Stop saying "Demond" !!!
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227bhp said:
Cliftonite said:
Impasse said:
How do you pronounce Paris?
How do you pronounce Rioja?What about Merlot? The woman in my local wine outlet calls it Mer lot as a council dweller or 5yr old would.
Mind you, I asked her to describe a wine for me and the best she could come up with was 'Nice'. Which is a place in France or a biscuit and not an adjective for describing wine.
Google it, but prepare to have your mind blown...
AndyDubbya said:
227bhp said:
Cliftonite said:
Impasse said:
How do you pronounce Paris?
How do you pronounce Rioja?What about Merlot? The woman in my local wine outlet calls it Mer lot as a council dweller or 5yr old would.
Mind you, I asked her to describe a wine for me and the best she could come up with was 'Nice'. Which is a place in France or a biscuit and not an adjective for describing wine.
Google it, but prepare to have your mind blown...
AndyDubbya said:
How about Moët then, as in the shorthand for the champagne?
Google it, but prepare to have your mind blown...
I would say Moway... Even though I'm sure it's Mowet.... Looked into this a while back when some clown thought it was pronounced "Merr" (as In gold frankincense and.....)Google it, but prepare to have your mind blown...
thebraketester said:
AndyDubbya said:
How about Moët then, as in the shorthand for the champagne?
Google it, but prepare to have your mind blown...
I would say Moway... Even though I'm sure it's Mowet.... Looked into this a while back when some clown thought it was pronounced "Merr" (as In gold frankincense and.....)Google it, but prepare to have your mind blown...
feef said:
MarshPhantom said:
227bhp said:
MarshPhantom said:
227bhp said:
Impasse said:
FRA53R said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
how do you pronounce croissant?
Good question, I pronounce it cruh-sant with a silent t. It's quite difficult to explain without saying it. There's certainly no w anywhere near it.When In Rome....
Correct in whose eyes (ears!) though? The French or us? 'Le mon' or 'Lee Man's'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F77nKsfuGQ
There doesn't seem to be a right or a wrong.
Glesga, now that's closer to the mark
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.
Out of interest, is it fair to say that Southerners generally have a f
king tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go, but anecdotally, the Scottish, Irish, Northern people I know tend to be quite good at accents, generally, either imitating or understanding. All the Londoners I know either can't or pretend they can't understand anyone that's not from London and any attempt at an accent just sounds like them doing a bad impression of an Indian. Is that a 'thing' and is there a reason for it?Disastrous said:
...Out of interest, is it fair to say that Southerners generally have a fking tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...
But I will do anyway! king tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...
p.s. I guess it's no different to northerners thinking all Londoners are Cockneys
Remember the arguments on here about Peter Kay not having a good cockney accent in his recent series Cradle to Grave - the family came from Bermondsey 
RichB said:
Disastrous said:
...Out of interest, is it fair to say that Southerners generally have a fking tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...
But I will do anyway! king tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...p.s. I guess it's no different to northerners thinking all Londoners are Cockneys
Remember the arguments on here about Peter Kay not having a good cockney accent in his recent series Cradle to Grave - the family came from Bermondsey genuine curiosity!I've not seen the Peter Kay thing but I guess he has such a strong northern accent, he'd struggle to do another. In fairness, maybe it's a strength-of-regional-accent thing? The stronger your accent, the harder to mimic or understand another?
It's reminded of a London story though - I was at a shop in one of the stations and was being served by an African bloke. His English was pretty non-existent and he couldn't seem to make out a word I was saying (I'm Scottish but non-regional really-think Ewan McGregor more than Rab C, I hope!) and despite my best efforts to slow down my order and enunciate ev-eh-ry sing-gle syl-ah-ble, we were getting nowhere.
In the end I had a brainwave and tried again at high speed in my worst dick van dyke cockney. Nailed it first time. I guess he was just massively used to hearing London English (despite what a s
t impression of it I do).227bhp said:
'Practice' makes perfect.
My tongue was indeed in my cheek a little, but you haven't answered my question; "In what area of the UK is House pronounced with the H still attached?" It would be somewhere with no Council estates, lots of Range Rovers, private schools, earnings of £250k+ PA or maybe people with Tartan skirts and ginger hair, but then that lot add 'H' where it hwas never intended.
