It's all about how you say it.

maryanimal · Post by **maryanimal** » Tue May 07, 2013 1:00 pm

I've always found it interesting how people say certain words differently, for instance, worcestershire sauce. Do you say, worsta-sheer, or worsta-sure, or worsta-shy-er...

do people actually say Catsup? That's a head-scratcher isn't it...

CornMan · Post by **CornMan** » Tue May 07, 2013 1:42 pm

wor-sha-shire sauce. It's good.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:17 pm

war chester shire

mgb327 · Post by **mgb327** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:31 pm

My frame of reference is kinda strange with words. "So, Momma and Poppa Tomato were walking down the street with baby Tomato waddling along. Baby Tomato could not keep up, and Poppa Tomato turned around, and smashed Baby Tomato flat, squashed him with his foot. Poppa Tomato said to his pulp "Catchup!".

CornMan · Post by **CornMan** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:37 pm

New Orleans rhymes with Evergreens, or Chuck Berry is a liar.

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:38 pm

vitamins .... English cant say it right

Post by **Savannah** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:40 pm

. . . Worchester-sheister-gloucestershire!

*cough*

Wurst-a-shur.

MikeGyver · Post by **MikeGyver** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:59 pm

How do you say Vitamins, Tatonka?

and Wurst-a-shire

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue May 07, 2013 3:17 pm

i pronounce it like Nipsey Russell does.

"whats this here sauce"

maryanimal · Post by **maryanimal** » Tue May 07, 2013 3:18 pm

CornMan wrote:New Orleans rhymes with Evergreens, or Chuck Berry is a liar.

...or New Or-lans or Nawlins..

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Tue May 07, 2013 3:21 pm

Mrpatatomoto wrote:How do you say Vitamins, Tatonka?

and Wurst-a-shire

English say Vit amins the it sounds like your saying it . I say it like Vi tamins

and worst-a-shur sauce

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Tue May 07, 2013 4:48 pm

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maryanimal · Post by **maryanimal** » Tue May 07, 2013 4:52 pm

Man-aisse or Mayo-naisse

Coo-pon or que-pon

TT120 · Post by **TT120** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:04 pm

Worst a shire
Nawlins
man aise
Vite a mins
catch up

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:06 pm

ELLLL- orrum or Eeee-LORE-um

Graidawg and I have agreed to disagree on this one. Until she proves me correct.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:17 pm

MyDearFriend wrote:ELLLL- orrum or Eeee-LORE-um

Graidawg and I have agreed to disagree on this one. Until she proves me correct.

If there's a bidding war, I can change my preference.

171/348 · Post by **171/348** » Tue May 07, 2013 6:51 pm

Where I live... They think the word water has two D's in the middle.
Wudder.

Post by **Sham** » Tue May 07, 2013 7:24 pm

Some people think I have a heavy Boston accent.

Bumble · Post by **Bumble** » Tue May 07, 2013 8:17 pm

woo-star-shire or "wooster" by the locals

I remember having an American lecture at uni & he said everything "wrong" (To an Australia - but then we say EVERYTHING wrong to a Brit)
But A-loo-min-um - verse Al-i-min-i-um OR A-my-no acids verses A-me-no-acids

But true story - i went to a Railway station in England that had a town called "Wooton" 5 minutes away from it and asked the English conductor how i'd get to "Woo-Ton" and he had NO IDEA where i was trying to get to - until i spelt it, then he replied "oh, "whit-on"?" !!!!!!

i'd love to study the anthropology of accents & pronunciation - i think a lot of old Aussies sound like they are from the east end of london - cockneys that is

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:04 pm

English English, especially proper nouns, have a lot of extra letters. I'd never would have learned how to spell my last name if it were pronounced Chumley.

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:06 pm

Bumble wrote:woo-star-shire or "wooster" by the locals

I remember having an American lecture at uni & he said everything "wrong" (To an Australia - but then we say EVERYTHING wrong to a Brit)
But A-loo-min-um - verse Al-i-min-i-um OR A-my-no acids verses A-me-no-acids

But true story - i went to a Railway station in England that had a town called "Wooton" 5 minutes away from it and asked the English conductor how i'd get to "Woo-Ton" and he had NO IDEA where i was trying to get to - until i spelt it, then he replied "oh, "whit-on"?" !!!!!!

i'd love to study the anthropology of accents & pronunciation - i think a lot of old Aussies sound like they are from the east end of london - cockneys that is

Aluminium... I was thinking about that. don't fucking understand how it go to be A-loo-min-um.

MikeGyver · Post by **MikeGyver** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:42 pm

International Incident wrote:
Bumble wrote:woo-star-shire or "wooster" by the locals

I remember having an American lecture at uni & he said everything "wrong" (To an Australia - but then we say EVERYTHING wrong to a Brit)
But A-loo-min-um - verse Al-i-min-i-um OR A-my-no acids verses A-me-no-acids

But true story - i went to a Railway station in England that had a town called "Wooton" 5 minutes away from it and asked the English conductor how i'd get to "Woo-Ton" and he had NO IDEA where i was trying to get to - until i spelt it, then he replied "oh, "whit-on"?" !!!!!!

i'd love to study the anthropology of accents & pronunciation - i think a lot of old Aussies sound like they are from the east end of london - cockneys that is
Aluminium... I was thinking about that. don't fucking understand how it go to be A-loo-min-um.

There's only so many letters that can be in a word before Americans start skipping them

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:45 pm

I know its silly saying the english cant speak english

International Incident · Post by **International Incident** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:52 pm

I was once told by an American (well an Alaskan) that my english was very good... He was serious...

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:04 pm

I cant talk about correct speech or writing cause I have neither . MY mom is German and as a kid we would be over at my grandpa Bents House and everyone spoke german all the time , and at my grandpa Birds house they spoke Cree and some French and English . At home it was English with angry strange words when I would get in trouble. Also at 5 had a cracking your skull open moment when I tripped and bashed my head into one of those old cast iron radiator heaters. Was poor so I got a wet rag to put on my head to stop the bleeding. Still by the 3rd grade was hard to function , day dreamed alot. My teacher said to my mom there is one word to describe your son "Duhhhhhh"
I snapped out of it around 4th or 5th , was real good at basic math but barley passed any english classes .

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:09 pm

my Experience with this is With Latin and German. After living in Germany for many years I really began to understand the English language and all of its contradictory quirks. And latter while learning Latin and it's application to taxonomy I began to learn German all over again.
to sum it all up; you say potato, she says potatoe, he says Kartoffle and I say earth pear.
proper pronunciation is; Mc Fries™

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:11 pm

knowmad wrote:my Experience with this is With Latin and German. After living in Germany for many years I really began to understand the English language and all of its contradictory quirks. And latter while learning Latin and it's application to taxonomy I began to learn German all over again.
to sum it all up; you say potato, she says potatoe, he says Kartoffle and I say earth pear. proper pronunciation is Mc Fries™

McFries I can understand

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:12 pm

tatonka wrote:
knowmad wrote:my Experience with this is With Latin and German. After living in Germany for many years I really began to understand the English language and all of its contradictory quirks. And latter while learning Latin and it's application to taxonomy I began to learn German all over again.
to sum it all up; you say potato, she says potatoe, he says Kartoffle and I say earth pear. proper pronunciation is Mc Fries™
McFries I can understand

Danke!

lemur · Post by **lemur** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:14 pm

shedjule

onvellope

coop-on

warchester sauce

ESPLANADE

rhymes with:

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:18 pm

noooo. rhymes with hand grenade.
Spa-get-he or spag-et-ee?

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