How do your pronounce tortoise?

[Newmumatlast]

It isn't a word I often use. I don't have one. I rarely see them.

My husband pronounces is tour-tus and I say tour-toy-suh

I've actually googled this and I think I'm wrong?!

Please tell me someone else pronounces it as I do.

Don't get me started on porpoise

There is no ‘correct’ pronunciation. It’s accent and region dependent.

I would say nay-OH-me, unless Naomi preferred something different.
Turk-woiz
Fore-head
Por-pois (I think, I’m not sure ive ever said that word out loud )

It's por poiz surely 🤣@OwlBeThere

I go back and forth between toise like choice and tuss like puss.

I'm always fascinated by these threads! I read some people's pronunciation and I'm like whaaat??? And then always match with the other Scottish folk.

So yup. Tor-toys.

Fascinating

As an aside, I clicked on this thread thinking do others think what on earth am I doing clicking on a thread about how to pronounce TORTOISE fgs. And then I found it so interesting I was compelled to reply to it when I very rarely reply on threads

Tor-toy-se (Glasgow, Scotland)

''Tortuss'' as in ''As Jesus Tought us''

I went to a Church school, and at infant school the headteacher saying ''We will now say the Lord's Prayer as Jesus taught us''

I heard ''As Jesus Tortoise''.

But my neighbour who had a magnificent huge 60 yr plus tortoise called her :
''Tor-toyse''

Toy-toyse?

@oldfatandtired1

Tor-toys. Por-poise. Most Scots would pronounce similarly, I think.

Yup. Me too.

Tor tuss. Scottish and judging off this thread the only scot that pronounces it that way

Tor tuss for me

Toor-toyse in our house x

Tortoiz!

Tor-Tuss. With stress in first syllable.
Turk-Oise (no w sound at all here unless adopting faux French accent for crazy reason)

West Scotland - tor-toys

tor tus

It varies by region. Most people I know say Tor-tis but I do know a few people who say Tor-toys. Neither is wrong.

TOR-TOYSE

I've never heard a 'tour' pronunciation. It's either Tor-tis or Tor-toys. I think I say it both ways depending who I'm talking to. (Scottish bit lives abroad a long time so accent changed but switches back when with friends from home)

While we are here is it Zeb-ra or Zeeb-ra. Again I say both depending on who I'm talking with

Good point about porpoise.
Tortuss please, but not porpuss. And I know that doesn't make sense. Porpoise
Midlands here.
It's like tiss-you which grates and should be tishoo in my highly informed opinion.
I love the intro to your post... Noting that hardly any of us need to know this anyway

Tor-toice to rhyme with choice, I'm in Yorkshire.
I've never heard anyone say tortuss, I can't believe I'm almost 40.and didn't know this was a thing!
Por-poiss and we use it instead of purpose sometimes with the kids because we're hilarious.
Nye-oh-me

Tortess, porpoice like choice.

Tor-toyce

Tor-tuss
Por-puss