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I am a petty man, and want to prove my wife wrong.

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    #62
    joe40
    Registered Users Posts: 3,811 ✭✭✭joe40


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Eh, no.

    Monkey is prounced like Shrek pronounces donkey.

    Mun-key
    Don-key

    https://youtu.be/iPtdh_gyqyM

    Don't think so. Can't believe I'm discussing this though. Must be a slow news evening.


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    #63
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    DUNkey
    joe40 wrote: »
    https://youtu.be/iPtdh_gyqyM

    Sounds like dunkey to me.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    #64
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Eh, no.

    Monkey is prounced like Shrek pronounces donkey.

    Mun-key
    Don-key

    You want Don-key but you don’t want Mon-key?

    Posh.


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    #65
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    DUNkey
    FuzzyThinking wrote: »
    In Dublin it often rhymes with buck or you get the other version which is like bewuuuuuke.

    As in, where's me bleedin’ kuuukery bewuuuuke.
    b'yew'k is very howsyerma "working" class scobe, Salt-of-de-earth, Joe, I dunno how he got all dat bleedin' heroin in him.


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    #66
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Donkey_in_Clovelly%2C_North_Devon%2C_England.jpg

    Is the name of this animal pronounced DONkey or DUNkey?

    It was " Dunkey " where i grew up , my fiance laughs at me when i pronounce it that way

    im almost certain the other one is the correct one though


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    #67
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    DUNkey
    Don-Corleone
    Don-Key


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    #68
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,033 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    DUNkey
    Smee_Again wrote: »
    What do you call a donkey with 1 eye and 3 legs?

    A winky wonky donkey.

    What about a donkey with 1 eye, 3 legs and plays in a music bar?
    Why, a winky wonky honky tonky donkey of course!


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    #69
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    DUNkey
    Google translate says Donkey if that helps.


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    #70
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 10,972 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    DUNkey
    The results are in.

    403 to 40 in favour of Donkey.

    My wife is wrong.

    As are these people:

    A Law, athlone573, Beanntraigheach, Berties_Horse, Blaaz_, blaris, dobman88, egan2020, FinnC, fvp4, golfball37, Gwynplaine, Joeseph Balls, jules86, Kintarō Hattori, KKkitty, KrustyBurger, Mad_maxx, MIRMIR82, mooman, nazzy, partyjungle, phildenny, Porthallian, Porthallian, Pringles123, Purgative, Purple Mountain, Real Life, ReeReeG, ReginaldSmythV, retalivity, Righty, roosterman71, SAMTALK, sockpuppets, Suckler, sydthebeat, the purple tin, xabi

    Weirdos!


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    #71
    chooseusername
    Registered Users Posts: 3,588 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    Well done,
    you won that one.:rolleyes:



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA


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    #72
    Tazium
    Registered Users Posts: 899 ✭✭✭Tazium


    Did anyone ask the Donkey? Will no-one think of the Donkey?


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    #73
    Curious_Case
    Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Curious_Case


    It's impossible to say "Bogs Bonny" without sounding posh


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    #74
    jbv
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭jbv


    Poll is closed.
    I can't vote :-(


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    #75
    nonethepfizer
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭nonethepfizer


    PEN - GWEN

    or

    PENG - GWEN


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    #76
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    DUNkey
    nonethepfizer wrote: »
    PEN - GWEN

    or

    PENG - GWEN

    Pen-gwin!
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    #77
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    DUNkey
    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Pen-gwin!


    Puh-Puh-Puh-Pengg-Gwin


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    #78
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    DUNkey
    Curious_Case wrote: »
    It's impossible to say "Bogs Bonny" without sounding posh
    Or like a Scotsman commenting on a picturesque marsh.


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    #79
    ablelocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭ablelocks


    DUNkey
    Curious_Case wrote: »
    It's impossible to say "Bogs Bonny" without sounding posh

    not sure why, but my first instinct was to say that with a nordy accent.


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    #80
    Curious_Case
    Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Curious_Case


    ablelocks wrote: »
    not sure why, but my first instinct was to say that with a nordy accent.

    hint - try putting the U's back in and comparing the two versions


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