How do your pronounce tortoise?

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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

I have 2 and say tour-tus.

I had a German Philosophy lecturer at university who pronounced it 'turr - twarze'. I recall this caused great mirth on a regular basis but now I'm struggling to remember why he would bringing up tortoises on a frequent basis in a undergrad philosophy lecture in the 1990s. (I'm pretty sure Aesop's fables weren't on the syllabus!)

I’m Scottish and say tor-toys. English DH says tortus. Poor kids are a bit confused!

@catnoir1

What's a porpoise?

I say tor toys

It's a type of dolphin. Tortus for me yorkshire.

Tor tois. With strong R's though because i'm very northern

Porpoise is like a fat dolphin with stumpy teeth. Like the ugly couson

Porpoise is like a fat dolphin with stumpy teeth. Like the ugly couson

😂😂

Like porpoise - tortoise . Actually pronounce tortus and porpus / poorpuss .

@Malin52

I had a German Philosophy lecturer at university who pronounced it 'turr - twarze'. I recall this caused great mirth on a regular basis but now I'm struggling to remember why he would bringing up tortoises on a frequent basis in a undergrad philosophy lecture in the 1990s. (I'm pretty sure Aesop's fables weren't on the syllabus!)

Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno'sparadoxes#Achillessandtheetortoise

Sorry, not sure what happened to that link!

Tor- toyce

Then again I say Chews-dy and OH says Toos-day for Tuesday.

@ErrolTheDragon YES! although I've tried to read that theory several times now and I can't make head nor tail of it! Funny how my 18 year old brain somehow must have got it!

Tor toyce in the way you would say (rolls) royce.

TOR-tus

Tort- toyce

I think never really thought about it

Grew up in South East England and pronounce it tor-tus, as in Alice in Wonderland.

Also pronounce the front of the head forrid; as pp said forrid rhymes with horrid in the rhyme about the little girl with the curl.

Tor-toyz. I also don't pronounce "tor" the same as "tour", so the way you've spelt out the pronunciations confused me for a minute. I say "tour" more like "too-er".

Tor tuss where the tuss doesn't rhyme with fuss but makes the schwa. Ditto por puss.

[quote Malin52]@ErrolTheDragon YES! although I've tried to read that theory several times now and I can't make head nor tail of it! Funny how my 18 year old brain somehow must have got it![/quote]
I think that's probably because it's a rather nonsensical 'paradox'.

I prefer the French pronunciation : torr-twa .

Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise?

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Tor tois

I can't remember ever having used the word in a conversation, but I guess I would say tort-uss.

Tor - Toyce. Northern.

Tor-toyz (like noise) with the r rolled quite a lot too if I'm really pushing it. It's a word that DC also does quite a strong Scottish pronunciation of.