Stop saying "Demond" !!!

[mattdaniels]

Disastrous said:

I'm always baffled when people from England say things like "Och aye!! GlasgEEEEEE!" excitedly, as if they've just successfully blended in with the crowd in an Govan shipyard.

It would be the same as me going to London and doing an impression of Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins and staring expectantly at my admirers for my applause at so skilfully mimicking the fine nuance of cockney.

And yet people on this thread are claiming there is a single "correct" pronunciation for croissant. Who knew other countries had accents too?

[john2443]

Estate agent -

To the first floor there are 2 good size double bedrooms and 2 bath/shower rooms, one was formally a bedroom and could easily be converted back.

[StescoG66]

Pacific instead of specific.............


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[nicanary]

john2443 said:

Estate agent -

To the first floor there are 2 good size double bedrooms and 2 bath/shower rooms, one was formally a bedroom and could easily be converted back.

Plus the ubiquitous "accomodation comprising of....."

[john2443]

nicanary said:

Plus the ubiquitous "accomodation comprising of....."

Very close! "The accommodation briefly comprises..."

[nicanary]

john2443 said:

nicanary said:

Plus the ubiquitous "accomodation comprising of....."

Very close! "The accommodation briefly comprises..."

Only briefly, then it changes before your very eyes.

[RichB]

"commanding views" ... Oi view, stay where you are!

[227bhp]

[Europa1]

"It's a mute point" seems to be becoming more common.

[StescoG66]

As is effected instead of affected

Edited by StescoG66 on Wednesday 8th February 07:39

[The Mad Monk]

StescoG66 said:

As is effected instead of effected

Quite.

[Johnnytheboy]

Someone at work today going on about the mythical painkiller "Ibrufen".

[Einion Yrth]

Johnnytheboy said:

Someone at work today going on about the mythical painkiller "Ibrufen".

You mean
(RS)-2-(4-(2-Methylpropyl)phenyl)propanoic acid
Was originally marketted as "Brufen", so mythical? Perhaps misremembered.

[DonkeyApple]

Some Gump said:

RichB said:

Just seen the third post on Pistonheads in as many days with someone saying "elude" when they clearly meant "allude". One doesn't elude to something one alludes to it. I wonder if there's some predictive speller on the latest iplod/phone/gizmo that's doing this because surely can't be such a strange and sudden outbreak of illiteracy?

I now possess a kindle fire.
Sometimes, it is the devils work. It's autocorrect often replaces to with too or of with off and I have no idea why. It makes one type like an illiterate buffoon.

The most recent iOS has a spell checker that is absolutely baffling. The stuff is changes for no reason is bizarre. I can only assume I have finally reached the age in life where my form of English is now old fashioned and that my phone is programmed with a more modern version of the language.

I can spot other users of the same iOS on PH as their perfectly sane writings are suddenly interrupted by an entirely out of context word or more often now, two words.

[Granfondo]

Bruschetta is not pronounced broo-sheta made even worse when the staff try and correct you wrongly!

[RichB]

Granfondo said:

Bruschetta is not pronounced broo-sheta made even worse when the staff try and correct you wrongly!

This thread would be even more fun if the people posting also provided the correct pronunciation.

[Granfondo]

RichB said:

Granfondo said:

Bruschetta is not pronounced broo-sheta made even worse when the staff try and correct you wrongly!

This thread would be even more fun if the people posting also provided the correct pronunciation.

Broo-skate-a.

[RichB]

Happy to say I didn't know.

[anonymous-user]

The word circa really pisses me off

"the repair was circa £200"

Why not just say "the repair was around £200"

fk.

[Some Gump]

Learn2MergeInTurn said:

The word circa really pisses me off

"the repair was circa £200"

Why not just say "the repair was around £200"

fk.

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