Pronounciation

landsleaving · 09-11-2011 03:00PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

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

Ireland - Northern Ireland
N. Ireland - Nornern

Cee-Jay-Cee · 09-11-2011 03:01PM

Ni-Kee although i used to pronounce it Nike (as in 'Like') No idea why i changed as i think its fairly half and half the way people pronounce it.

Carribean - I say Cara-bee-an whereas my mum says Carib-ee-in.

Discipline - Diss-ah-plin and not fúcking Dissipp-lin

I would say Loo-Tenant and Cer-nul.

I honestly believe words should be spelt phonetically, it would make things much simpler, cut out ridiculous pronouciations and differences in spelling between countries. It would also make it easier to teach children to spell correctly.

Galtee · 09-11-2011 03:01PM

Mink wrote: »

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

Always seems to be news readers that do this

Also, "defin - I - tely"

Either or is acceptable.

Badly Drunk Boy · 09-11-2011 03:01PM

And cert-a-FIC-ate.

emeraldstar · 09-11-2011 03:02PM

There's a girl in work who always says "a-shoom" and "pre-zhume" instead of "ah-soom" and "pre-zume". Irks me a bit.

cson · 09-11-2011 03:02PM

People who add an extra 'o' or two to words like Cook and Book.

Coooooooo-k

Boooooooo-k

The sheer horror when they attempt to say cookbook. :eek:

Miss Olenska · 09-11-2011 03:02PM

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

AFAIK it's only pronounced "lef-tenant" in the UK for some reason. Well so says my OED. Thought to come from French or something.

Marlon Slow Cookie wrote: »

It's lef-tenant in Britain and Ireland. Loo-tenant in the States.

Thought it was "loo-tenant" in Ireland, TBH.

09-11-2011 03:02PM

Okay I look like a hormonal teenager here at this stage but why do some Irish people have an issue (issyoo.... thanks Anne) with the saying the name of this country correctly?

It's not called Areland. I'm sorry but it's just not!!!!

emeraldstar · 09-11-2011 03:04PM

Marlon Slow Cookie wrote: »

It should be iss-yoo.

I'm not saying she's wrong, I'm saying that pronunciation annoys me.

Galtee · 09-11-2011 03:04PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Okay I look like a hormonal teenager here at this stage but why do some Irish people have an issue (issyoo.... thanks Anne) with the saying the name of this country correctly?

It's not called Areland. I'm sorry but it's just not!!!!

Agreed, it does my head in, especially when everyone knows it's ourland.

emeraldstar · 09-11-2011 03:05PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Okay I look like a hormonal teenager here at this stage but why do some Irish people have an issue (issyoo.... thanks Anne) with the saying the name of this country correctly?

It's not called Areland. I'm sorry but it's just not!!!!

Or "Island" as per the English pronunciation.

landsleaving · 09-11-2011 03:06PM

CJC999 wrote: »

I honestly believe words should be spelt phonetically, it would make things much simpler, cut out ridiculous pronouciations and differences in spelling between countries. It would also make it easier to teach children to spell correctly.

No.

No no no no no.

Words have ridiculous spellings so we have an instant way of telling if someone's worth continuing a conversation with or not.

Or if they're Americans stealing the letter 'u' and assuming 'z' needs to be in words it has no place in.

Bannasidhe · 09-11-2011 03:07PM

Modern - it's mod-ern not mod-ren. ERN- FFS - ERN!:mad:

It-lee - It-al-lee

Catlick - Cath-o-lick.

09-11-2011 03:07PM

''Resume...... It still sounds weird to me'' - Ramrod, Hell's Angels (Bakersfield)

Sky King · 09-11-2011 03:07PM

On RTE news Gardai is oft pronounced Gore Thee

Gar dee. It's a irish word and therefore can't be said poshly, you sound like a fkin bogger no matter what, that's the whole point. (or de whole pint as we say here in Kilkenny).

landsleaving · 09-11-2011 03:09PM

While I'm at it, there's no f in solpadeine. LEARN TO READ.

09-11-2011 03:09PM

emeraldstar wrote: »

Or "Island" as per the English pronunciation.

