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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?

OP posts:
tombstoneteeth · 11/10/2018 21:53

"Craysh" for "crèche". "Newkewlar" !!!!

umizoomi · 11/10/2018 21:53

Library- libe-ry

Wednesday - Wenzday

MMKMN · 11/10/2018 21:53

Choclit and tolit

Holy crap it annoys the bejezuz out of me!!

whiskeysourpuss · 11/10/2018 21:53

@NotTheFordType librery & wedinsday

Proseccoagain · 11/10/2018 21:54

DH was Lancashire, and said hospickle and lickle..

NotTheFordType · 11/10/2018 21:54

Differences in dialect and idioms by area is a fucking fascinating area.

I mean really. I despair of the way local accents are being worn away due to over exposure to both RP and trans atlantic pronounciation (which is what we used to threaten Lloyd Grossman with before he went into pasta sauce)

RedDwarves · 11/10/2018 21:54

tombstone How else do you pronounce creche?

I have always thought it odd that Brits pronounce crepe "krep". It's "crayp" here.

queenofthemountains · 11/10/2018 21:54

I'm a Manc exiled in the South East. Everyone here sounds posh and pronounces things all wrong.

It's just regional, I don't understand why someone pronouncing something differently is so annoying.

Buggerbrexit · 11/10/2018 21:54

I’m scottish - I say and was taught jay for J. I hate “hi” and “haitch” for I and H.

Sequences instead of sequins drives me mad!

umizoomi · 11/10/2018 21:54

My Scottish DH says J to rhyme with I

My IL's say 'jags' when they mean jabs (as in injections) that does my head in

thenightsky · 11/10/2018 21:55

Scon or Scowne?

Deepbreathsbabe · 11/10/2018 21:55

I absolutely hate it when people say should of / could of / would of instead of should have / could have / would have.

eelbecomingforyou · 11/10/2018 21:55

J is not pronounced jai (to rhyme with high) in Scotland! It’s jay (to rhyme with hay).

Buggerbrexit · 11/10/2018 21:56

We don’t mean jabs though, we mean jags. Because it’s jaggy and we get jagged with them.

umizoomi · 11/10/2018 21:56

Isn't crèche - cresh?

RedDwarves · 11/10/2018 21:57

Scon or Scowne?

In Aus, the food is "scon", but the place (Scone, NSW) is "scowne" to rhyme with bone. Just to keep it interesting. Grin

thisneverendingsummer · 11/10/2018 21:58

YANBU. It's cut-ler-ree

Hospickle and bockle made me laugh LOL! And some people say chimlee too.

A colleague of mine likes old comedy films, and pronounces Abbott and Costello, as Abbott and CASTello. Drives me nuts!

A woman my husband works with, when she says the plural of 'breakfast' says 'breakfasts-iz.' She says the plural of breakfast (breakfasts,) and adds an 'S' on.'

happypoobum · 11/10/2018 21:58

Ligh - brey

Wensday

Cutt leree

I don't like arksed but I love axed as it reminds me of my years living in the West Indies.

Fairly posh south east here.

nickdrakeslovechild · 11/10/2018 21:58

Necklace, everyone here says Neck Lace. it drives me insane.

SisterOfDonFrancisco · 11/10/2018 21:58

I do lazy pronunciation nowadays. Everybody still understands me so no harm done.

Lie-bury.
Wens-day.

Also:
Febry. Or Febyuary.

whiskeysourpuss · 11/10/2018 21:59

@eelbecomingforyou I'm currently in Scotland & Scottish and everyone I know pronounces it that way so it's definitely pronounced JAI to rhyme with eye in this part of Scotland... you can't make such a sweeping statement as if it's fact Hmm

Thatstheendofmytether · 11/10/2018 21:59

*YeTalkShiteHen

Library - library

Wednesday - Wenzzday*

Was just sitting trying to silently work out how I pronounced Wednesday but looks like you beat me to it 😂

thisneverendingsummer · 11/10/2018 22:01

FEB-REE boils my piss too. It's FEB-YOO-ERRY.

MargaretDribble · 11/10/2018 22:02

'The' before a vowel pronounced th, eg th apple, like a child. I was taught to say thee apple with a stress on the e.

Thatstheendofmytether · 11/10/2018 22:03

Buggerbrexit

"Haitch" does my head in too!

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