Haha! Timely thread for me - a tv announcer regarding a programme starting on 26th October - keeps saying "twenty-sicth" no! It's "twenty-sicsth" that's an X not a bloody c!
"And JAI instead of JAY for the letter j" Jai meaning rhyming with I? As in scots pronunciation? Sorry as a Scot I think jai perfectly acceptable.
"So J is pronounced to rhyme with eye not way in Scotland?" Yes
I'm with chandler on "supposably"
Non-scots always wrongly pronounce my name, but I understand why as it's spelled same as the name they think BUT what I do object to is when they try to tell me I'M pronouncing my OWN NAME "wrong" - no I think I know how to pronounce my own bloody name!
Marklah (and bershet) - generally agree with you but aks/ask is dialectal, I think Caribbean pronunciation.
"I love that there are Scots words for things that would take 4 or 5 in English, some there are no literal translations for and we use lots of Scots words regularly in our house and local area." Me too. But I feel it's only fair to point out this is true in other parts of the U.K. Too.
Although I still struggle to not correct the scots pronunciation of
Poem, poet, poetry which seems to add a y to the middle - my mum particularly guilty of this one.
"My IL's say 'jags' when they mean jabs (as in injections) that does my head in" they DON'T mean jabs though, they mean jags as in something sharp and stabby in feel.
en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/jag
Newkewlar - yes that one annoys me too.
"I have always thought it odd that Brits pronounce crepe "krep". It's "crayp" here" where's "here"? The accents on both are grave not acute, therefore the tone descends not ascends.
"I absolutely hate it when people say should of / could of / would of instead of should have / could have / would have" I don't mind them saying it too much I DO mind when they bloody write it as it's absolutely wrong then!
"When people say ‘generally’ when they mean ‘genuinely" another one I see FAR too often written too!
Draw/drawer - again no biggy pronunciation wise, but in writing? Not right.
My answers
Library
Wenzday
Cutt-le-Ree
Scown
Re jai/Jay Scotland J - I'm in south west Scotland, where are the rest of the jai people?
Pacific, hospickle, bockle and similar - sorry but are you 3?!
Sadsongs - trowma to my knowledge is American pronunciation.
Brisklady - even experts not yet agreed if it's text or texted.
And we're not even yet discussing truly tricky ones like epitome, hyperbole,
"Yes - jags not jabs.
Slidey not slippery
and Bawbag instead of Trump" 😂😂
"Pleece for police" oh bloody hell! DEFINITELY never go to glasgow - it's pronounced poh-liss there 😂😂
"That's even worse as the proper Scots word for it is “piece”." Exactly! We have jammy pieces caught from being flung oot a windae, on a day oot where we try to avoid the jaggy nettles 😂
I get stuck trying to explain Wellington boots to non Brits! What are they called in USA? Aus?