Pronounciation

TeletextPear

TeletextPear wrote: »

Yes, English people do this a lot. Sausage ROLL, etc

English comes from English, so why would you say they stress the 'wrong' syllable?

Who the hell says SAUSAGE roll?

9959

Lilly Broad Saga wrote: »

English comes from English, so why would you say they stress the 'wrong' syllable?

Who the hell says SAUSAGE roll?

'Sausage Roll' is so passé , even so called 'Breakfast Roll Man' has now moved on to 'Eggs Benedict', apparently eaten in tribute to the current Bishop of Rome.

The King of Moo

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

All have a U directly after the D, so that pronunciation is acceptable. No excuse for pronouncing tremendous with a J unless you're a pretentious arse

I wouldn't describe any of the people I know who pronounce the "d" in "tremendous" like a "j" as pretentious!

Of course you've outlined the reason why the letter "d" is pronounced that way in the words above, but I don't think it's such a stretch to imagine someone pronouncing it similarly in "tremendous," and certainly nothing I'd lose sleep over.

Míshásta

9959 wrote: »

Personally I'm not overly fond of the way our rural brothers and sisters lean into it yeeeeeee boys..yuck.

That's the correct. standard. official and orthodox pronunciation in the real capital.

And we citizens of the Athens of Ireland are not 'rural' (sniff!)

The 'Athens' of course refers to the ancient centre of civilization and not to the bankrupt metropolis of today.

ArnoldJRimmer

The King of Moo wrote: »

I wouldn't describe any of the people I know who pronounce the "d" in "tremendous" like a "j" as pretentious!

Of course you've outlined the reason why the letter "d" is pronounced that way in the words above, but I don't think it's such a stretch to imagine someone pronouncing it similarly in "tremendous," and certainly nothing I'd lose sleep over.

Point taken, and apologies, I'm a little grumpy on a Monday morning. It's still one of those pronunciations that drives me mental though

manbat

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You resuscitated a near year old thread for that!?! :eek:

You have 10023 posts on boards! you win pal. I'll get you a football for Christmas if you promise me you'll get out of the house and interact with people in the real world?

Wacker The Attacker

Míshásta wrote: »

That's the correct. standard. official and orthodox pronunciation in the real capital.

And we citizens of the Athens of Ireland are not 'rural' (sniff!)

The 'Athens' of course refers to the ancient centre of civilization and not to the bankrupt metropolis of today.

Nobody pronounces it like that in Dublin.

It's "yiz" in the real capital.

CrabRevolution

The King of Moo wrote: »

stoneill wrote: »

Were not from feckin' Boston -

Nor is anyone from England.

Where are these 65000 English people from then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Lincolnshire

The King of Moo

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Where are these 65000 English people from then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Lincolnshire

Pedantsville.

Maximus Alexander

So, do you guys pronounce the 'l' in "almond"?

Eathrin

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

So, do you guys pronounce the 'l' in "almond"?

How else would you say it?

Al-mund

Maximus Alexander

Do you pronounce the 'l' in "calm"?

dxhound2005

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

So, do you guys pronounce the 'l' in "almond"?

I don't but I don't insist that people who do are wrong.

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=almond&submit=Submit

The King of Moo

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

So, do you guys pronounce the 'l' in "almond"?

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Do you pronounce the 'l' in "calm"?

No and no. Other words with a silent "l" include "half," "calf," and "salmon."

Maximus Alexander

It's just an interesting one for me because I had never heard anyone pronounce it until I started going out with my current partner.

Maggie 2

Pacific instead of specific!

whatlliwear

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

And also when people down the west pronounce the surname Walsh as Welsh. Don't know why is irritates me so much

And when they pronounce the name Keane as Cain .. Grrrrr

whatlliwear

TeletextPear wrote: »

Yes, English people do this a lot. Sausage ROLL, etc

My mates in college used to take the pi@@ out of how I said "SAUCEpan" whereas they said "Saucepan".. I emphasise the first word, when they say it all together real fast with no special emphasis on either word..

Maximus Alexander

whatlliwear wrote: »

My mates in college used to take the pi@@ out of how I said "SAUCEpan" whereas they said "Saucepan".. I emphasise the first word, when they say it all together real fast with no special emphasis on either word..

I say it the same way you do!

Killer Wench

My family's roots are in the southern part of the US, so I grew up speaking this strange hybrid of southern and rural midwestern dialects. When I went away to college, I began intermingling with the kids from the Chicago suburbs who had flat midwestern accents.

It took me many years to pronounce oil as o-yul instead of arhl.

The King of Moo

whatlliwear wrote: »

My mates in college used to take the pi@@ out of how I said "SAUCEpan" whereas they said "Saucepan".. I emphasise the first word, when they say it all together real fast with no special emphasis on either word..

Your pronunciation would be the standard one, though it's actually nigh-on impossible not to put an emphasis on a particular syllable in a multi-syllabic word.
More than likely your friends put a slighter emphasis on the first syllable which is hard to detect due to them saying it more quickly than you.

whatlliwear

Anyone else hate the way Kevin Bacon pronounces Mobile??
mow bill... :eek:

I'd always say Mow bile..

The King of Moo

whatlliwear wrote: »

Anyone else hate the way Kevin Bacon pronounces Mobile??
mow bill... :eek:

I'd always say Mow bile..

That's the American pronunciation, it's how they all pronounce the word.

stoneill

whatlliwear wrote: »

My mates in college used to take the pi@@ out of how I said "SAUCEpan" whereas they said "Saucepan".. I emphasise the first word, when they say it all together real fast with no special emphasis on either word..

Pot.