Deteriorate/Deteriate
Discussion
Apparently when Europe composed the lyrics to the final countdown, they were originally heading to Uranus (rather than Venus), but the BBC News presenters' pro-nun-see-ation ruling body had yet to decree it was actually your-in-us, and they were worried that any unfortunate misinterpretation might affect USA record sales, much like Queen bombed after the I want to break free video cross-dressing upset.
Eric Mc said:
And how do you all pronounce "deteriorate"?
As it is written. Dee-teerior-ate.My driver's mate - a constant source of grammatical and pronunciation fun - came out with a really good one last week.
We were delivering in Corby and I'd negotiated the lorry to where the Sat Nav had sent me, but needed to ascertain the exact address.
"What are we looking for?"
"10 Iz-lay Walk."
"Iz-lay?"
"Yeah, Iz-lay."
"Do you mean 'Islay'?"
"No, it's 'Iz-lay'".
"It's pronounced 'Eye-lay' Paul."
"Then why did they put an 's' in it?"
"I don't know. You'd have to ask the people of Islay about that."
Eric Mc said:
Cock Womble 7 said:
Catz said:
It's in the "draw".
No it's not! It's in the drawer!
Oh please, don't start this one again. 'Drawer' and 'draw' are pronounced in exactly the same way.No it's not! It's in the drawer!
A 'drawer' is someone who draws.
I pronounce draw and drawer differently. It's my eloquent Scottish accent.
Oh and Islay is pronounced more like Eye-La.
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