The Brits....

cson

Accents.

Why do a lot of them pronouce 'a' as 'er'.

As in Barcelon-er.

Why?


I suspect my answer lies in this riddle;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA6oPl82HuI

Overheal

Why do you gotta pick on the Brits?

What did they ever do to you?





/flees

big_show

No one heading out eh?

As long as you never put your caravan on the stena line, you've nothing to worry about.

OPENROAD

Overheal wrote: »

Why do you gotta pick on the Brits?

What did they ever do to you?





/flees

And from a Gooner also :eek:

cson

Overheal wrote: »

Why do you gotta pick on the Brits?

What did they ever do to you?





/flees

They stole and plundered............ Dara O'Briain.

big_show wrote: »

No one heading out eh?

Nope, slow slow nite. What's your excuse?

Deleted User wrote: »

As long as you never put your caravan on the stena line, you've nothing to worry about.

Sadly, my caravan has already been. With Irish Ferries.

cson

OPENROAD wrote: »

And from a Gooner also :eek:

Sssssssssshhhhhhhhhh :P

tony1kenobi

Ask Romford Pele......innit.

galwayrush

Some of our own accents are quite unique as well.:rolleyes:

Mint Sauce

quite a genralisation there OP, not all brits pronounce it 'er'

humberklog

It's less annoying than the way people from Barcelona pronounce it: Barthelona.

The_Kew_Tour

Christ not another bloody British thread.

Its 2010 not fooking 1916

My name is URL

♪ The loife of the woife was ended by the knoife ♫

cson

irish-stew wrote: »

quite a genralisation there OP, not all brits pronounce it 'er'

I've encountered approxiamtely 673.42 British and 589.76 of them do.

I think that's sufficient research. :cool:

Bringthethunder

humberklog wrote: »

It's less annoying than the way people from Barcelona pronounce it: Barthelona.

Thats how its SUPPOSED to sound :rolleyes:

dlofnep

Ohhhh arrrrrrr, it's ambrosiar!!

cson

humberklog wrote: »

It's less annoying than the way people from Barcelona pronounce it: Barthelona.

Is it not more like a snake hiss Bar-ssssss-lona?

Bringthethunder

cson wrote: »

Is it not more like a snake hiss Bar-ssssss-lona?

it depends...in latin america they prononce the c like an s, in Spain its pronounced like a th....

humberklog

cson wrote: »

Is it not more like a snake hiss Bar-ssssss-lona?

Nah, it's a soft th. Which is something Irish don't seam to be able to.

Mint Sauce

cson wrote: »

I've encountered approxiamtely 673.42 British and 589.76 of them do.

I think that's sufficient research. :cool:

well i can only go by personal experience
































































i dont*

:P

*techically english, not british

mike65

I demand that every Paddy Irishman yells out loud

Thirty Three and a Third

cson

mike65 wrote: »

I demand that every Paddy Irishman yells out loud

Thirty Three and a Third

Tirty tree and a turd.

dlofnep

mike65 wrote: »

I demand that every Paddy Irishman yells out loud

Thirty Three and a Third

I can't. Pronouncing Th's makes me feel dirty!

It's not 'er'. It's a vowel sound called schwa. And yes, it is really called schwa. And most Irish people pronounce it that way as well.

cson

[quote=[Deleted User];65555919]It's not 'er'. It's a vowel sound called schwa. And yes, it is really called schwa. And most Irish people pronounce it that way as well.[/QUOTE]


Eh, how about no you crazy dutch bastard. :pac:

Overheal

cson wrote: »

Tirty tree and a turd.

Now say, "I just ate my third burger."

cson

cson wrote: »

Eh, how about no you crazy dutch bastard. :pac:

Que?

bonerm

mike65 wrote: »

I demand that every Paddy Irishman yells out loud

Thirty Three and a Third

'Tirty Tree and a Tird' is still closer than 'Firty Free and a Fird.'

Overheal

bonerm wrote: »

'Tirty Tree and a Tird' is still closer than 'Firty Free and a Fird.'