I'm sure I could have carried on with my list of areas that don't pronounce the H too, but I feel you are incorrect above, you see, some would say 'A 'ouse', never 'a house', but more often 'an 'ouse'.
Just when you think you've got a handle on this lingo malarky someone throws in a curveball. I went out with a girl from the North East for instance, brought up there, parents were from there, studied there till leaving when she'd graduated before moving away.
She had no regional accent. Nada, nothing, none whatsoever. What had happened to it I have no idea (neither did she, or wasn't admitting it) both her parents spoke like Sanddancers, but she didn't, not even when she was pissed which is when most of us revert back to type.
And what about those white Brits who wake up speaking in a Chinese accent? Google it, it's 'sadly funny'.
https://www.google.com.eg/webhp?sourceid=chrome-in...
Practice does me no good whatsoever with that damned word.My tongue was indeed in my cheek a little, but you haven't answered my question; "In what area of the UK is House pronounced with the H still attached?" It would be somewhere with no Council estates, lots of Range Rovers, private schools, earnings of £250k+ PA or maybe people with Tartan skirts and ginger hair, but then that lot add 'H' where it hwas never intended.
I'm sure I could have carried on with my list of areas that don't pronounce the H too, but I feel you are incorrect above, you see, some would say 'A 'ouse', never 'a house', but more often 'an 'ouse'.
Just when you think you've got a handle on this lingo malarky someone throws in a curveball. I went out with a girl from the North East for instance, brought up there, parents were from there, studied there till leaving when she'd graduated before moving away.
She had no regional accent. Nada, nothing, none whatsoever. What had happened to it I have no idea (neither did she, or wasn't admitting it) both her parents spoke like Sanddancers, but she didn't, not even when she was pissed which is when most of us revert back to type.
And what about those white Brits who wake up speaking in a Chinese accent? Google it, it's 'sadly funny'.
https://www.google.com.eg/webhp?sourceid=chrome-in...
The great secret to not dropping one's 'h's is to grow up where absolutely no one does, but that is no where near the UK.
In general, in my experience, home counties south and west of London, I don't hear 'an ouse'.
Surrey, Hampshire seems to be quite consistent that way, as well as Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and Suffolk.
Then again, there are certainly those that drop their 'h's on some words, and one probably doesn't say "a house" (or "an ouse") all that often in general conversation.
I had seen the interview with the woman a while ago.
You certainly wouldn't feel comfortable taking her into a Chinese takeaway or restaurant.
The looks I would expect from other customers would be difficult to bear.
Disastrous said:
RichB said:
Disastrous said:
...Out of interest, is it fair to say that Southerners generally have a fking tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...
But I will do anyway! king tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...p.s. I guess it's no different to northerners thinking all Londoners are Cockneys
Remember the arguments on here about Peter Kay not having a good cockney accent in his recent series Cradle to Grave - the family came from Bermondsey genuine curiosity!I've not seen the Peter Kay thing but I guess he has such a strong northern accent, he'd struggle to do another. In fairness, maybe it's a strength-of-regional-accent thing? The stronger your accent, the harder to mimic or understand another?
RichB said:
Disastrous said:
RichB said:
Disastrous said:
...Out of interest, is it fair to say that Southerners generally have a fking tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...
But I will do anyway! king tin ear when it comes to accents other than theirs? Not meant as having a go <clip>...p.s. I guess it's no different to northerners thinking all Londoners are Cockneys
Remember the arguments on here about Peter Kay not having a good cockney accent in his recent series Cradle to Grave - the family came from Bermondsey genuine curiosity!I've not seen the Peter Kay thing but I guess he has such a strong northern accent, he'd struggle to do another. In fairness, maybe it's a strength-of-regional-accent thing? The stronger your accent, the harder to mimic or understand another?
stanthebiker said:
It's french you 'tard!
If you'd been paying any attention we've already been through the correct pronunciation and I have admitted my mistake.I always thought that the r was pronounced softly, however we've established that it isn't. Try to catch up before putting your 2p in.
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