Parth or Paath
Discussion
Pkh72 said:
Paath.
If it were Parth, they'd be an 'r'in it.
Indeed, great idear.If it were Parth, they'd be an 'r'in it.
ETA: For path, grass, glass, bath, I thought southerners pronounced the 'a' as in 'ah', northerners more as in 'ass'. But there's no 'r' in it whichever way you choose...
Edited by Size Nine Elm on Thursday 28th January 12:58
Slightly off topic....
....its about time I asked the posh girl in account management if she would like a semicircular pastry snack, filled with beef, sliced potato, swede.
To which she will reply: 'Do you mean a Paaarrrrsty?'
Yerrr... its looses a bit in translation, but hearing a posh bird say pasty always amuses me.
....its about time I asked the posh girl in account management if she would like a semicircular pastry snack, filled with beef, sliced potato, swede.
To which she will reply: 'Do you mean a Paaarrrrsty?'
Yerrr... its looses a bit in translation, but hearing a posh bird say pasty always amuses me.Edited by Steamer on Thursday 28th January 13:07
I'm from oop north as well, my mother says barth and she's from Lancashire.
South Africans say puth, buth, gruss. It's not incorrect, just a different accent.
I would be interested as to where the "r" comes from though, as I don't think any of the languages that have a major influence on English pronounce "a" in that way.
South Africans say puth, buth, gruss. It's not incorrect, just a different accent.
I would be interested as to where the "r" comes from though, as I don't think any of the languages that have a major influence on English pronounce "a" in that way.
V8mate said:
AMLK said:
macp said:
Look at how we pronounce lager, no r in the word 
Stop being pendantic - all you southerners know us northeners must be right!Edited by macp on Thursday 28th January 13:06
We only keep you for our amusement. Pets in England's backyard.Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six days.
Eventually, Gabriel the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed
downwards through the clouds,
"Look Gabriel, look what I've made."
Archangel Gabriel looked puzzled and said,
"What is it?"
"It's a planet", replied God, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance".
"Balance?" inquired Gabriel, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth. "For example,
Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern
Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot."
"Over there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people" God continued, pointing to different countries.
And over there, I call this place America. North America will be rich and powerful and cold, while South America will be poor, and hot and friendly.
And the little spot in the middle is Central America which is a hot spot.
Can you see the balance?"
"Yes" said the Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then he pointed to a small country in Northern Europe,
"What's that one?"
"Ah" said God. "That's Scotland, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful snow capped mountains, untouched rivers, streams and lochs of exquisite, timeless beauty.
The people make a drink called Uisge Beatha or Whiskey which means "The Water of Life".
The people are good looking, intelligent and humorous and they're going to be
found travelling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard-working and high-achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as warriors, engineers, inventors and pioneers.
Gabriel gasped in wonder and admiration but then said
"You said there will be BALANCE!"
God replied wisely.
"Wait until you see the b
ds I'm putting next to them!".Edited by AMLK on Thursday 28th January 13:30
For me its Parth.
I get stumped quite easily though:
Gary is pronounced garry
Yet you could marry mary, why isnt gary always spelt with 2 r's?
With ref to the pastie/ parstie outlined above, i used to work with an architect, who called a meeting at batt ur sea a (best i can manage) when he meant battersea
I get stumped quite easily though:
Gary is pronounced garry
Yet you could marry mary, why isnt gary always spelt with 2 r's?
With ref to the pastie/ parstie outlined above, i used to work with an architect, who called a meeting at batt ur sea a (best i can manage) when he meant battersea
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