Lido ....

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I am watching watercolour challenge presented by Fern Britton. I am so disappointed to hear her pronounce "Lido" as "Liedo" and not "Leedo" How are children supposed to learn how to speak properly when adults make such basic errors.

I'm with you OP: lee doh all the way. I'm in Wales, for reference.

I’ve heard my local one being called lee-do but I’m guessing it’s probably because that’s the i sound in Welsh (or maybe the Welsh-Italian population have kept the original pronunciation and the Welsh followed? )

I usually say leedo liedo as I'm never sure which is correct. I've been told scathingly that I'm wrong using both at times. So I say both to cover myself

Lie-doh.
Sc-own.
Tort-uss.
Li-bree

You're well-cum.

Heard ours called both, I call it the outdoor pool!

How do you pronounce the blow up mattresses on which one floats in the lido?

I believe there was an open air pool in Surbiton called 'Surbiton Lagoon' but I suspect it had neither white sand nor touquoise sea lapping near by.

LIEDO

MAKE ENGLISH ENGLISH AGAIN

I’ve always, in my head, read it at Lie-doh.

I remember when I heard someone pronounce it lee-doh on TV and felt foolish for always reading it the other way.

I will feel foolish no more! LIE-doh! LIE-doh! LIE-doh!

Yes it's LIE do

Always been that in English

Definitely Lie-do
My mother always said Leedo 🤣

Ruislip Lido. As in Lie doh.
I kea
Lidall

It is lie-doh never heard it the other way

Unless we've had a another strange intervention prompting us to pronounce words in their original form - like nestle changing from nessles or nougat changing from nugget

Ruislip liedoh Aldershot liedoh
Clearly I hang out in all the classy places…

Lie-low goes in the pool for whoever asked

And I also pronounce it grarse not graaass

Scone is interchangeable I’ve realised depending on whom I’m speaking to. Also no shits given with regard to jam/cream order. Lots of both ta.

We used to call my local one 'Brockwell Park Baths.

LOL nice one OP you've made yourself look a right plum.

I manage a Lido and call it a Lie-do

Liedo for me too

Well it depends if you’re using the word in an English context or as it would be said in its original language, doesn’t it? DH and I had this over ‘croissant’ the other day. If you’re looking for heinous crimes against the English language, I would gently suggest picking an English word to get enraged by?

I use both. London Fields Lido is ‘lie-doh’ but the Thames Lido in Reading is ‘lee-doh’ but that is 100% to do with how they answer the phone when you ring them.

I say outdoor pool - pronounced outdair pull 🤣

Don't think I have ever used the word Lido!

It's one of those words you can pronounce _Either or eIther way isn't it? (See what I did there?)

Sorry, italics fail there!

How are children supposed to learn how to speak properly when adults make such basic errors.

May I present 'Scone'?

And just how often do children use lido in a conversation?

I can't imagine many children watching watercolour challenge and copying Fern Britton's pronunciation, so I wouldn't worry about it