Pronounciation

12-11-2011 12:56AM

Buoy.

I pronounce it boy, but with a minutely longer O sound, if that makes sense. Just like I'm thinking about the U but not really saying it.

It annoys me when people say "booey". How can you get booey out of b-u-o-y?

HugoBradyBrown · 12-11-2011 02:30AM

FruitLover wrote: »

Given your grammar skills and pronunciation, I'm guessing... bogland?

There's the Irish name 'Rónán' (which is presumably the original name from whence 'Ronan' came), that might be why.

It's a bit sad when he's got his name at the side of his post, and again at the bottom, and yet again in his sig. Smacks of attention-seeking (and is hardly original; there is no shortage of people on these boards who seem to feel the need to manually type out their username again at the end of their posts).

Well, no, actually. The reason for the double entry of the personal name on posts was that one does not see one's own 'sig' on posts; consequently, one previously felt a moral obligation to place one's name underneath what one wrote. It has now become apparent that this was supererogatory.

May I say how gratifying it has been to have received some PMs commending highly the posts that have appeared over this name.

ballsacky · 12-11-2011 02:38AM

When people substitute then for than. Like if someone said 'I have more then you.' Baxtards.

LordSutch · 16-11-2011 11:57PM

true-or-false wrote: »

Buoy.

I pronounce it boy, but with a minutely longer O sound, if that makes sense. Just like I'm thinking about the U but not really saying it.

It annoys me when people say "booey". How can you get booey out of b-u-o-y?

In this part of the world we say 'Boy', wheras in the US they tend to say 'booey.'

Among my pet hates are Thigh-Land instead of Tie-land, True-out instead of Throughout, Boat instead of Both, Heigth instead of Height, Lent instead of length, Thought instead of Taught, and Noos instead of News!

chimmy chonga · 17-11-2011 12:10AM

HugoBradyBrown wrote: »

He was merely adverting to the fact .....

Hugo Brady Brown

What does adverting mean?

Enkidu · 17-11-2011 10:26AM

Pherekydes wrote: »

That's very interesting, Hugo Brady Brown, but wrong. Gaelic won't do. It has to be Gaeilge.

Well Gaelic is one of the names for the language in English and emphasises the links with Scots Gaelic, since they are basically one language.

Finally the language is Gaelainn/Gaolainn in Munster and Gaeilg in Munster, Gaeilge is the genetive, e.g. Gramadach na Gaeilge = The grammar of the Irish.

sbsquarepants · 17-11-2011 11:50AM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Cork.

Some say Co-urk in a posh way.

It's actually Caaaawwwrk.

It's caaawwwrkboyeee

Seen this the other day....
If the GH in enouGH is pronounced like an F
and th O in wOmen is pronounce like an I
and the TI in iniTIal is pronounced like an SH
then the word GHOTI is actually pronounced FISH:D

pickarooney · 17-11-2011 12:16PM

Batsy wrote: »

Lef-tenant is the British - i.e. correct - way of pronouncing it.

Loo-tenant is the awful American way of saying it.

How does mispronouncing a French word result in a correct way of saying anything?

cosanostra · 17-11-2011 01:29PM

Mead when pronouncing Meath or over pronouncing the th in it

Also Gaelagoirs not being able to say v so when saying video it comes out as Wideo

jester77 · 17-11-2011 01:39PM

Dublin, not Dooblin
The number 3 has a 'h' in it, it's three not tree.

flutterflye · 17-11-2011 01:59PM

jester77 wrote: »

Dublin, not Dooblin
The number 3 has a 'h' in it, it's three not tree.

I say Dublin, but I love someone with a real Dub accent saying Dooblin.

Pherekydes · 17-11-2011 03:07PM

Dubbalin.

FinnLizzy · 17-11-2011 03:29PM

There is a bad habit among rural folk for pronouncing certificate as 'cer-ta-fic-ate'.
Along with sang-wich. And for some reason, a lot of people pronounce crisps as 'TAY-TO'.

Pherekydes · 17-11-2011 03:34PM

FinnLizzy wrote: »

And for some reason, a lot of people pronounce crisps as 'TAY-TO'.

