ridge.
Why?

ScreamingValenta · 05/08/2018 13:51

@putonyourdancingshoes Yes, it makes sense, I'd just not heard it said aloud before and defaulted to the 'oven' that I knew.

Lynne1Cat · 05/08/2018 13:52

It's a different irritation, but I can't stand the way that some people use "of" instead of "have"

AnExcellentUsername · 05/08/2018 13:53

It's a garridge here is Scotland...

Morgan12 · 05/08/2018 13:55

MacDonalds Hmm

Slimtimeagain · 05/08/2018 13:58

Definitely garidge...

Also pronouncing the L in almond is incorrect according to Oxford dictionary.

en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/almond

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 05/08/2018 14:06

SlimTime that clip is pronuncing it as AhhhMund no L

whiskeysourpuss · 05/08/2018 14:16

Scone Palace isn't in Fife... saying that is probably worse than pronouncing it wrong 🙈😂

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 05/08/2018 14:18

Is it no in Fife, really?

flowery · 05/08/2018 14:20

”for anyone confused how to say it this helpful video might help”

I’m not confused how to say baguette. I’m confused as to how your friend is saying it!

Timeisslippingaway · 05/08/2018 14:23

Yup I'm in Scotland, it's a garidge 😂

CountFosco · 05/08/2018 14:24

My pet annoyance it chorizo pronounced choritzo. It is Spanish not Italian. Either pronounce it choritho (putting on a Spanish accent) or choriso (not deliberately putting on an fake accent but actually much more accurate than adding the 't' because South Americans use a soft 'sss' sound for z).

I also hate draw-ring. Ther's only one 'r', most people remove their 'r's from most words so what's the obsession with adding an extra one there? Plus as a Scot living in England my DC are being taught to not pronounce 'r's which means DH got a card in June saying 'Happy Farther's Day' Hmm. That would not happen in Scotland!

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 05/08/2018 14:25

Garridge, yup.worked wi a wummin always popping to garridge for fags,mulk.

Putbiglighton · 05/08/2018 14:26

Ones that make me twitch:
Seketary
Breggzit
Pacific (specific)
Chimley
Hospickle/bockle etc
Mischevious
(slinks away to Pedants Corner)

KimchiLaLa · 05/08/2018 14:28

I know I shouldn't get annoyed but my dad still pronounces certain silent letters even after living in this country for 50 years. So he will say honour pronouncing the H, salmon with the L, and yacht and "yachet" (pronouncing the cht). I've told him the correct way - but he keeps doing it 🙄

whiskeysourpuss · 05/08/2018 14:28

@LipstickHandbagCoffee nope it's in Perth

RoseWhiteTips · 05/08/2018 14:30

PurpleFlower1983

Have to admit I find poor spelling more irritating.

😂

Bugjune · 05/08/2018 14:33

I've heard some Americans pronounce the 'L' in calm and palm. Charles Gross, another shitty Youtuber, is guilty of that particular crime. Maybe Roseanne Barr too.

I have to dig my nails into my paLms to cope with the horror.

putonyourdancingshoes · 05/08/2018 14:36

@KimchiLaLa yachet 🙈 if I heard that I probably wouldn't be able to decipher what that actually was haha.