English, Irish. None of yous say it the right way

Scarinae

When people with that accent say 'ass', it sounds to me like they're saying 'arse'

mike65

Thats cos they are saying arse. Long A is why people drive Sarbs rather than Sabs.

tony1kenobi

Bringthethunder wrote: »

Thats how its SUPPOSED to sound :rolleyes:

You mean thuppothed to thound.

brummytom

cson wrote: »

I've encountered approxiamtely 673.42 British and 589.76 of them do.

I think that's sufficient research. :cool:

I've encountered a lot more, and never met anyone who didn't pronounce it Barcelon-a or the pompous "Barthelona"

aDeener

adrian280582 wrote: »

Christ not another bloody British thread.

Its 2010 not fooking 1916

well to be fair, it would have been very hard to have a thread about the british in 1916

mike65

Someone could have typed it out and posted it round like a circular.

cson

brummytom wrote: »

I've encountered a lot more, and never met anyone who didn't pronounce it Barcelon-a or the pompous "Barthelona"

Ah yeah but you won't hear the intricacies of your own as well as an outsider like me does. :P

The_Kew_Tour

aDeener wrote: »

well to be fair, it would have been very hard to have a thread about the british in 1916

WTF?

Scarinae

mike65 wrote: »

Thats cos they are saying arse. Long A is why people drive Sarbs rather than Sabs.

I know that arse is a word! Maybe I should have been clearer - the words 'ass' and 'arse' sound exactly the same with that accent

Lovehatelove

Overheal wrote: »

English, Irish. None of yous say it the right way

Unless your a "Nordie". In which case you will pronounce it perfectly;)

cson

Lovehatelove wrote: »

Unless your a "Nordie". In which case you will pronounce it perfectly;)

You signed up just to say that?

Ugh, Nordies.

PK2008

First it was 800 years of oppression and now this!!!!!!!!!

Dey mek me so mad!!

cson

PK2008 wrote: »

First it was 800 years of oppression and now this!!!!!!!!!

Dey mek me so mad!!

You had to mention it, didn't you. And this thread was meandering along to its early death so nicely.

Agricola

I wish I could put a tenner on this thread still being on Page 1 in Mid May ....

God I hate threads with "Brits" in the title

jonnybadd

Why are the Irish the only people in the world to pronounce the letter R as or? The rest of the world generally say it like are

cson

jonnybadd wrote: »

Why are the Irish the only people in the world to pronounce the letter R as or? The rest of the world generally say it like are

The rest of the world as in England? :P

Fluffybums

What about Derby which is actually pronounced "darby" bugs me every time I hear it mispronouced.

Should try living in Essex to see how the English language can be destroyed! Though in fairness most of what people describe as an essex accent is a nawth london accent (looses something in the writing).:o

Lovehatelove

cson wrote: »

You signed up just to say that?

Ugh, Nordies.

Of course i did:rolleyes: was always gona get a rise outa some pleb, wasnt it?

cson

cson wrote: »

The rest of the world as in England? :P

No.....the rest of the world.

I've noticed recently that so many Irish people think their way of saying things is the 'proper' way when in fact nobody says it like that outside Ireland. A guy at work was sure that R was pronounced 'or', H was 'haitch' and that 'I'm just after doing something' was a construction found in all English speaking countries. How?? I can understand (but not excuse) Americans thinking that 'everyone else has an accent' because they get so little exposure to other varieties of English, but anyone who grew up in Ireland was constantly exposed to British and American English. How could you not notice the difference?

I just spent about a week convincing my colleague that 'sallow' is actually not a positive adjective in the rest of the English speaking world. He was shocked! I've never understood that one myself. I spent my first year in Ireland thinking everyone was insulting me.

Chorcai

Sky HD ad's I got nuts everytime I hear your wan pronouncing aaaggH, rolling of R's all very british.

Red Hand

[quote=[Deleted User];65557407]
I just spent about a week convincing my colleague that 'sallow' is actually not a positive adjective in the rest of the English speaking world. He was shocked! I've never understood that one myself. I spent my first year in Ireland thinking everyone was insulting me.[/QUOTE]

Haha...anytime I or anyone I know use that word, it is in a complimentary way. Honey coloured or naturally tawny skin is what I mean...not jaundice!

Jeremiah 16:1

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Haha...anytime I or anyone I know use that word, it is in a complimentary way. Honey coloured or naturally tawny skin is what I mean...not jaundice!

I know, but........only in Ireland! Everywhere else, it's just rude!