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captain_cynic said:
Googles pronunciations are machine generated, ergo terrible. I've found them skewed towards the American regardless of language.
Speaking Spanish, I dont rely on Google to pronounce words I don't know. Fortunately in Spanish you rarely have more than one way to pronounce a letter, so if you know the alphabet you can usually figure it out.
Well...Speaking Spanish, I dont rely on Google to pronounce words I don't know. Fortunately in Spanish you rarely have more than one way to pronounce a letter, so if you know the alphabet you can usually figure it out.
Apart from C and G depending on what comes after them of course, or Y depending on whether or not you're in Argentina (Monto-ja vs Montoya) and that's without counting all the Andalusian pronunciation that made it's way to Latin America.
Still, that doesn't stop the Americans from getting closer than Brits to the pronunciation of Jaguar. Neither of us manage to start with Hag instead of Jag, but I've never heard a native Spanish speaker from any country (I've lived with Venezuelans, Peruvians and Spaniards, and worked with Colombians, Argentinians, Chileans and Uruguayans over the years) come anywhere close to the British "Hag-you-are". I've only ever heard it as Hag-war, with war being pronounced like par in gold, not guns and tanks war.
NGK210 said:
CheesecakeRunner said:
It’s not about the style, it’s about the consistent (not identical) street scene.
For example, I live on a road of thirty 1930s white rendered semis.
One person has painted their house cream, and another, bizarrely, light pink. They just look bloody stupid.
For example, I live on a road of thirty 1930s white rendered semis.
One person has painted their house cream, and another, bizarrely, light pink. They just look bloody stupid.
Baldchap said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Scooby Doo. Of course the ghost down the diamond mine is the jewellery shop owner. Apart from the 4 pesky kids and the f
king mutt, he's the only other who's been in the programme. fking had that sussed by the time I was 5.
My favourite part is that despite the previous 471 'ghosts' being people in masks, 'ghost' 472 is so terrifying that Shaggy and Scooby still run for their lives. king mutt, he's the only other who's been in the programme. fking had that sussed by the time I was 5. 
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Baldchap said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Scooby Doo. Of course the ghost down the diamond mine is the jewellery shop owner. Apart from the 4 pesky kids and the fking mutt, he's the only other who's been in the programme. fking had that sussed by the time I was 5.
My favourite part is that despite the previous 471 'ghosts' being people in masks, 'ghost' 472 is so terrifying that Shaggy and Scooby still run for their lives. king mutt, he's the only other who's been in the programme. fking had that sussed by the time I was 5. DickyC said:
Rusty Old-Banger said:
Muzzer79 said:
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Sycamore said:
Muzzer79 said:
People who sign off posts on PH. We know who you are, your username is next to your post. We don't need you to remind us.
Wow rude.TX.
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Mushrooms, alone or in anything.
USB leads, ffs make them all the same.
Saying 'you need to' No I really don't.
Trousers without pockets.
Any sort of control that has an odd number or doesn't have a zero at the end as its highest setting. 31 ffs.
Biscuit wrappers that are so strong you cannot open them without breaking the biscuits.
Crows.
USB leads, ffs make them all the same.
Saying 'you need to' No I really don't.
Trousers without pockets.
Any sort of control that has an odd number or doesn't have a zero at the end as its highest setting. 31 ffs.
Biscuit wrappers that are so strong you cannot open them without breaking the biscuits.
Crows.
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