Stop saying "Demond" !!!

Stop saying "Demond" !!!

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motco

16,012 posts

248 months

Sunday 16th February 2014
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Eric Mc said:
motco said:
<Morse mode> "Says whom, Lewis, says WHOM!" </Morse mode> smile
I meant to write "Sez who?".
Ah well, that's orl rite then guv! <sniff> biggrin

GadgeS3C

4,516 posts

166 months

Sunday 16th February 2014
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Eric Mc said:
Would have been funnier if he'd called it a "turbot".
Happened to a few Ford owners near rivers recently wink

AlexRS2782

8,074 posts

215 months

Sunday 16th February 2014
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Eric Mc said:
Would have been funnier if he'd called it a "turbot".
hehe

Another one from today - diffrench instead of difference.

Eric Mc

122,294 posts

267 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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As in "Vive la diffrench?"

226bhp

10,203 posts

130 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Randy Winkman said:
bernhund said:
This one seriously bugs me too and it's getting worse! A while back on Absolute Radio, a woman on the phone told the DJ, Christian O'Connor, that he should say 'aitch' and not 'haitch'. He said 'How do you know you're not wrong?'. Her answer, 'Because I went to school'. Ouch!!!
That's quite funny. But even as someone that says "aitch" I think that's convention, rather than right or wrong. I also don't say the "l" in almond, but again, that's just a convention. The "l" is there. There is also no "r" in the word bath - but I pronounce it as if there were. Funnily enough, even as a man from Kent, I say "Glasgow" instead of "Glarsgow".
Ken Bruce on R2: "Hwat time is it?", "He doesn't know hwat he is doing".

A Scottishism I think....

AlexRS2782

8,074 posts

215 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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And another. Loverlee instead of Lovely.

seapod

212 posts

201 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Weather event. The weather is constant, it does not start or stop, two key characteristics of an event. All the fault of the infantile BBC weather forecasters.

The recent weather has exacerbated the issue to a grip my st level of frustration. Which brings me to my second bête noire, piss. Piss is very rarely, if ever, boiled and I am confident that most people do not frequently clutch or grab at passing st. Yet, to a casual observer the pistonheads population expend a great deal of their energy partaking in both activities. Odd does not cover it.

Chlamydia

1,082 posts

129 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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seapod said:
The recent weather has exacerbated the issue to a grip my st level of frustration. Which brings me to my second bête noire, piss. Piss is very rarely, if ever, boiled and I am confident that most people do not frequently clutch or grab at passing st. Yet, to a casual observer the pistonheads population expend a great deal of their energy partaking in both activities. Odd does not cover it.
Those are universal sayings though. I may occasionally say, "fk me", but I don't mean it literally. Unless I'm with the missus. But then I have been known to say to her, "fk me, leave me alone", so she's understandably wary.

Thud_Mcguffin

267 posts

205 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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If you get shot by a Darlek, everyone can see your skelington.

Edited by Thud_Mcguffin on Wednesday 19th February 13:31

the-gofer

651 posts

242 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Chlamydia said:
seapod said:
The recent weather has exacerbated the issue to a grip my st level of frustration. Which brings me to my second bête noire, piss. Piss is very rarely, if ever, boiled and I am confident that most people do not frequently clutch or grab at passing st. Yet, to a casual observer the pistonheads population expend a great deal of their energy partaking in both activities. Odd does not cover it.
Those are universal sayings though. I may occasionally say, "fk me", but I don't mean it literally. Unless I'm with the missus. But then I have been known to say to her, "fk me, leave me alone", so she's understandably wary.
Particularly given your username on here, I would imagine.

Chlamydia

1,082 posts

129 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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the-gofer said:
Chlamydia said:
seapod said:
The recent weather has exacerbated the issue to a grip my st level of frustration. Which brings me to my second bête noire, piss. Piss is very rarely, if ever, boiled and I am confident that most people do not frequently clutch or grab at passing st. Yet, to a casual observer the pistonheads population expend a great deal of their energy partaking in both activities. Odd does not cover it.
Those are universal sayings though. I may occasionally say, "fk me", but I don't mean it literally. Unless I'm with the missus. But then I have been known to say to her, "fk me, leave me alone", so she's understandably wary.
Particularly given your username on here, I would imagine.
I got it from her. The username I mean. I hope... weeping

Zod

35,295 posts

260 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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Tony2or4 said:
You're right about 'et' being French for 'and' - but in 'et cetera' it's actually Latin, not French. (In the French version the t is silent.)
Nope, it's pronounced.

Listen here.


Zod

35,295 posts

260 months

Wednesday 19th February 2014
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One that I hate from our American friends: "It's not that big of a deal."

WTF is "of" in there?

Hackney

6,873 posts

210 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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After a failed attempt to say "Joanie and Chachy" in a question about the origins of that TV show the quizmaster at our local pub quiz then apologised for his "pronounciation"

I didn't have the heart to tell him.

Mrs Cuchillo

805 posts

252 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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My latest hate:-

It was soooo fun!

No, it was so MUCH fun.

Worse still is "funner"

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

235 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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Zod said:
Tony2or4 said:
You're right about 'et' being French for 'and' - but in 'et cetera' it's actually Latin, not French. (In the French version the t is silent.)
Nope, it's pronounced.

Listen here.
that's becuase he's also saying the latin 'et' and not the French one

mnkiboy

4,409 posts

168 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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Mrs Cuchillo said:
My latest hate:-

It was soooo fun!

No, it was so MUCH fun.

Worse still is "funner"
I can't think of anything worser.

Cliftonite

8,421 posts

140 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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mnkiboy said:
I can't think of anything worser.
Not sure whether serious?

scratchchin


mnkiboy

4,409 posts

168 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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Cliftonite said:
mnkiboy said:
I can't think of anything worser.
Not sure whether serious?

scratchchin
I coudn't be seriouser.

wink

PopsandBangs

946 posts

133 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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i had a lecturer at uni who pronounced "Economics" very strangely.

Rather than econOMics, it was eCONOmics. So subtle but I used to sit there saying it to myself over and over and over again trying to make it sound right until i got dizzy. try it. drove me bloody mad!!