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cdgalwegian

I think the tide has turned with the pronunciation of Renault; it was mostly pronounced Renawlt, but now appears to be mainly Renoh. But what about Peugeot? Are we still embarrassed to pronounce it as it should- Puh-zho, instead of Pew-jo?

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Peregrinus

Stovepipe wrote: »

RTE newsreaders say "pleece" for "police" and "med-sin" for "medicine" (Sharon Ni Bheolain in particular). Is she right or wrong?

The Oxford English Dictionary indicates that "paleece" and "pleece" are both standard pronunciations.

As for "medicine", it's one of a number of words where the choice between a two-syllable pronunciation and a three-syllable pronunciation is, or at least used to be, a class marker. Posh people say "medsin"; plebs say "medissin". "Regiment" is another word of this kind.

Stovepipe wrote: »

Given all the stories about cervical cancer, I hear the word "cervical" often pronounced as "ser-vy-cal", especially medical people. Is that the correct pronunciation?

"Servickle" and "serv-eye-kal" are both standard, according to the OED.

DoozerT6

dxhound2005 wrote: »

If I had twenty six sheep and one of them died, how many would I have left?

If they say twenty five, tell them they are wrong. You said twenty sick sheep, and the answer is nineteen.

Can you tell the difference between twenty six sheep, and twenty sick sheep, in normal speech?

Yes....if the person pronounces 'twenty six' correctly!!

RobMc59

Graces7 wrote: »

one of my landladies called it Lie dell.

a rose by any other name...

On TV adverts in England it`s called Lee dall...perhaps that`s the continental pronunciation.

cdgalwegian

I'd be pretty certain the vast majority of people here are all calling Storm Jorge in the correct way- and not as George or something. Properly pronounced Peugeot just seems a step too far for most of us though.

Georgie

Shkoda

Beako?
Becko?

Educate yo self.

I'm not taking pronunciation lessons from someone who pronounces "commonly" as "cammonly"!

Peatys

Richard Hammond saying horsepar instead of horsepower.

Church on Tuesday

Alun wrote: »

I'm not taking pronunciation lessons from someone who pronounces "commonly" as "cammonly"!

Who Sven?

He is German.

deise08

Someone was telling me yesterday about having a pain in her stumerk.
I thought she was just falling over her words until she said it a second time.
Her stumerk.??
My brain was screaming ' it's stomach!!'

Alun

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Who Sven?

He is German.

So? In the section on German names, he's being particularly finnicky about the pronunciation of some names, insisiting on rolling the 'r' in many words, something that doesn't come naturally to many. So I feel justified in being equally finnicky about his inability to correctly enunciate the letter 'o'. Pot, kettle, black.

Church on Tuesday

Alun wrote: »

So? In the section on German names, he's being particularly finnicky about the pronunciation of some names, insisiting on rolling the 'r' in many words, something that doesn't come naturally to many. So I feel justified in being equally finnicky about his inability to correctly enunciate the letter 'o'. Pot, kettle, black.

That's got nothing to do with pronunciation of brand names and all to do with his linguistic heritage; he's half Brazilian half German, naturally his accent will reflect this.

Unless we're taking the piss out of people's accents now.

Brendan Bendar

What’s this crack with the word ‘quarter’.

It seems out in RTEland it’s ‘quawter’.

“A quawter “ of a million.

What’s wrong with ‘quarter’.

cdgalwegian

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

What’s this crack with the word ‘quarter’.

It seems out in RTEland it’s ‘quawter’.

“A quawter “ of a million.

What’s wrong with ‘quarter’.

Same with the newsreaders' "froowhst". It's frost, ffs.

endacl

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Gateaux

It pronounced gattox, you little bolleaux.

cdgalwegian

endacl wrote: »

It pronounced gattox

A little grammatical fawks pass.

Rufeo

PewJoe ? Surely. Any French on here to sort us out?

cdgalwegian

https://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question78822.html
Lots of different sites with this question, but it seems to be mainly puh-zho, occasionally pew-joe. It seems there is no 'correct' way of pronouncing it, and can vary in different contexts (native/non-native etc).

Marhay70

Where is this place called Tie-rown so beloved of the GAA heads and others on RTE. The Irish version is Tír Eoghan and it has been pronounced in identical form in English since Noah was a lad. It's just a way to appear superior to all us plebs but it only makes them look like the dickheads they are.

Brendan Bendar

Marhay70 wrote: »

Where is this place called Tie-rown so beloved of the GAA heads and others on RTE. The Irish version is Tír Eoghan and it has been pronounced in identical form in English since Noah was a lad. It's just a way to appear superior to all us plebs but it only makes them look like the dickheads they are.

Well Marsey, you better ask the folk down in Kerry where it is, they are the ones who call it Tie-Rone.

Would it ever occur to them that Tír Eoghan, the country of John is the translation!!

Tír na hEireann the country of Ireland.

Would the stults call it’Tyre na hEireann’

Tools probably would.

Lewis_Benson

cdgalwegian wrote: »

I think the tide has turned with the pronunciation of Renault; it was mostly pronounced Renawlt, but now appears to be mainly Renoh. But what about Peugeot? Are we still embarrassed to pronounce it as it should- Puh-zho, instead of Pew-jo?

It's always been pronounced "renoh"
And then other had always been pronounced "pehjo"
They are French car names.

Marhay70

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Well Marsey, you better ask the folk down in Kerry where it is, they are the ones who call it Tie-Rone.

Would it ever occur to them that Tír Eoghan, the country of John is the translation!!

Tír na hEireann the country of Ireland.

Would the stults call it’Tyre na hEireann’

Tools probably would.

Kerrymen eh? That would explain a lot. I can just hear the dulcet tones of the Healy Raes.

cdgalwegian

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

It's always been pronounced "renoh"
And then other had always been pronounced "pehjo"

Not everywhere in Ireland; part of the reason for the post.

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

They are French car names.

Really? Sacre bleu.

Brendan Bendar

Marhay70 wrote: »

Kerrymen eh? That would explain a lot. I can just hear the dulcet tones of the Healy Raes.

Mr Patrick Spillane would be the main offender.

Mr Tomás OSè a close second.

Lewis_Benson

cdgalwegian wrote: »

Not everywhere in Ireland; part of the reason for the post.

Really? Sacre bleu.

inˈdēd

Quantum Erasure

whats the craic with RTE presenters (both Bryan Dobson and Sharon ni Bheolain in the last half hour) calling 5/8 of a mile a kilo'metre, it was and always will be a kil'ometre

cdgalwegian

Bought a car recently. On my my radar been a Hyundau Tucson. As in 'tooh-sohn'; not as the car-dealer called it- a tuckson.

Hotblack Desiato

cdgalwegian wrote: »

not as the car-dealer called it- a tuckson.

Jaysus.