Mis -pronounced names

[RichB]

motco said:

"paaw'ah" (glottal stop)

If you're an East Londoner maybe

[feef]

xRIEx said:

Eric Mc said:

xRIEx said:

Eric Mc said:

kowalski655 said:

I was trying to write it as it's pronounced

It's not pronounced "Porter" either (although certain English accents do place "r" sounds where there shouldn't be any - so that might explain it).

Please do enlighten us with the ultimate truth then.

With English, there probably isn't any such thing.

Although I do draw the line at putting "r" sounds in words that don't contain the letter "r".

Sorry, what do you mean by '"r" sound'? Are you saying you would pronounce 'porta' in a different way to 'porter'?

yup.

I'd say porta = portah, whereas porter = porter as there's an R at the end. As a scot, it's always interesting how the English accent doesn't pronounce a lot of sounds. For example, in some cases, fir, fur, far and for can all sound remarkably similar in England, when they are most definitely not in Scotland

[motco]

RichB said:

motco said:

"paaw'ah" (glottal stop)

If you're an East Londoner maybe

Smiff-feeld mea' paaw'ah! Bumarree I believe.

[xRIEx]

feef said:

For example, in some cases, fir, fur, far and for can all sound remarkably similar in England, when they are most definitely not in Scotland

Fir and fur I would agree are homophones in an English accent (generally), but far and for are distinct IME.

[PostHeads123]

I worked with a guy called Suchikant always made me giggle on conf calls.

[HustleRussell]

I was doing quite well up until this point

colin_p said:

Quiche - I say Kwitch or "poncy egg flan", Wifes Dad used to say Quincey. It most certainly should not be Keesh !

Excuse me if I continue to call it 'Keesh', I've never heard anyone pronounce it differently.

I once said "hyper-bowl" instead of 'hy-per-boly', I thought there were two different soundings of the same word depending on whether the speaker is referring to a single specific instance or talking generally. I was of course promptly shot down.

[Iva Barchetta]

Smiler. said:

Here's another one.

Puncknowle

What's the answer ?

[lockhart flawse]

Shared a house with a girl who told me that her family called Fiats Fye-ats. She seemed quite proud of it.

My wife cannot stop saying Shay Shavara for the revolutionary.

(.....and pronounces pantomime with the emphasis on the mime bit.)

[wolfracesonic]

lockhart flawse said:

Shared a house with a girl who told me that her family called Fiats Fye-ats. She seemed quite proud of it.

My wife cannot stop saying Shay Shavara for the revolutionary.

(.....and pronounces pantomime with the emphasis on the mime bit.

Oh no she doesn't!

[xRIEx]

wolfracesonic said:

lockhart flawse said:

Shared a house with a girl who told me that her family called Fiats Fye-ats. She seemed quite proud of it.

My wife cannot stop saying Shay Shavara for the revolutionary.

(.....and pronounces pantomime with the emphasis on the mime bit.

Oh no she doesn't!

[Shakermaker]

Growing up, the youngest of my sisters used to laugh every time my Gran ever said "onions" or "caravan" - because to my sister's ear, my Gran was emphasising the middle syllable on cah-RUH-van and also saying "on-E-ons" rather than the more common "on-yuns" that I usually hear.

But to her aged 5/6 and then to me aged 9/10 at the time, this was always hilarious. Might bring it up this weekend at Gran's 90th birthday...

[EW109]

Ebrington - local pronunciation, "Yabberton".

Tewkesbury - local pronunciation, "Chucksbree".

[Spanglepants]

if we pronounce Pot Pourri as Po Pouree why don't we say Po Nood lay instead of Pot Noodle?









;)

[Morningside]

Spanglepants said:

if we pronounce Pot Pourri as Po Pouree why don't we say Po Nood lay instead of Pot Noodle?

;)

Po Nood lay reminds me of Pernod.

Per Nod.

[AdamIndy]

Shakermaker said:

Shrewsbury?

Fairly local to me so it gets said a lot. I pronounce it shrews-bury, quite a few people pronounce it Shrows-bury. Does my head in!

[mr mac i]

Lucas CAV said:

mr mac i said:

Cockburn Street in Edinburgh always causes some consternation.

The multitude of ways to mangle Leuchars increases each year with the latest influx of tourists.

And the pronunciations are?

Cockburn = Co-burn
Leuchars = Loochars with 'ch' as in loch.

Another common one is
Kirkcaldy = Kirk-oddie

[motco]

AdamIndy said:

Shakermaker said:

Shrewsbury?

Fairly local to me so it gets said a lot. I pronounce it shrews-bury, quite a few people pronounce it Shrows-bury. Does my head in!

I was led to believe that 'Shrowsbury' was the correct pronunciation at about the time Shropshire was renamed 'Salop'. The Salop bit seems to have fallen away now, but the disagreements about the county town's name persist. I was visiting an organisation called R.A.P.R.A. in Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire and they weren't happy that their address alliteration was to be lost due to the change to Salop. I assume they are now happy once more...

[Eric Mc]

feef said:

yup.

I'd say porta = portah, whereas porter = porter as there's an R at the end. As a scot, it's always interesting how the English accent doesn't pronounce a lot of sounds. For example, in some cases, fir, fur, far and for can all sound remarkably similar in England, when they are most definitely not in Scotland

As I said, certain English accents put an "r" sound into a word when there is no "r" letter anywhere in the word. It's a colloquial thing that is noticed by outsiders like me.
Of course, I am sure there are things I say that others notice as odd as well. That's what makes an accent.

[Johnnytheboy]

Smiler. said:

Here's another one.

Puncknowle

Sadly I gave the answer away at 1304 yesterday

[droopsnoot]

AdamIndy said:

Fairly local to me so it gets said a lot. I pronounce it shrews-bury, quite a few people pronounce it Shrows-bury. Does my head in!

I pronounce it Shrews-bury as well, my mate uses Shrows-bury. There was a recent Michael Portaloo Great Railway Journey where he did a bit of a straw poll and it seemed to be 50/50 in the place itself.