Stop saying "Demond" !!!
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Corpulent Tosser said:
Its not that Americans have a problem saying aluminium, it is that they spell and pronounce it aluminum, which was it's original, and they would argue correct spelling and pronunciation.
No it wasn't. It was the middle of three different names Sir Humphry Davy gave it. The first being Alumium and the last being Aluminium.
Either way, they're wrong.
Edited by The Vambo on Friday 3rd April 21:38
An office manager (they're a special breed aren't they?) at a former employer used to come out with some ludicrous mispronunciations. For example when she had a baby she had to go into "hospikal". And before she went on holiday she popped into town on her lunch break to get some new "sangals".
A client's procurement lady used to tell me she would be reviewing the supplier scores and acting on feedback on a "had oc" basis. No word of a lie, she always used to get that in, pretty much every meeting.
A client's procurement lady used to tell me she would be reviewing the supplier scores and acting on feedback on a "had oc" basis. No word of a lie, she always used to get that in, pretty much every meeting.
panholio said:
An office manager (they're a special breed aren't they?) at a former employer used to come out with some ludicrous mispronunciations. For example when she had a baby she had to go into "hospikal". And before she went on holiday she popped into town on her lunch break to get some new "sangals".
Oh yes this. 100% definitely f
king this. It's a good job I haven't got a gun as I would have shot someone in the face by now. Other examples include "chimley" and "roundlebout".Council / chav
s on Jeremy Kyle that say "texes" instead of "texts"."Choritho" on every f
king cooking programme.And "or-egg-anno" instead of "oregano".
northwest monkey said:
Oh yes this. 100% definitely fking this. It's a good job I haven't got a gun as I would have shot someone in the face by now. Other examples include "chimley" and "roundlebout".
Council / chavs on Jeremy Kyle that say "texes" instead of "texts".
"Choritho" on every fking cooking programme.
And "or-egg-anno" instead of "oregano".
Or-egg-anno seems to be the American pronunciation. They also say "erbs" instead of herbs, which is actually, but almost certainly accidentally, the correct way to pronounce it, insofar as it's a French word.king this. It's a good job I haven't got a gun as I would have shot someone in the face by now. Other examples include "chimley" and "roundlebout".Council / chav
s on Jeremy Kyle that say "texes" instead of "texts"."Choritho" on every f
king cooking programme.And "or-egg-anno" instead of "oregano".
My ex-mother-in-law could never say certificate. It was always cerstificate.
For real word-churning, try living here in Northern Ireland. Known is often spoken as knowen, film is always fillum, rain is rayen,- I could go on. Just local dialect, I suppose.
nicanary said:
Or-egg-anno seems to be the American pronunciation. They also say "erbs" instead of herbs, which is actually, but almost certainly accidentally, the correct way to pronounce it, insofar as it's a French word.
My ex-mother-in-law could never say certificate. It was always cerstificate.
For real word-churning, try living here in Northern Ireland. Known is often spoken as knowen, film is always fillum, rain is rayen,- I could go on. Just local dialect, I suppose.
Custificate was the common pronunciation in Yorkshire so may well be dialect rather than bad English.My ex-mother-in-law could never say certificate. It was always cerstificate.
For real word-churning, try living here in Northern Ireland. Known is often spoken as knowen, film is always fillum, rain is rayen,- I could go on. Just local dialect, I suppose.
My brother in law who used to say Oregano and Basil when he lived in the UK immediately started saying Origgano and Baysil when he moved to the US. OK, he may have needed to say it in restaurants there so they understood him, but he didn't need to say it all the time. Not sure what he says now they've moved to Germany!
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