Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Saved Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Flip

1 2 3 4 5 6 ··· 28 29

AIBU?

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:

Report

tombstoneteeth · 11/10/2018 21:53

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

Report

umizoomi · 11/10/2018 21:53

Library- libe-ry

Wednesday - Wenzday

Report

MMKMN · 11/10/2018 21:53

Choclit and tolit

Holy crap it annoys the bejezuz out of me!!

Report

whiskeysourpuss · 11/10/2018 21:53

@NotTheFordType librery & wedinsday

Report

Proseccoagain · 11/10/2018 21:54

DH was Lancashire, and said hospickle and lickle..

Report

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)

Report

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.

Report

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.

Report

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!

Report

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

Report

thenightsky · 11/10/2018 21:55

Scon or Scowne?

Report

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.

Report

eelbecomingforyou · 11/10/2018 21:55

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

Report

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.

Report

umizoomi · 11/10/2018 21:56

Isn't crèche - cresh?

Report

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.

Report

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.'

Report

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.

Report

nickdrakeslovechild · 11/10/2018 21:58

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

Report

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.

Report

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

Report

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 😂

Report

thisneverendingsummer · 11/10/2018 22:01

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

Report

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.

Report

Thatstheendofmytether · 11/10/2018 22:03

Buggerbrexit

"Haitch" does my head in too!

Report

Flip

1 2 3 4 5 6 ··· 28 29

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Talk

AIBU?

To say it's NOT pronounced like this?

Sign up to continue reading

Mumsnet's better when you're logged in. You can customise your experience and access way more features like messaging, watch and hide threads, voting and much more.

Talk

AIBU?

To say it's NOT pronounced like this?

Sign up to continue reading

Mumsnet's better when you're logged in. You can customise your experience and access way more features like messaging, watch and hide threads, voting and much more.

Sign up now to cast your AIBU vote

You'll get fewer ads, be able to hide, watch and save threads for later, and access loads more customisable features

Sign up now to cast your AIBU vote

You'll get fewer ads, be able to hide, watch and save threads for later, and access loads more customisable features