Vimto or Vimpto

[Woopthereitisman]

How do you pronounce it?

For me, I say it like ‘Vimp-toe

Is this a Northern thing?

Also, can we agree a cold pint of Vimto is one of the best drinks ever

But wait..no..it’s not a soft drink…! Not the fizzy one 🤮

Has to be the cordial and not the sugar free one

Yes I think I have a subtle p in there too. Not intentional.

I’m northern with a Scottish mother so maybe the p sound comes from her…

Delicious Vimpto - here in Scotland!!

What is wrong with you?

It’s Vimto. That’s how it’s spelt. That’s how you say it.

<walks off muttering>

Born in Lancashire very close to the factory and I'm now saying it out loud and I think I'm pronouncing vimp-toe- it's just what we said! loved the bottles of original cordial and the the jubblies every corner shop sold- along with a hot pie! You could buy a hot pie from every corner shop and even the ice cream van back in the 80's in Lancs when I was a lass.
I had lived the other side of the Pennines for the last 30 yrs though so sort of honorary Yorkshire woman these days.

Vimp-toe or you’re not a real northerner. The sugar free one is rank. Hot Vimp-toe is the best. I have a memory that it was created by accident, was never intended to taste as it does?

It’s a bit like hampsters

Bollocks. I’m northern born and bred and it’s Vimto.

@TheCultureHusks woah! Who's out there saying a p in hamster?

Hamster doesn’t have a P sound 😂

Vimptoe does.

The Scottish connection is interesting! I'm half Scottish and live on the (English side) border... Don't remember anyone saying it particularly with a strong 'p' sound but it's obviously there somewhere. Darn you OP, going to be conscious of that every time I say it now 🤣
Vim-to... Vim-to... Vim-to... Vimpto... It definitely needs that p to bridge the gap! My mouth feels funny now 😵‍💫🤣

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I don’t get the Scottish connection?!

Don’t want to be rude, but you’ve got Irn Bru…ours is Vimptoe & Dandelion & Burdock

Would you pronounce it ‘vim-toe’ though?

It’s Vimto, pronounced all this time as vimp-toe. The sugar free one is bollocks though.

You can still get the old one- the tops are different colours.

I was born and raised in Wythenshawe where the factory was in the 70s, and I have been a Vimto drinker for many decades now. Somewhere upstairs I have a "Vimto Book of Knowledge" from my childhood.

About 20 years ago I wrote to their customer services complaining about an apparent change in the recipe, my latest bottle tasted different. They wrote me a very nice letter back and explained there had been an issue with a batch containing too much blackcurrant, and they delivered me a case of bottles by way of compensation.

It's weird to think that when I first moved South in the 1980s it was impossible to buy here and I had to bring it back from the North whenever I visited.

And it's definitely Vimto not Vimp-to.

Vim toe.

I used to take bottles back to college in Chester for my Southern friends. Plus granny’s Parkin.

I realise that I have added the P, unasked. So for me it is VIMP-toe (i am northern), but I am now thinking it should be VIMTOE, no P. I am not really sure who misled me in the first place, especially as I am more of a Ribena girl. My kids like VIMP-toe or VIMto, I will ask them what they say.

Northern, and have never heard "Vimp-to" in my life. I'd remember if I had, because if I'd ever heard it, I'd have thought to myself, "WTF, why are you putting a random p in there?"

This must be one of those Mandela effect things. I've somehow sidestepped into a universe where people inexplicably pronounce Vimto as "Vimp-to", and can only pray that I step back to reality sooner rather than later. Horrifying.

I think it is just the local accent - a strong M sound that may sound as if there is a p in it.

Same as with the strong G sound and R sound and other consonants. (think they are called rhotic)

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Really? I've not seen them anywhere for years, I'd buy the crap out of those

Like warmth or warmPth... sorry!

Ahhh sheeeeet, yeah it does. It's like joined up writing but with sounds - there's a little something coming off the m to join it to the t & that something is a sorta P sound without actually being a p.

It's Vimto. Just like hamster is not hampster.

I'll probably get lynched for saying this but I've recently tried the new Lidl fake version of Vimto and I have to say everyone in my house loved it;it tastes more like the Vimto of yesteryear.