Pass/parse

[Ry_B]

Why do certain people pronounce certain words as if they had an R in? It sounds so weird, it's like they can't spell. When I speak to customers at work and they say parse grarse barth brarnch anything like that I can't help but think "what the hell"


Another one - why can't people pronounce "th" fese days? "Three" = "free" that's a big hate, so many people say it these days it's untrue!

Edited by Ry_B on Thursday 4th December 17:00

[GKP]

Is this a Northern/Southern thing?

[eccles]

You're from the West Midlands any you're taking the p*ss out of how people speak!!!!

[V8mate]

You're from oop North, right?

Only there do they fail to see the 'r' is pass.

[Ry_B]

eccles said:

You're from the West Midlands any you're taking the p*ss out of how people speak!!!!

Not accents..just how they pronounce things as if they had an R in.

[OJ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciatio...

Because that's the proper way of saying it

[G'kar]

How can you access PH while tilling the fields?

[Ry_B]

OJ said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciatio...

Because that's the proper way of saying it

P is pronounced PUH
A is pronounced AH
S is pronounced SSS

So where does the "R" come from?

[trumpet600]

C-A-S-T-L-E pronounced 'cassel' you poncey southern spunkers. Where is there an 'R' in it?

[V8mate]

G'kar said:

How can you access PH while tilling the fields?

The bl00dy Labour government has given the underclass electricity again

[youngsyr]

Ask anyone who comes from Bath how to pronounce their hometown.

[Davi]

eccles said:

You're from the West Midlands any you're taking the p*ss out of how people speak!!!!

it's like being a participant in the Special Olympics and laughing at the window lickers.

[Ry_B]

The worst one is when someone says their name is "Sarn-dra" and it's spelt "San-dra"

[5pen]

Ry_B said:

OJ said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciatio...

Because that's the proper way of saying it

P is pronounced PUH
A is pronounced AH
S is pronounced SSS

So where does the "R" come from?

Say "AH"

Hope that helps.

[Zod]

Pronouncing a long Southern 'A' is not the same as adding an 'R' - that turns it into something a West country yokel might say.

[sday12]

South - Grar-se North - Gra-SS

South - Barth North - Baff

Regional dialects, however does not always follow the rule

[GKP]

Palm tree.

[trumpet600]

Southerners tend to slip a lot of r's into their words. Similar to talking out their r's.

[The Skunk]

Ry_B said:

OJ said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciatio...

Because that's the proper way of saying it

P is pronounced PUH
A is pronounced AH
S is pronounced SSS

So where does the "R" come from?

hmmm, AH = "r". Job done.

I find I pronounce different words differently. Generally I use the "r" way more. I have some mates who say "plaRstic" instead of plastic, which I find a bit funny. On the whole though, who gives a feck?

Edited by The Skunk on Thursday 4th December 16:40

[Davi]

Zod said:

Pronouncing a long Southern 'A' is not the same as adding an 'R' - that turns it into something a West country yokel might say.

Be gentle with them, intellect doesn't develop as well on a diet of coal and steel.