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I've finally found out why some Irish people pronounce Chicago as 'Chi-cargo'.

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  • #32
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    I saw The Flaming Lips live in Kilkenny years ago and the lead singer, Wayne Coyne, kept pronouncing it as 'kill kayney'. It made me think he was a bit of a wanker.


  • #33
    kunst nugget
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    Fleet Foxes have a song where they talk about going to Inishfree but they keep pronouncing it as Inis-free - it's really annoying.


  • #34
    TheValeyard
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    Dalex or DaLicks?

    zED17.gif

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #35
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    Sharkey & George lived in Seacago.

    God, that brings back memories.

    :(


  • #36
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Heard Ronnie O'Sullivan try to pronounce Drogheda one time.

    Absolutely hilarious stuff.


    Donegal is another one Brits can't get.


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  • #37
    kunst nugget
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Heard Ronnie O'Sullivan try to pronounce Drogheda one time.

    Was it funnier than hearing Drogheda people pronouncing Drogheda.


  • #38
    Your Face
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    I'm sure the OP isn't one of those uniballed, feces eating cretins that goes around trying correct peoples pronunciation.


  • #39
    AllForIt
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    Oma ckeral !


  • #40
    Accidentally
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Heard Ronnie O'Sullivan try to pronounce Drogheda one time.

    Absolutely hilarious stuff.


    Donegal is another one Brits can't get.

    Connaught


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
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    Your Face wrote: »
    I'm sure the OP isn't one of those uniballed, feces eating cretins that goes around trying correct peoples pronunciation.
    Your Face wrote: »
    I'm sure the OP isn't one of those uniballed, feces eating cretins that goes around trying to correct peoples pronunciation.

    Sentence structuring is the main occupation.


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  • #42
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,794 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    The late Kevin Cadle who presented NFL on Sky Sports pronounced it Chicargo and he was American.


  • #43
    dd972
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    Exaggerated rhoticity is the reason, 'Look at me, I'm Irish' is the intention.


  • #44
    suicide_circus
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    seamus wrote: »
    So we become accustomed - through TV - to hearing the word "car", being pronounced "cah" by American accents.
    Only if the show is set in New England.


  • #45
    PandaPoo
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    If you say Space Ghetto it sounds like spice girl in a Scottish accent


  • #46
    indioblack
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Heard Ronnie O'Sullivan try to pronounce Drogheda one time.

    Absolutely hilarious stuff.


    Donegal is another one Brits can't get.

    How should it be pronounced?


  • #47
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    indioblack wrote: »
    How should it be pronounced?

    According to people from Drogheda, it's 'Draaaawda'


  • #48
    Relikk
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    Are they the same people that pronounce "father" as "fawwther"?


  • #49
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    indioblack wrote: »
    How should it be pronounced?



  • #50
    mad muffin
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    Chee-kago. Gangsterim. TATATATATA!!!


  • #51
    indioblack
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    kunst nugget wrote: »
    According to people from Drogheda, it's 'Draaaawda'
    Oh dear - you'd need all yer own teeth for that one.


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  • #52
    indioblack
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    Adrien Breezy Litter wrote: »

    That's a bit better - I've still been doing it wrong all these years. No one said anything. [Too polite].


  • #53
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,424 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    I’m going to Chicargo in Aurgust with my daughrter


  • #54
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Sentence structuring is the main occupation.

    Keep at it.


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