Pronounciation
Feb 9th 2006 | 8:55 pm
#1
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Pronounciation
I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
Feb 9th 2006 | 8:56 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by worzel
I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
what about row-ta instead of router or rowt instead of route ...
Feb 9th 2006 | 8:57 pm
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From: Figtree, NSW
Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by worzel
I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
yep Megan as Meegan...
Feb 9th 2006 | 9:00 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by cam_uk
what about row-ta instead of router or rowt instead of route ...
Feb 9th 2006 | 9:06 pm
#5
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by cam_uk
what about row-ta instead of router or rowt instead of route ...
Cheers
Buzzy
Feb 9th 2006 | 9:07 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by Welshie
yep Megan as Meegan...
JO
Feb 9th 2006 | 9:31 pm
#7
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Re: Pronounciation
I can't do Yo - gert. 
New expressions are easy to pick up but to have to say a word differently to the way that you have been saying it for 30 (or more!!!) years makes me feel false. So, I'll say it my way!
Binbird
New expressions are easy to pick up but to have to say a word differently to the way that you have been saying it for 30 (or more!!!) years makes me feel false. So, I'll say it my way!
Binbird
Feb 9th 2006 | 9:39 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by worzel
I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
Manchester instead of linen, whats that all about then? I lived in Aus til I was 10 but dont remember that one.
I wonder if I pick up my old aussie accent quickly?
Feb 9th 2006 | 9:58 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by lawlaw
Manchester instead of linen, whats that all about then? I lived in Aus til I was 10 but dont remember that one.
I wonder if I pick up my old aussie accent quickly?
I wonder if I pick up my old aussie accent quickly?
Yeh when we lived in NZ I couldnt cope with calling linen "manchester".
I went into a shop with a visitor from the UK as she wanted to buy a towel. Upon being told she'd find them in the Manchester department she inquired whether that was between the Birmingham and the Carlisle departments.
The shop staff didn't get it
Cheers
Buzzy
Feb 9th 2006 | 10:04 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by lawlaw
Manchester instead of linen, whats that all about then? I lived in Aus til I was 10 but dont remember that one.
Until about 1820 in NSW, all woven cotton cloth and clothing came from India.
Then came the Industrial Revolution in England when people learnt how to spin and weave cotton like the Indians, but by machine. Many mills were founded and prospered in Lancashire, with the city of Manchester as its centre.
In Australia, Indian cottons were gradually replaced by the machine-woven sheets, etc, imported from England.
The term "manchester" for these items was first mentioned in the Sydney Gazette in 1835 and in due course manchester became the generic term for all household linen.
Feb 9th 2006 | 10:15 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Until about 1820 in NSW, all woven cotton cloth and clothing came from India.
Then came the Industrial Revolution in England when people learnt how to spin and weave cotton like the Indians, but by machine. Many mills were founded and prospered in Lancashire, with the city of Manchester as its centre.
In Australia, Indian cottons were gradually replaced by the machine-woven sheets, etc, imported from England.
The term "manchester" for these items was first mentioned in the Sydney Gazette in 1835 and in due course manchester became the generic term for all household linen.
Tinnie of Melbourne anyone?
Cheers
Buzzy
Feb 9th 2006 | 10:39 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Yeh when we lived in NZ I couldnt cope with calling linen "manchester".
I went into a shop with a visitor from the UK as she wanted to buy a towel. Upon being told she'd find them in the Manchester department she inquired whether that was between the Birmingham and the Carlisle departments.
The shop staff didn't get it
Cheers
Buzzy
I went into a shop with a visitor from the UK as she wanted to buy a towel. Upon being told she'd find them in the Manchester department she inquired whether that was between the Birmingham and the Carlisle departments.
The shop staff didn't get it
Cheers
Buzzy
Classic
Feb 9th 2006 | 10:40 pm
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Pronounciation
How about Pronounciation instead of Pronunciation?
Feb 9th 2006 | 10:40 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Until about 1820 in NSW, all woven cotton cloth and clothing came from India.
Then came the Industrial Revolution in England when people learnt how to spin and weave cotton like the Indians, but by machine. Many mills were founded and prospered in Lancashire, with the city of Manchester as its centre.
In Australia, Indian cottons were gradually replaced by the machine-woven sheets, etc, imported from England.
The term "manchester" for these items was first mentioned in the Sydney Gazette in 1835 and in due course manchester became the generic term for all household linen.
Oh ok I get it, still thinks its a bit pony though. I will stick with linen.
Feb 9th 2006 | 10:49 pm
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Re: Pronounciation
Maroon will always be maroon to me and not marone.
