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Pronounciation

  • 09-11-2011 01:44PM
    #1
    drumlover22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭drumlover22


    I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here?





    *waiting to get told I'm wrong :P


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  • #2
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    Pronounciation.


  • #3
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

    Just curious....


  • #4
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Pro-noun-see-a-tion

    Pro-nun-see-a-tion

    How do you say it?!


  • #5
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    drumlover22 wrote: »
    I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here?





    *waiting to get told I'm wrong :P
    It's lef-tenant in Britain and Ireland. Loo-tenant in the States.


  • #6
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    emeraldstar wrote: »
    Pronounciation.

    It made me wince...


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  • #7
    Wetai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Wetai


    Sky King wrote: »
    OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

    Just curious....
    Like Kernel.


  • #8
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Sky King wrote: »
    OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

    Just curious....

    Cur-Nel


  • #9
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Cork.

    Some say Co-urk in a posh way.

    It's actually Caaaawwwrk.


  • #10
    drumlover22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭drumlover22


    Sky King wrote: »
    OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

    Just curious....

    I'd pronounce it Kur-nel


  • #11
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Yeah obviously it's kur-nel - the point I was making is that you can't justify mispronunciation based on weird spelling.


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  • #12
    Dj Stiggie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Dj Stiggie


    drumlover22 wrote: »
    I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here?





    *waiting to get told I'm wrong :P

    In Ireland we have 'leftenants'. 'Lewtenants' are American.
    Wikipedia wrote:
    Pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between the forms /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ lef-ten-ənt and /ljuːˈtɛnənt/ ( listen) lew-ten-ənt, with the former generally associated with the United Kingdom, Ireland and Commonwealth countries, and the latter generally associated with the United States.[1] The early history of the pronunciation is unclear; Middle English spellings suggest that the /ljuː-/ and /lɛf-/ pronunciations existed even then.[2] The rare Old French variant spelling luef for Modern French lieu ('place') supports the suggestion that a final [w] of the Old French word was in certain environments perceived as an [f].[2]


  • #13
    drumlover22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭drumlover22


    Marlon Slow Cookie wrote: »
    It's lef-tenant in Britain and Ireland. Loo-tenant in the States.

    I knew I'd be wrong somehow :P


  • #14
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Funnily enough the one word I have a lot of trouble pronouncing is pronounce.


  • #15
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Nike


  • #16
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    Marine corps = marine core

    WTF?


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Anne Doyle saying the word 'sexual' is bad on two levels. Firstly, it's like yore ma saying a word you dont wanna hear.

    Mostly, though, its how she pronounces it

    seks-ual

    B*itch be trippin'....


  • #18
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    im invisible wrote: »
    Nike

    It's Nikey. It's a Greek word and that's how you pronounce it.


  • #19
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Ghoti.

    That is all.


  • #20
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    im invisible wrote: »
    Nike

    A-dee-dis

    A-dee-das.

    :mad:


  • #21
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Anne Doyle saying the word 'sexual' is bad on two levels. Firstly, it's like yore ma saying a word you dont wanna hear.

    Mostly, though, its how she pronounces it

    seks-ual

    B*itch be trippin'....
    She does the same with 'iss-yoo' instead of 'ishoo'.


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  • #22
    MungBean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭MungBean


    Heard Vincent Browne pronounce apologist weird last night. I'd say it like apollo-gist he said it like apple-oh-gist.


  • #23
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Even some newscasters say Thighland when it's correct pronunseeayshun is Tie-land.


  • #24
    theyearof2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭theyearof2010


    This is an ishew that causes alot of controversy


  • #25
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    When people say "Thigh-land" and "Thomas" instead of "Tie-land" and "Tomas". Or my mom who puts an extra h in "phanthom" :mad:


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Oh and another RTE gripe here. I'm not a fan of how they say Gardai.

    It's like Gwor-dee. They're working a 'W' in there somehow and I just dont like it I tells ya!

    Its possibly the proper pronunciation of the word in some regions though? I'm open to criticism on that.


  • #27
    Mink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,260 ✭✭✭Mink


    Tissssues or Isssssues instead of "tishue" and "ishue"

    Always seems to be news readers that do this

    Also, "defin - I - tely"


  • #28
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Ireland - Sit-u-a-shun.
    N. Ireland - Sit-e-a-shun


  • #29
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    emeraldstar wrote: »
    She does the same with 'iss-yoo' instead of 'ishoo'.
    It should be iss-yoo.


  • #30
    landsleaving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭landsleaving


    foxyboxer wrote: »
    A-dee-dis

    A-dee-das.

    :mad:

    Addy-Dass?

    I remember vaguely an ad for Cica runners where they said 'See-ka, Sy-ka, whatever you wanna call it' - wonder if they were taking the p*ss out of nike and adidas?


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  • #31
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,213 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Committ-TEE, instead of committee.


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