I've never hear that. I hear a lot of tay-ho, though. And crips. :rolleyes:

Gophur · 17-11-2011 04:00PM

cosanostra wrote: »

Mead when pronouncing Meath or over pronouncing the th in it
..............

Or, as Pat Spillane says "Meet"

Lady Chuckles · 17-11-2011 04:07PM

... I need a drink. :rolleyes:

The King of Moo · 17-11-2011 04:35PM

I have to say there's some sensible posting on here, and there's some real nitpicking.

I assume everyone pronounces words like "flower" and "car" the "correct" way, with the "r" silent?

manbat · 31-10-2012 03:37PM

What about wasp?

wosp? or wAAsp?

The King of Moo · 31-10-2012 03:41PM

manbat wrote: »

What about wasp?

wosp? or wAAsp?

How is this pronounced? Like "clasp" or "grasp?"

Anyway, I'd always pronounce it in the former manner. I can't think of any other way to do so.

ruthloss · 31-10-2012 03:49PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

And cert-a-FIC-ate.

Suss tiff a kate!!:rolleyes:

Big Nasty · 31-10-2012 03:54PM

manbat wrote: »

What about wasp?

wosp? or wAAsp?

You resuscitated a near year old thread for that!?! :eek:

LordSutch · 31-10-2012 03:59PM

Coll-yum

What's that about?

31-10-2012 04:29PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Coll-yum

What's that about?

Bananas

gobnaitolunacy · 31-10-2012 05:50PM

When English people say 'drawing' it goes more like 'draw-ering' for some reason.

The King of Moo · 31-10-2012 05:55PM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

When English people say 'drawing' it goes more like 'draw-ering' for some reason.

It's more difficult with a lot of English accents to pronounce two vowel sounds together, as in the case of "drawing," so a consonant sound will slip in to ease the pronunciation.

See also how many have difficulty with Irish surnames like "Doherty" and "Gallagher," which have adjacent vowel sounds, in their place saying "Docherty" and pronouncing the "gh" as a hard "g" sound in "Gallagher."

Irish people don't tend to have such a problem as it's quite common to have two different vowel sounds together in Irish names.

gobnaitolunacy · 31-10-2012 05:59PM

Some Irish placenames are traps for the unfamiliar English visitor.

Heard clangers like 'Ball Lina', 'At Henry' and 'At Hee'.

Chuck Stone · 31-10-2012 06:48PM

Manchester United have won themselves a pelenty.

It's 'pen-al-tay' George.

Heroditas · 31-10-2012 06:53PM

Nook-ulur really gets me.
The way Enda Kenny says "trea-u-ty" is also very effin annoying.
Finance also seems to have one letter less nowadays and is pronounced "f'nance". A popular one with de meeja.

Coffeeteasugar · 31-10-2012 07:02PM

sandwiches pronounced as sandgwiches.

patrickbrophy18 · 31-10-2012 08:39PM

Agree with the OP about the word "lieutenant". I don't know who decided to to start pronouncing it as "lef-tenant". The word "lieutenant" is a combination of the French words "lieu" (meaning "place" or "in place") and "tenant" (meaning "holding"). The word "lieu" is pronounced "loo" (not "lef") as in "time in lieu" or "in lieu of".

Pat Kenny always pronounces the word "issue" as "iss-you" when most people pronounce it as "i-shoe".

In American English, the following words are pronounced differently:

Route: Commonly pronounced to "r-out" instead of "root".
Aluminium: The omission of the "i" in front of the "u" results in a four syllable word as opposed to five. As such, the pronounce it as "a-loo-min-um" instead of "a-loo-min-ee-um".
Vitamin: The alphabetic pronunciation of the "i" results in it being rendered as "v-eye-tamin" as opposed to "vi-tamin".
Anti: The prefix is often pronounced as "an-tie" instead of "an-tee".
Simultaneous: Similarly with the word "anti" (above), simultaneous is often pronounced as "sigh-mul-tane-ee-us" as opposed to "si-mul-tane-ee-us".

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