It’s marshmAllow not marshmEllow

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I’m looking at you Alison Hammond. FFS.

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The American version sounds like mallow, the English one sounds like a rather posh lady who might well pronounce 'hat' as 'het'.

If it's just a regional pronounciation thing, how would people refer to the mallow plant or say 'hallowed'?

Better than suffering from Brummie imo.

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Yes but that phonetic transcription is just reflecting the difference between American and British accents. Americans would also say “het” for hat, “esk” for “ask”, “hendle” for handle etc. it’s internally consistent.

British people don’t usually go about randomly inserting American vowel sounds into their words whilst using British ones for the rest of the sentence.

(actually a lot of people do, but they shouldn’t!)

Do you think no one knows that?

It really isn't an accent issue, it's saying a word wrongly

Definitely “mellow” if we are talking about the sweets. At least in my accent - all purpose southern England - and presumably in the West Midlands too.

She’s a great improvement on previous presenters. Think Harry Hill on the Junior Bake Off - cringe city and some kind of power trip, not remotely funny.

@Lifeinlists I was being polite😂

I see your marshmellow and raise you 'March-Mellow' as once seen at a Dutch ice-cream parlour. I did wonder if they were laced with weed but then you'd wander rather than march......

I'm English and in the south east. It's definately Mallow not Mellow! Though I've never heard it pronounced Mellow so far....

@Mamai90 i don't know anyone in Ireland who pronounces it as Mallow 😂 I'm going to start saying marshmallow and see what the reaction is like!

I'm in the North and no-one says mellow here. I always assumed it was how the English pronounced it.

My English dh says mellow, drives me nuts. I'm in Scotland, never heard it pronounced mellow before him. He also says moustoche instead of moustache! He's from London origninally.

It's definitely mallow, not mellow.

However, that pales in comparison to the rage I feel when people call sherbet "sherbert". There is no second R in there. It is pronounced sher-bit.

"Sherbert" isn't a slight variation due to accent, it's a totally different word and it sounds ridiculous 😭

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Obviously regional so, because I'm in Ireland and everyone I know says Mallow. Never ever Mellow.
There's even a town called Mallow.

The plant's roots are edible and were originally boiled and the sugar extracted and used to make the sweets. The modern confectionery is probably made from other ingredients now.

It is indeed marshmallow. So many people get it wrong for some reason.

It is marshmallow regardless. With an A

Show your kids some Ghostbusters.

The Marshmallow Man.

That'll learn them :-)

Grandad was from Coventry. It drove him mad when outsiders called it Cuvventry.

I had a schoolfriend who persisted in ordering a pitsa and a glass of Sinzano Bianco.

It's choreetho not choritso.

And my partner will call Daleks Dialeks.

All of it aaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggg

It's as bad as people talking about "prostrate" surgery.

From Lancashire and say marshmellow and lickerish
That's just what my mum called them

Ha Ha! I run a gourmet marshmallow company and get irate when people pronounce it marshmEllow! On the plus side, after Bake Off last night I’ve sold some teacakes 😂

This. I'm American and if I said mallow I might get shot. First Halloween and now this..my humble apologies!