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To wonder how my dd got to 14 thinking this was the real phrase?

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WellVersedInEtiquette · 03/10/2019 16:23

We've all be ill on and off since they went back to school.
One morning Dd was telling me that she had a 'bummed up nose' I asked her to repeat it and she said the same.
I tried to clarify what she was saying and told her it was actually 'bunged up nose'. She laughed and thought I was joking!
She's decided she's going to carry on saying it the way she does Grin
Please tell me it's not just us. Confused

OP posts:
Wombleish · 03/10/2019 22:06

When my sister was very young she used to pronounce 'children' as 'choodren' whenever she was playing at 'schools'.

lololove · 03/10/2019 22:07

@DaveCoachesgavemetheclap Grin My cousin asked if we'd got another relatives 'dimensions' (dementia) diagnosis yet Grin Grin

Wheat2Harvest · 03/10/2019 22:07

In the days when younger children used to walk to school without their parents, my friend's mother had to walk down an alleyway next to the Presbyterian Church. Not being able to read very well, she and her younger sister thought the 'Pedestrians Only' sign meant 'Presbyterians Only'. As they were Catholic they would look around to make sure no-one was looking before running as fast as they could down the alleyway. It was some time before their mother became wise to this as they didn't want her to find out!

BrusselSprouts12345 · 03/10/2019 22:09

@Jinxed2 says = sez. Said = sed. Dp says it like saize and sayd (rhyming with laid, as in "he got laid last night" lol)

Jinxed2 · 03/10/2019 22:12

Hmm... I say it like you but it should really be said like saize. Definitely not said rhyming with laid though 🤣

Juliehooligan · 03/10/2019 22:13

When my daughter was younger, she used to say The Father, the Son and the Holy Goat! I’m just glad that our vicar didn’t hear that one!

lazylinguist · 03/10/2019 22:14

there are many more posters who think Pork does rhymes with Stork and Fork, than there are not. That's the kind of "generally" I mean.

Maybe so, but you also referred to that pronunciation as being the way it was 'meant' to be pronounced. That's what I was taking issue with really. 'Meant to' implies that one way is correct and the other isn't really.

Warpdrive · 03/10/2019 22:15

I worked in a bar once and a young man came over to me and asked, Do you have any cork?
Now, our wine was on a draught system so we didn't have to uncork bottles. But I thought we might have some cork from some other bottles. I hunted high and low while he stood watching. I even went to the cellar to look. Eventually I admitted defeat and said, Sorry I don't have any cork.

He looked puzzled and asked (in a Wigan accent), You mean to say, you don't have any Cork-a-corla....?

LemonPrism · 03/10/2019 22:16

I thought pantomime was pantomine

Whydoesitalwaysrainatpickup · 03/10/2019 22:16

My daughter wanted to know why the Draft (apparently that's what they call giraffes these days) coming through the door wasn't an elephant! 🤣🤣

Amummyatlast · 03/10/2019 22:17

While I can get on board with pork, etc., being pronounced differently by people with different accents, ‘sez’ for says falls into the category of lazy speech for me.

MollysMummy2010 · 03/10/2019 22:17

@Jaichangecentfoisdenom not just me then! I raise you hyperbole...only recently found out the correct pronunciation of that one..

Sooperkat · 03/10/2019 22:20

My friend was 25 when she found out her computer wasn’t a ‘labtop’. She thought you used one in a lab so it made sense!

Jinxed2 · 03/10/2019 22:21

@Amummyatlast just out of interest where are you from? I’m northern and most people I know say ‘sez’...

joystir59 · 03/10/2019 22:21

Pastick for tooth paste.

BrusselSprouts12345 · 03/10/2019 22:21

Said (as in "i said that would happen") is pronounced "sed" - rhyming with bed. His family pronounce it "sayd" - rhyming with fade.
Says (as in "the sat nav says take a left") is pronounced "sez" - rhyming with les-bian (sorry lol, mind blank on anything to rhyme with it lol!!!!!). His family pronounce it "saize" - rhyming with maize or glaze or faze.
The queen also SEZ it like me lol. I think. Not actually asked her personally 🤣

Amummyatlast · 03/10/2019 22:21

I’m also northern.

BrusselSprouts12345 · 03/10/2019 22:23

The queens english/oxford English dictionary/online speech lessons (I just googled) all say it like me...

LemonPrism · 03/10/2019 22:23

@Bluntness100 ? Pork and stork do rhyme?

LemonPrism · 03/10/2019 22:24

@AryaStarkWolf war and pour rhyme?!

Jinxed2 · 03/10/2019 22:24

Brussel it should be pronounced saize. Where I am from everyone says ‘sez’ but that’s isn’t correct pronunciation. I agree that said is ‘sed’ though....to say it so it rhymes with laid is wrong!

Idontwanttotalk · 03/10/2019 22:25

Paradigm

In Boundary Mills the Shop Assistant could be heard referring to Paradigm, a make of shirts, as Paradim. It made my teeth go on edge. I commented to my DB about how irritating it was that she didn't know it was pronounced para- dime. He couldn't have been taking too much notice of what I said. As we drew near to them I pointed to it and said "see what I mean?" He then, in all innocence said paradigm (pronounced para - dij-em).

Aaarrrhh!

Kahlua4me · 03/10/2019 22:25

DS said marlamade instead of marmalade until he was about 10, we still use it now!

LemonPrism · 03/10/2019 22:25

@AryaStarkWolf Thor and wore rhyme?!? Ahhhhhhhh

Breastfeedingworries · 03/10/2019 22:25

I used to say twisting your leg and pulling your arm. Kill a bird with two stones 😂 my bf pointed out to me I was a crap shot then lol