Stop saying "Demond" !!!

[Cliftonite]

northwest monkey said:

My point is that until recently, it was always pronounced "chor-its-o" but is now fashionable for the "chor-eeth-o" pronunciation. Lots of words have foreign origins, however we have adapted them for the English language. You don't hear anybody asking for a glass of Jerez or Xeres rather than Sherry do you?

'Champagne' is another example where 'English' is used. Rioja, on the other hand . . .

[nicanary]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

The Mad Monk said:

What about people who say "haitch" when spelling a word with 'h' in it.

If I ever appear on Room 101, this is my first pick. Should carry the death penalty.

It appears to be taught that way in schools in the Republic of Ireland. On Ulster TV stations many of the adverts are aimed at/produced for Irish audiences. The letter is always pronounced "Haytch".

[Einion Yrth]

northwest monkey said:

rohrl said:

Einion Yrth said:

northwest monkey said:

"Choritho" on every fking cooking programme.

Given that it's a Spanish sausage and that's how it's pronounced. What would you prefer?

Yeah, that's a bit like complaining about the pronunciation of the double Z in pizza.

My point is that until recently, it was always pronounced "chor-its-o"

Which is just plain wrong, no matter how you cut it.

[vx220]

Reminding me of "nougat"

NOO-GAH!!!

Not fing "nugget"

GIS got some answering to do!?

[marshalla]

nicanary said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

The Mad Monk said:

What about people who say "haitch" when spelling a word with 'h' in it.

If I ever appear on Room 101, this is my first pick. Should carry the death penalty.

It appears to be taught that way in schools in the Republic of Ireland. On Ulster TV stations many of the adverts are aimed at/produced for Irish audiences. The letter is always pronounced "Haytch".

Where do we stand on the "jay" vs. "jye" debate ?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

nicanary said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

The Mad Monk said:

What about people who say "haitch" when spelling a word with 'h' in it.

If I ever appear on Room 101, this is my first pick. Should carry the death penalty.

It appears to be taught that way in schools in the Republic of Ireland. On Ulster TV stations many of the adverts are aimed at/produced for Irish audiences. The letter is always pronounced "Haytch".

If aitch is changed to haitch just because it starts with an h, then surely we should also have feff, lell, memm, nenn, rar, sess, woubleyou and yih!

Utter nonsense.

[ATG]

Today I am mostly listening to "Achtung Bono" by Half Man Half Biscuit are they are annoyed:

If you’re going to quote from the Book of Revelation
Don’t keep calling it the Book of Revelations
There’s no “s”, it’s the Book of Revelation
As revealed to St John the Divine
See also Mary Hopkin
She must despair

Chorus: You've got a st arm and that's a bad tattoo.

[Eric Mc]

nicanary said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

The Mad Monk said:

What about people who say "haitch" when spelling a word with 'h' in it.

If I ever appear on Room 101, this is my first pick. Should carry the death penalty.

It appears to be taught that way in schools in the Republic of Ireland. On Ulster TV stations many of the adverts are aimed at/produced for Irish audiences. The letter is always pronounced "Haytch".

It's an historical and cultural legacy in Ireland down to the fact that once upon a time the bulk of the population only spoke Gaelic and in the old style Gaelic alphabet the letter "h" did not exist. When the speaking of Gaelic was outlawed in the 17th century this made life very, very difficult for the uneducated peasants who had to learn English very rapidly.

The Irish also mis-pronounce words beginning with "th" - such as "the" or "thing" which can come out sounding like "de" or "ting".

[Rosscow]

northwest monkey said:

rohrl said:

Einion Yrth said:

northwest monkey said:

"Choritho" on every fking cooking programme.

Given that it's a Spanish sausage and that's how it's pronounced. What would you prefer?

Yeah, that's a bit like complaining about the pronunciation of the double Z in pizza.

My point is that until recently, it was always pronounced "chor-its-o" but is now fashionable for the "chor-eeth-o" pronunciation. Lots of words have foreign origins, however we have adapted them for the English language. You don't hear anybody asking for a glass of Jerez or Xeres rather than Sherry do you?

That's like the Arsenal fans that pronounce Cazorla "Cathorla"

It may be correct, but it makes you sound like a tt

[hman]

The Mad Monk said:

What about people who say "haitch" when spelling a word with 'h' in it.

