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Proper Pronunciation or lah-dee-dah

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    #32
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,514 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    cdgalwegian wrote: »
    :D She says it with such confidence.

    That explains a lot about an encounter I had in New York!


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    #33
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    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.

    Renault has always been pronounced Renoh, apart from a few non city people who knew no better, probably the same few who pronounce Thailand as Thigh-land :)


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    #34
    RobMc59
    Registered Users Posts: 4,831 ✭✭✭RobMc59


    A while back visiting family in Drogheda I heard a radio advert for new films available on VHS in Ireland(yes it was that long ago!)and I was fascinated by the pronunciation of"poltergeist"which was pronounced "polterjoist"which is pronounced "poltergaist"in England.


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    #35
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    RobMc59 wrote: »
    A while back visiting family in Drogheda I heard a radio advert for new films available on VHS in Ireland(yes it was that long ago!)and I was fascinated by the pronunciation of"poltergeist"which was pronounced "polterjoist"which is pronounced "poltergaist"in England.

    Is that Drogheda or Drok-heeda?


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    #36
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    TheValeyard wrote: »
    Shame on you AH.
    This video should have been in the first 8 posts.

    I give her Coke. She give me happy ending


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    #37
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,326 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Christina Savory Idiot wrote: »
    When did Ikea become ee-key-a, per their TV adverts?

    It was introduced to me as 'eye-key-ah' and it'll stay that way.


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    #38
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    Is that Drogheda or Drok-heeda?

    In "The Thorn Birds", the main character is supposed to be Irish, but she names her rural estate "Drogheda", the name of a town, and pronounces it Droe-gee-da.


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    #39
    milehip
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    touts wrote: »
    Renao, Renalt, Peageo. I wouldn't worry about it. The tow truck company will still find you if you just tell them you're in the "french piece of sh1t" broken down on the side of the motorway.

    Is that borrowed from "Viz's top tips"? If not you may have missed your calling.


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    #40
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,148 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Anybody who pronounces "restaurant" the French way will still get looks.

    And I will continue to pronounce Lidl to rhyme with lid. Despite the deliberate ad campaign.


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    #41
    It BeeMee
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭It BeeMee


    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 may be a Renoh Cleeoh, but it will always be a Renawlt Four


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    #42
    LimeFruitGum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭LimeFruitGum


    goose2005 wrote: »
    In "The Thorn Birds", the main character is supposed to be Irish, but she names her rural estate "Drogheda", the name of a town, and pronounces it Droe-gee-da.

    That used to wreck my head. The accents were pretty much all over the shop on that show.


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    #43
    trashcan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,918 ✭✭✭trashcan


    Can I mention people saying tremenjous. Is that still a thing ? Bertie Aherne was a chief culprit. Boils my p*ss as they say.


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    #44
    RobMc59
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    LimeFruitGum wrote: »
    That used to wreck my head. The accents were pretty much all over the shop on that show.

    Were`nt all the actors American and Australian in that show?


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    #45
    dxhound2005
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    Fukushima is another one. The Japanese say Foo Koosh Ma.

    Everyone copy please.


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    #46
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    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?

    Don't mind the French.


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    #47
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Thierry Henry is pronounced 'robbing bastard'.


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    #48
    KathleenGrant
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Thierry Henry is pronounced 'robbing bastard'.

    Really. That's not how I pronounce it


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    #49
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    goose2005 wrote: »
    In "The Thorn Birds", the main character is supposed to be Irish, but she names her rural estate "Drogheda", the name of a town, and pronounces it Droe-gee-da.

    Yeah, try getting back into the mood of a film after you're wrenched back to reality by something like that.....


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    #50
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    It's pronounced lep-re-kaun...

    not fuc*** le-pree-shun,

    I don't care if you were born and raised in the good 'ol US of A it doesn't give you the right to disgrace my heritage, the least you can do is google it... thanks.


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    #51
    LimeFruitGum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭LimeFruitGum


    RobMc59 wrote: »
    Were`nt all the actors American and Australian in that show?

    Everywhere but Oz. The leading lady was English. She was gorgeous but couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag. I think her husband in the series was an Aussie, but otherwise yeah, I think most of the cast were American. Guess they forgot to hire a dialect coach :D


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    #52
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    Renault has always been pronounced Renoh


    That's my point- word round the campfire is it's moved to the latter. At least in my neck of the woods. Maybe weeze just posh round these here parts. Peut-être.







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    #53
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,130 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    Analyze this

    How can a person be from Italy but be called an Eyetalian.

    Cannot figure that one out myself.


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    #54
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    Brendan Bendar wrote: »
    Analyze this

    How can a person be from Italy but be called an Eyetalian.

    Cannot figure that one out myself.

    Eye don't know.


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    #55
    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,364 ✭✭✭Ray Palmer


    https://youtu.be/TK3eaaANVU8


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    #56
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    People wrapping their mouths around Huawei kills me.

    "Aragh i have an aul Hawaii there so I have". No you don't and back to the bog with ya Bridget.

    Its Wah Way


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    #57
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Load of bollo.


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    #58
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Interestingly, the caron over the "S" in Škoda means it pronounced more like "Shkodda".


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    #59
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Interestingly, the caron over the "S" in Škoda means it pronounced more like "Shkodda".


    From Wikipedia:
    "When Czechoslovakia broke up in 1993, the Czech part of the name was intended to serve as the name of the Czech state. The decision started a dispute as many perceived the "new" word Česko, which before had been only rarely used alone, as harsh sounding or as a remnant of Československo."

    If I remember (an Economist piece) correctly, apparently the Czechs thought Česko sounded too much like Tesco.


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    #60
    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    The title of the thread is a little bit ironic considering pronunciation is spelt/pronounced pronounciation. However, it is spelt correctly in the body of the post.


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    #61
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    Vita nova wrote: »
    The title of the thread is a little bit ironic considering pronunciation is spelt/pronounced pronounciation. However, it is spelt correctly in the body of the post.

    That's just poor spelling. Now that you point it out, I do remember feeling there was something odd about it!;)
    The world's worst self proof-reader.


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