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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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FrancisCrawford · 11/10/2018 22:25

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ThePants999 · 11/10/2018 22:27

"How else do you pronounce creche?

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

Where's "here"?

I mean, it's a French word, so I'm not sure why you'd think it odd to pronounce it the French way. It's "crêpe", not "crépe", so no "ay" sound should be creeping in there...

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DemocracyDiesInDarkness · 11/10/2018 22:27

Jai to rhyme with pie is a west coast Scottish thing. I don't know anyone who says it that way (east coast).

I can't watch Mr Tumble any more since there was an episode involving a trip to a library and he spent the whole time saying 'Lie-bree. That's right, you sign LIE-BREE. Lie-bree.'

It's got 3 fucking syllables you spotty-bagged cuntweasel. Angry

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letsgetreadytosamba · 11/10/2018 22:27

Apparently it may come from the French pronunciation.

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PenCreed · 11/10/2018 22:27

I’m from the Highlands and I say Jay. Pretty sure my parents do as well.

I have VERY different vowel sounds to northern DH though, so this sort of thing comes up a lot in our house!

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Yabbers · 11/10/2018 22:28

stoneofdestiny
I have heard I jai kai

SchadenfreudePersonified
As in Wellington boots? That’s horrific!

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alltalknobaby · 11/10/2018 22:28

People who pronounce the G in tagliatelle. It's an italian word, the G is there to soften the L, just as the G in lasagne softens the N. It's not tag-lee-a-telli 🤯

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Buggerbrexit · 11/10/2018 22:30

Oh ex-presso and brusch-etta.

Espresso and brusketta please

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Juells · 11/10/2018 22:31

LurkingWaspi

Someone I know, who works with dangerous criNimals.
It would not be so bad, except that's his job, and he talks about criNimals. a LOT.

Sorry, but I laughed.

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MrsEricBana · 11/10/2018 22:32

Thee-etta instead of thee-a-ter. Triple grrr.

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MrsEricBana · 11/10/2018 22:33

And Wes on Love Island telling everyone he was a newkiller engineer.

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TitilatedOcelot · 11/10/2018 22:34

Smile* @ Democracy*
He annoyed the crap out of me when he did an episode about being ill and needing "medsun" instead of medicine. Sometimes I miss the CBeebies days, but I'm so glad I no longer have to watch Mr Tumble.

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Jimdandy · 11/10/2018 22:34

Everyone I know says skellington instead of skel-e-ton

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Yabbers · 11/10/2018 22:34

People who pronounce the G in tagliatelle
Ahh, but does that not risk slipping into that thing where people pronounce foreign words in used in English in the accent of that language, which is really pretentious.

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Angie169 · 11/10/2018 22:34

I often wonder with threads like this if we were been filmed / recorded anyone watching would think the MN world had gone mad , cos ( grr hate that word too ) we are all repeating words over and over that have no place been in a sentence together Smile

my pet hates are
crips - crisps
hospickle - hospital
W-hole - whole ( its a silent W ffs )
I find it more annoying when people are using the wrong or made up words -
Brung - NO you did not brung it to me you brought it to me
I borrowed it to him - no you lent it to him .
I Lendid it - nope you it lent .

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Novasglow · 11/10/2018 22:35

Tong instead of tung (tongue)
Cirtel instead of circle
Grow-en instead of grown

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TatianaLarina · 11/10/2018 22:35

Jai is also the London pronunciation of J. Jai Kai

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letsgetreadytosamba · 11/10/2018 22:35

Even worse is I brought it him

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TatianaLarina · 11/10/2018 22:36

I should say a London pronunciation.

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Angie169 · 11/10/2018 22:36

You it lent ? ??? poor grammar as well as made up words from me then

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Disquieted1 · 11/10/2018 22:37

If something is see-through it is transparrrrent. It is not 'trans parent' which means something completely different.

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LanaorAna2 · 11/10/2018 22:37

Anyone who pronounce foreign names correctly curls my soul in shame.

Chateau - sha-toh!
Pate --pat -eh!
Gateau - ga -to! o! Oh! Woe is me!

Anglicise it, ponce.

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letsgetreadytosamba · 11/10/2018 22:37

*i borrowed it him

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MrsEricBana · 11/10/2018 22:37

Jimdandy I went with in laws to put flowers on a family grave in a churchyard in Surrey. On the adjacent headstone was inscribed Arthur Skellington.

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drquin · 11/10/2018 22:37

I'm intrigued some folk are justifying the JAI pronunciation as being "Scottish" or being from Scotland ..... we are aware there's more than one Scottish accent / dialect 🤔

I'd never say it was a "Scottish" pronunciation .... perhaps more common in West Coast / Glasgow folks IMHO but that's not the same as "Scottish".

(Not just another furryboot-er claiming central belt bias 😂)

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