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Column - how do you pronounce it?

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  • #62
    Owenw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Owenw


    Didn't anyone pay attention in school???!

    Word - Mispronciation - Correct pronounciation

    Column - Col-YOOM - Col-lumm

    Vehicle - VEH-Hickle - Vee-ih-kull

    Safety - Safe-Fet-Tee - Sayf-tee

    Advertisment - Adver-TIIZ-ment - Ad-verr-tiss-ment

    Film - Fill-Um - fiiilm

    Transparent - Trans-PAIR-ant - Trans-pah-rant


    Really sticks in my craw when I hear "educated" people on the news mangling the language like this.


  • #63
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Do all you freaks pronounce the month "Ought-yume" then as well?


    Month?

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May
    June
    July
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December

    No such month as autumn :D


  • #64
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Kol-yum

    I feckin hate culchies who Mill-on instead of million, these culchies are invariably politicians/union leaders on Morning Ireland. Cretins.


  • #65
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    I reckon removing the i in your pronunciation of million is as bad as adding a y in your pronunciation of column.


  • #66
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Davidius wrote: »
    I reckon removing the i in your pronunciation of million is as bad as adding a y in your pronunciation of column.

    Fire out a few examples there, I want to agree with you. I pronounce it kolyum, but it was how I was taught. Thing is, if we are to go exactly by spelling alone, you'd wonder why in either instance the 'n' wasn't phonetically used. So I think theres exceptions to the rule :/


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  • #67
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    Des wrote: »
    Kol-yum

    I feckin hate culchies who Mill-on instead of million, these culchies are invariably politicians/union leaders on Morning Ireland. Cretins.

    ...am I the only one who sees the irony here? :p


  • #68
    Sheepy99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭Sheepy99


    mink_man wrote: »
    column
    ha.. how hilarious..


  • #69
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Des wrote: »
    Kol-yum

    I feckin hate culchies who Mill-on instead of million, these culchies are invariably politicians/union leaders on Morning Ireland. Cretins.

    I feckin hate pretentious gits who Kol-yum instead of column, these people are invariably D4 and other pretentious gits. Cretins.
    liah wrote: »
    ...am I the only one who sees the irony here? :p

    Nope.


  • #70
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    I feckin hate pretentious gits who Kol-yum instead of column, these people are invariably D4 and other pretentious gits. Cretins.
    Kolyum kolyum kolyum kolyum! Ughhhhhhoohhhhhhh!




    /rolls over



    zzzzzz


  • #71
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    And speaking of culchies ......it's Wicklow not Wicklah ,Carlow not Carlah :pac:


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  • #72
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    sam34 wrote: »
    Month?

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May
    June
    July
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December

    No such month as autumn:(

    Of course there is.


  • #73
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    Abigayle wrote: »
    Fire out a few examples there, I want to agree with you. I pronounce it kolyum, but it was how I was taught. Thing is, if we are to go exactly by spelling alone, you'd wonder why in either instance the 'n' wasn't phonetically used. So I think theres exceptions to the rule :/
    I'm not sure I follow you.

    As far as I know, the accepted pronunciation of million and column is mill-yuhn and kol-uhm respectively. To complain that culchies don't use the i in million while admitting to using an imaginary y in column sticks out.


  • #74
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Some culchies do pronounce million as millon, of that there is no doubt .


  • #75
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Davidius wrote: »
    I'm not sure I follow you.
    No thats fine, will try explain.
    As far as I know, the accepted pronunciation of million and column is mill-yuhn and kol-uhm respectively.
    Well, I'd agree with you on the first count. But I was taught that the 'n' in column was silent first off. So million (which phonetically ends with 'n' is pronounced) shouldn't be compared here.

    I believe the 'y' sound in 'column' comes from the dropping of the letter 'n' in the word, and then 'u' between two consonants means you've to give the 'u' phonetic advantage.


  • #76
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Abigayle wrote: »
    I believe the 'y' sound in 'column' comes from the dropping of the letter 'n' in the word, and then 'u' between two consonants means you've to give the 'u' phonetic advantage.

    That still doesn't explain the phonetic inclusion of an "e" at the end


  • #77
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I always say kol-yum and I'm not stopping now. So there.


  • #78
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    That still doesn't explain the phonetic inclusion of an "e" at the end

    On the end of what? :confused:


  • #79
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Abigayle wrote: »
    On the end of what? :confused:

    Col-ummmmmmmmmmm!


  • #80
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Col-ummmmmmmmmmm!

    Have a quick look back there, I never said there was an 'e' or an 'e' sound at the end of column :)


  • #81
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    If anyone other than a mod has started this thread it would be either be on page 3 of After Hours or closed by now!

    Its Col - Um by the way.


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  • #82
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Abigayle wrote: »
    Have a quick look back there, I never said there was an 'e' or an 'e' sound at the end of column :)

    Admittedly you only incorrectly inserted a "y", but someone earlier compared it to "legume"


  • #83
    deereidy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭deereidy


    vehemently, how do u say that?


  • #84
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Admittedly you only incorrectly inserted a "y", but someone earlier compared it to "legume"

    I added a 'y' as a phonetic understanding of my pronunciation of the word. I think I remember the legúme post, but if I agreed with it I would have thanked it as a way of agreement. The french pronunciation of legúme is 'legewm' sound, because of the accent on the 'e', and therefore irrelevant.

    I have to admit though, the thread made me think about the word, and even doubt myself. But I'm a stickler for some things, and pronunciation is one of them.


  • #85
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Abigayle wrote: »
    I added a 'y' as a phonetic understanding of my pronunciation of the word.

    I know it was "only" phonetic, but I'd still view it as incorrect.


  • #86
    tech77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭tech77


    Useful.Idiot wrote: »
    stupid thread tbh

    Stoopid or shtupid?


  • #87
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    I know it was "only" phonetic, but I'd still view it as incorrect.

    Dude, do you argue with yourself in the mirror when you're shaving? :pac:


  • #88
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    deereidy wrote: »
    vehemently, how do u say that?

    ve'he'ment'ly


  • #89
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    stovelid wrote: »
    Dude, do you argue with yourself in the mirror when you're shaving? :pac:

    Do you really use the word "dood" ?? :rolleyes:


  • #90
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    tech77 wrote: »
    Stoopid or shtupid?

    Stew-pid


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  • #91
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Do you really use the word "dood" ?? :rolleyes:

    No, I use dude. Check my post.


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