Or Air-awh

Galtee · 09-11-2011 03:11PM

People saying Al-Mond instead of Ah Mond irk me.

09-11-2011 03:12PM

i always say pray-leen
but i'm told it should be praw-leen

for praline

Handy11 · 09-11-2011 03:13PM

Omackeral wrote: »

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

Agreed! And to make it worse they soften the D, making Guorthee. Horrible.

Other ones to note:

Arctic
Film (I say fillum. I know I'm wrong)
Mischievous
Chipotle
Militia
Jewelry (another one I'm a culprit for)
Percolate
Weetabix
Sherbet
Bruschetta

RhubarbCrumble · 09-11-2011 03:13PM

So that county in the west of Ireland,

MAY o

or

May OH

Immaculate Pasta · 09-11-2011 03:14PM

Lieutenant is correctly pronounced as "leftennant" though, "lootennant" is American English.

09-11-2011 03:16PM

The fordener hadn't a care in the wurdled as he read the Herdled while smoking his Mardelburda Lights.

The foreigner hadn't a care in the world as he read the Herald while smoking his Marlborough Lights.

landsleaving · 09-11-2011 03:17PM

bluewolf wrote: »

i always say pray-leen
but i'm told it should be praw-leen

for praline

There's a word I've never said out loud. Now I've done it both ways a few times.

Praw-line sounds like it involves prawns in some way.

flutterflye · 09-11-2011 03:18PM

I hate when people put more importance on the wrong word/syllable if you know what I mean?
Like saying ice-CREAM instead of ICE-cream.
I'm not sure how to explain it well, but people do it with all sorts of words and it bugs the sh1t out of me.

landsleaving · 09-11-2011 03:20PM

flutterflye wrote: »

I hate when people put more importance on the wrong word/syllable if you know what I mean?
Like saying ice-CREAM instead of ICE-cream.
I'm not sure how to explain it well, but people do it with all sorts of words and it bugs the sh1t out of me.

Why should ice be more important than cream? one can't exist without the other with ice-cream.

I'm so confused now. Who puts emphasis on either word?

I get your overall point, but what a bizarre example. If I start noticing it now I'm coming to steal your ice-CREAM.

Galtee · 09-11-2011 03:20PM

Most of all I hate when people correct my pronounciation of a word and they're wrong too.

09-11-2011 03:20PM

Handy11 wrote: »

Agreed! And to make it worse they soften the D, making Guorthee. Horrible.

Other ones to note:

Arctic
Film (I say fillum. I know I'm wrong)
Mischievous
Chipotle
Militia
Jewelry (another one I'm a culprit for)
Percolate
Weetabix
Sherbet
Bruschetta

How do you say this one? I didnt know there was a variant.

Some more skangtastic lingo

-Crips for Crisps (or even more offensive- a patch of crips instead of a packet)

-Hostable for Hospital

-Cousint for Cousin

The King of Moo · 09-11-2011 03:22PM

Though I'm a grammar pedant I'm not too hung up on pronunciation.

We're regularly exposed to both British and American pronunciation of words, as well as our own, so it's not really fair to expect people to conform to one particular way of pronouncing words.

As long as a mispronunciation isn't stupendously wrong and it's clear what the word is, I'm not bothered by it. Unless it's a pronunciation made as an affectation to sound "posh."

You have to remember that certain pronunciations are more to do with accents and custom rather than ignorance.

In fact, I'd hate if one uniform system of pronunciation was imposed on all speakers. The variety and flexibility of English is what I love about it.

Though one thing that's always puzzled me: why is "liquorice" pronounced "liquorish?"

Handy11 · 09-11-2011 03:23PM

flutterflye wrote: »

I hate when people put more importance on the wrong word/syllable if you know what I mean?
Like saying ice-CREAM instead of ICE-cream.
I'm not sure how to explain it well, but people do it with all sorts of words and it bugs the sh1t out of me.

It's like with Red Bull. Americans call it REDbull. We pronounce it Red BULL with only a slight emphasis on the bull. We revert to the American emphasis a lot when speaking about it with vodka. Which is strange

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