Shooting is far too good for them.

Correct.

[catso]

You instead of your, e.g. "Is that you car?"

[rohrl]

nicanary said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

The Mad Monk said:

What about people who say "haitch" when spelling a word with 'h' in it.

If I ever appear on Room 101, this is my first pick. Should carry the death penalty.

It appears to be taught that way in schools in the Republic of Ireland. On Ulster TV stations many of the adverts are aimed at/produced for Irish audiences. The letter is always pronounced "Haytch".

I hate hearing "haitch" too.

It's a Catholic/Protestant thing in Northern Ireland. Catholics say "haitch" and Protestants say "aitch". I've heard Dara O'Briain (who is generally a bright chap) say "haitch" as well.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Rosscow said:

That's like the Arsenal fans that pronounce Cazorla "Cathorla"

It may be correct, but it makes you sound like a tt

But if you're an Arsenal fan, you ARE a tt!

[Eric Mc]

rohrl said:

I hate hearing "haitch" too.

It's a Catholic/Protestant thing in Northern Ireland. Catholics say "haitch" and Protestants say "aitch". I've heard Dara O'Briain (who is generally a bright chap) say "haitch" as well.

Just shows how history plays its part.

In Ireland, there was also an element of deliberate rebelliousness in the way English was/is spoken. Don't forget, in times past the English were trying to turn the rest of the population of the British Isles into a loyal group of "mini mes". One way to fight back was to annoy the English by pronouncing things in a different and annoying way.

It obviously works

[Neil H]

Rosscow said:

northwest monkey said:

rohrl said:

Einion Yrth said:

northwest monkey said:

"Choritho" on every fking cooking programme.

Given that it's a Spanish sausage and that's how it's pronounced. What would you prefer?

Yeah, that's a bit like complaining about the pronunciation of the double Z in pizza.

My point is that until recently, it was always pronounced "chor-its-o" but is now fashionable for the "chor-eeth-o" pronunciation. Lots of words have foreign origins, however we have adapted them for the English language. You don't hear anybody asking for a glass of Jerez or Xeres rather than Sherry do you?

That's like the Arsenal fans that pronounce Cazorla "Cathorla"

It may be correct, but it makes you sound like a tt

Bit like "Porsh" or "Porsh-ah" when referring to the German car company. The latter makes you sound like a , however correct you are!

[northwest monkey]

Neil H said:

Rosscow said:

northwest monkey said:

rohrl said:

Einion Yrth said:

northwest monkey said:

"Choritho" on every fking cooking programme.

Given that it's a Spanish sausage and that's how it's pronounced. What would you prefer?

Yeah, that's a bit like complaining about the pronunciation of the double Z in pizza.

My point is that until recently, it was always pronounced "chor-its-o" but is now fashionable for the "chor-eeth-o" pronunciation. Lots of words have foreign origins, however we have adapted them for the English language. You don't hear anybody asking for a glass of Jerez or Xeres rather than Sherry do you?

That's like the Arsenal fans that pronounce Cazorla "Cathorla"

It may be correct, but it makes you sound like a tt

Bit like "Porsh" or "Porsh-ah" when referring to the German car company. The latter makes you sound like a , however correct you are!

Exactly my point. "Choreethoh" may well be the correct pronunciation, but it marks you out as a bit of a .

IMHO of course

[crossy67]

I have friends who have friends in Bahrain, they like to pronounce it Bachrain with the flemmy bit where the ch is. They started calling it that because their friends do. I often wonder if they call it Glasgow or Galsgee as the locals do.

[MLH]

A project manager i previously worked for would refer to MEWPs (mobile elevated working platforms) as MUTEs.

Every time he would use the term there was a collective snigger in the office but nobody would correct him.

That snigger became a full on laugh one day when we had a load of school kids visit the site. He was briefing them all on what they will see on site and went on to to say '...we'll then show you the 10 MUTEs we've currently got on site...'

You could see the look of confusion on all the accompanying teacher's faces as if to say 'what the hell has showing kids a bunch of mutes got anything to do with a site visit?!?!'

[br d]

Cockaroach.

[T5XARV]

Funny, I've only ever heard Tony Montana pronounce it 'cockaroach' - though the proportion of people advertising Dinning Tables for sale is truly worrying......
Go check your local Gumtree etc.....