Croo-sont

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Lighthearted! In laws are going home tomorrow but not before they’ve annoyed me by pronouncing croissant as ‘croo-sont’ for the millionth time.

What’s the minor annoyance from your house guests that has been bothering you disproportionally?

(I’ll say it again - a light hearted thread! I love my in-laws really)

I struggle to produce it is it cruss-ont?

My mil does this. I thought it was an accent thing. She’s from the east coast, I’m from the west

Awhh, my dear MIL constantly asks what she can help with, “give me a job” and then if you ask her to do something, Will do it it in the most slapdash manner, as fast as possible, and basically do a shit job. Eg making choose sandwiches with most of the cheese missing and the bread all torn up, or peeling potatoes but leaving most of the peel on/floating in the spud water.
She’s also a fan of telling the same story a million times. And referring to people she barely knows (from Facebook) as if they were dear friends and she knows all the secrets of their lives, “oh you know my friend Michael (Buble) don’t you, he’s just got back from a stadium tour you know.”
Also everything (EVERYTHING) is “stunning” or “fab” and people (she barely knows or have met once) are all “delightful”.

A bit like the legendary Aussie travelling in the Midlands and asking for directions to Loughborough, pronounced Loo-ger-ber-oo-ger

Brilliant.

My OH is from Wales. Near Tylwch. The exact same thing happens when we drive past Twilch as we now call it 😂

Although Welsh place names are a constant source of amusement, given I just don't have the pallet for correct pronunciation.

DH keeps calling the thinly sliced potatoes roasted in milk/cream/cheese that I made yesterday 'daphne potatoes'.

Although nothing quite beats that poor American woman filming herself outside G R Eggs 🤣

Is your mum Christine from Two Doors Down? I read this in her voice. Hilarious.

Co-op self service tills.. 'touch the scween to start.'

Honestly, it probably does say 'screen' but I overheard a man say to his partner that he hates how it says 'scween' and now I can't unhear it!!

@LubaLuca - I'm not even up yet and you've made my day. Having a proper giggle with tears streaming down my face over that one. DH thinks I've lost the plot! That is exactly the kind of thing my now long-gone DGran would have done. I was reading it out with her voice in my head.
One of her other "treats" was to spell out people's names when she told you about them e.g. "I've had a beautiful Christmas card from Susan, S-yoo-s-ay-n."
Thank you ☺️

But this is actually correct 🤷‍♀️ It is break-fast (as in 'breaking fast) and many parts of the country (especially the older generation) still say it this way. My ILs were from Stoke on Trent and they said this - as did most of the older people I met from there. It's just evolved over time to brekk-fast I suspect.

Not from my house guests but my mil says "ratatwoy" for ratatouille. It makes me feel....odd 🤷🏻‍♀️

m.youtube.com/watch?v=u_gg11cXEEQ
delia houmoose

In the West of Scotland, 'break fast' is the catholic pronunciation.

DISCLAIMER: It's probably not true for everyone but a (catholic) colleague pointed it out to me once and it seems to correlate, certainly for people above a certain age.

Bil has been staying for a couple of days. He made voo-lee-vonts for lunch yesterday. They were very tasty through my gritted teeth.

A friend sent her kids to bal-ett classes. A lovely young German student we hosted enjoyed “bis-kwits. Was so sweet, I didn’t correct her until the day she went home 😁

Funnily enough, we say she's a non-sweary version of Christine! She loves a loyalty card 😄

Bit mean to be laughing at people trying to pronounce things but getting it wrong.

I never know how to pronounce it, I say it as kwosant 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

I say Crussont. I have an accent which makes it a bit harder too I think.

My (thankfully) ex MIL was American but insisted she was of Italian heritage. That's a whole other story. Anyway, I'll never forget the first time I went to a deli with her and she asked for 'mooooos-a-rel-lay' 🤭

I honestly still cringe about it but it didn't make me stop asking her what type of cheese she was using every time it was out.

I think the problem with croissant for lots of people is that they know how to say it, but they feel like a dick saying it properly in the UK. I lived and studied in France so I'm confident with pronunciation, but I mangle lots of everyday French words and names to make them easier on British ears. Silly really, but I don't like to look like I'm showing off.

What was she asking for?

I live in Wales. Google maps Sat Nav lady struggles with many Welsh place names in my area but completely gives up with my home town and spells it letter by letter instead!

My mum’s favourite word is ommbeearnce […ambiance … ]… ….. M&S food hall apparently has a fabulous ommbeearnce…her voice even drops an octave when she says it …. .makes me cringe every time 🤦‍♀️