What's the most pretentious thing you've ever heard someone say? (lighthearted)

[LauriesFairyonthetreeeatsCake]

I went round someone's house and they were a shoe less house (no problem) but she airily pointed to a basket of slippers (felted, pointy, bright red, embroidered Tibetanny type like they have in the Toast catalogue) and said 'help yourself to the artisanal slippers'. There were dozens of pairs.

FUCK OFF - why would I want to sit around and look like an elf at your house?

these, but even pointier

I'm sure Enid Blyton is responsible for a lot of apparently precocious/pretentious children! The best is when you read something but haven't heard it spoken, so you end up mispronouncing it and sounding pretentious and thick...

I said 'Izz- land' for Island for years! and i pronounced 'Penelope' as 'Penny-lope'.

that was Enid Blyton too.

Would it actually be diplodoci though? Or is that another common error like octopi?

Yet another Enid Blyton one - I thought Alicia from Mallory Towers was pronounced Alice-EE-a. I thought it was a lovely name.

I mispronounce words I've only ever seen written down all the time. The worst thing is that I'm a teacher, so I'm probably passing them on, too!

"I thought Alicia from Mallory Towers was pronounced Alice-EE-a. I thought it was a lovely name."

Me too! For years and years...

DS at 3 once said, while playing with a didgeridoo at a friend's house, "My, it's just like a French horn" I have no idea where that came from!

I offered my nephew some ice cream when BiL was visiting one day. It was refused. The reason? "Jack only appreciates quality".

I love these Enid Blyton ones!

Don't ask how I thought conceited was pronounced.

Ariel how did you think conceited was pronounced?

My husband's dull friend on buying his new house ...... 'The annoying thing about having a big house is that if you're in the kitchen & the doorbell rings it takes at least 10 minutes to get there to answer it'

My husbands response - 'didn't realise you'd bought Chatsworth'

(They'd bought a lovely house but it was in no way a stately home)

Yet another Enid Blyton one - I thought Alicia from Mallory Towers was pronounced Alice-EE-a. I thought it was a lovely name

Me too. Have we had this conversation on here before? Lots of people saying "well it can be pronounced like that"

but they meant 'aLEEsee-ah' not 'alice- EE- a'

Jethro, I don't know really. Something like konketid?

Another Blyton dick moment here too- I thought Daphne was pronounced Daffen. I loved it too.

It was the twins of St Clare's who were konketid, if I recall.

@ konketid

Yes, but only for one book the they were perfect, IIRC

Maybe something more like konkuhtid. Weird child.