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To say it's NOT pronounced like this?

718 replies

DaanSaaf · 11/10/2018 21:31

Cutlery.

Cut-le-ree
Not cuttle-ree

Sets my teeth on edge. What pronunciations annoy you?

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buscaution · 12/10/2018 00:16

DEFINITELY never go to glasgow - it's pronounced poh-liss there

No it's not. Polliss is a slang term, not an alternative pronunciation.

Graphista · 12/10/2018 00:19

Um buscaution - do you understand joke? Sarcasm?

Holidayz · 12/10/2018 00:20

I'm from a city in the west Midlands and hate when it's pronounced bur-min-um.. nope it's bir-ming-hum.

Also people that say veg-e-tur-bul. It's veg-ter-bull

buscaution · 12/10/2018 00:26

Um buscaution - do you understand joke? Sarcasm?

Usually, I didn't see the joke in 'it's pronounced poh-lies', or the sarcasm.

buscaution · 12/10/2018 00:26

*liss

OkPedro · 12/10/2018 00:29

Yes yes pp there's no such word as haitch (obviously) but in IREland we say Haitch not Aitch. We're not wrong

Graphista · 12/10/2018 00:33

Wow need to poh-lish up my comedy routine then 😂😂

buscaution · 12/10/2018 00:35

Yeah ok. Sorry I didn't see it as a joke. No need to take the piss. I just see things as they are.

MissSingerbrains · 12/10/2018 00:42

Jai for jay is mainly an Ayrshire thing, and anyone who says it is Wrongy McWrongface from Wrongton. You don’t call a DJ a dee-jai, do you? The US president wasn’t Jai-Eff-Kay, was he? Grrr.

Ditto haitch.

Volant · 12/10/2018 00:47

Tyoomeric for turmeric. Why, FFS? It's completely illogical and its not as if turmeric is hard to say.

Also, meatriology for meteorology. Jeremy Paxman, I'm looking at you.

Volant · 12/10/2018 00:53

People round here say hospickle and bockle

I never understand that for people above the age of 3. Can they say things like hitting or vital or metal without substituting k sounds for the ts?

Volant · 12/10/2018 00:58

Hate it when people say garridge instead of garage.

How else would you say it? Garrarzh is wanky.

LividAtDolphins · 12/10/2018 01:03

How else would you say it? Garrarzh is wanky

I always thought "garrazh" was the US way of saying it and "garridge" the British way. Where in Britain do people say the former? I'm curious.

ColdNeverBotheredMeAnyway · 12/10/2018 01:19

My snobby ex SIL who thought she was oh so cosmopolitan and cool because she lived in London daaahling... used to go to Paris from....

St Pancreas Grin

GunpowderGelatine · 12/10/2018 01:34

I recently found (thanks to a similar MN thread) that I can't say sixth properly. I say sickth Blush if I try and say sixth it comes out like "Sick-s-thh" and I sound like a twat

GunpowderGelatine · 12/10/2018 01:34

Or rather "six-eth"

LividAtDolphins · 12/10/2018 01:37

The ck-s-th sound is notoriously difficult. Which is why lots and lots of people say sickth. It's definitely not just you, Gun.

SpitefulMidLifeAnimal · 12/10/2018 01:38

As much as I dislike Mrs. May, I shudder when she is referred to as the "priminister".

Also, "mushtash".

JaiNotJay · 12/10/2018 01:52

I was due a name change so thanks for the inspiration! Grin I still say jai automatically if I'm reciting the whole alphabet like a primary school kid, but use jay otherwise. I am reclaiming jai from now on!

justilou1 · 12/10/2018 02:23

My least favorite mispronunciation is “mispronOUnciation”.... GAAAAAAAAH!!!

FinnegansWhiskers · 12/10/2018 02:42

The two mispronounciations that set my teeth on edge are...
Excepted when the may accepted and...
Wait for it..... DISCUSTING .... Just nooo!

Whatjusthappenedthere · 12/10/2018 03:57

Prostrate cancer. Confused

Haahhpy · 12/10/2018 04:11

I would like to add "Nougat" which should surely be pronounced noo-gah not nugget. I find it physically impossible not to correct it when I hear people say that one!

I say cut-ler-ee, scowne, feb-yoo-erry, lie-bree, wenzday.... And garridge.

OhTheRoses · 12/10/2018 04:27

Controversy.

mrssparkle123 · 12/10/2018 04:29

@alltalknobaby oh my I never knew this. I say tagliatelle 😳

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