Pronunciation rant

JessieAddick said:

Sillybilly said:

Bedsaddick said:

I've never heard anyone say Jessica Rennis

Sue Barker does it all the time as does Barry Davies.

It's actually the same case as the ones I mentioned above, right? An imaginary letter 'r' added to the end of a word which subsequently affects the pronunciation of the next word? Am I right?

It's because we run the words into each other, essentially saying "idearof" instead of two separate words, "idea of", which is how someone who had elocution lessons, or was brunged up proper, would say it.

Rizzo said:

My wife drives me nuts with her 'sumfink' and 'nuffink'. She's not even 'common' and speaks quite well generally.

My girlfriend is the same no matter how many times I've tried pointing it out, so now when she does it I just act confused until she says it correctly. I must really piss her off.

Tomarto / Tomayto / Tomateo

What about people who pronounce it Tomeighto ?

A friend I've lost touch with used to really get on my wick by saying "brought it" when he meant "bought it" and the bugger was always buying and selling stuff!

Just don't get him started on apostrophes.

It's not ongion, it's onion
It's no arks, it's ask
It's not Millwall, it's Millwank

aitchyaddick said:

LawrieAbrahams said:

Haitch instead of aitch.

I'm with you Laurie. It really grates with me.
I've told my grandchildren it's Aitch, but they won't have it. Their teacher pronounces it Haitch so they say it must be right.

Get down with the kids Haitchyaddick.

Southern Hemisphere English.....

South African especially Boer Saffa accents are a real problem for me. Every word they say grates across my consciousness.

I can just about cope with New Zealand and Australia (preference for the Kiwi).

Solidgone said:

How is Palarse pronounced?

However Brian Cole wants.

AddicksAddict said:

AddicksAddict said:

Plumstead_Micky said:

JiMMy 85 said:

Sorry to break this to you Micky, but the guy who founded Nike says it's pronounced Nikey, as in, to rhyme with Micky.

Trouble is he only seemed to correct everybody about 25 years later. Old boys like me got used to the old pronunciation! A bit like Kim Bassinger later becoming Kim "Bay-singer".

Really old boys back in ancient Greece pronounced it rhyming with Mikey. Nike (Νίκη) is the Greek goddess of victory so I think they probably new how to say it.

Having looked at this in more detail, at the time Nike was named, the 'η' (now eta, then heta) was used to indicate rough breathing, meaning it probably would be more like Nikhgh than Nik-e, but certainly not just one syllable like Mike.

Likey.

My mother-in-law tried to pick up my daughter on the fact that there is a t in Charlton yesterday. YES, BUT IT IS SILENT.

I think most of us are guilty of 'gunna' if from around these parts. 'I'm just gunna pop down the shops' etc...

My missus who is not common (and if she had married someone else could almost claim to be middle class) always says 'je' instead of 'do you'. 'Je want a blowjob darling?' Well, not if you are going to speak in that South Bermondsey accent I reply. I have standards.

I used to annoy someone I worked with by saying the following:

'I see me Mum yesterday'. 'I SAW MY Mum' he would shout and although I know it is wrong it just sounds right.