DadAgain

I've had people try and justify that by saying, "No no no - those are 2 different words - once is adjective (the colour), the other is the verb (as in - "abandon" )..... Respectfully pointing them to a dictionary where the pronunciation is spelt out exactly the same for the 2 definitions doesnt seem to help.

Penny45

So new line to read is "Maroon 5 wore maroon shirts when they were marooned"

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Get someone from Bristol to say..

"Specifically, what is the best TV aerial for this area?"

Comes out as

"Pacifically, what is the best TV aeriel for this aeriel"

livvyg

when i had my first job in Oz as a secretary in a solicitors office, they called memo's ''meemo's''. It took me ages to work out what they were on about.

Dayboo also bugs the crap out of me, as well as newsreaders who say "an 'istoric', instead of 'a historic', talk about making it difficult for yourself.

Dorothy

I miss French. My daughter's boss is French and she said he has the most beautiful accent.
But "an" is correct in front of the word "historic". Would you say "a hour"

GarryP

Actually I use cay-sh for the stuff in a computer, and ca-sh for the stuff in my pocket.

I use r-oo-ter for the networking device, and r-out-er for the thing that makes holes in wood. Sniggering aussies are treated with disdain.

All down to giving some differentiation between the terms so you know what's being talked about.

Anyone who says prO-ject or darta, however, gets smacked over the head with a cricket bat.

elice_in_oz

My surname has an accent AND a silent D at the end...

Turban Explorer

Whack it over luv

Penny45

Come on then ... we need to know!

elice_in_oz

I reckon I am the only person on here who can actually pronounce début as it is meant to be pronounced with the right [y] sound Cos I haven't yet met an English native speaker who can do the [y] sound correctly

livvyg

No I wouldn't, I would say "an hour'' as the H isnt pronounced in the word, same as ''an honour'', "an honest" etc. As far as im concerned the H in historic is pronounced e.g ''look at that historic house''.

It wouldnt be too bad if they didnt go to great pains to emphasise the 2 different words, i think thats what makes it sound bad (to my ears anyway), as i quite frequently drop h's and add an e.g ''he's an 'appy boy'' but if i was reading the news and trying to sound proper i would say ''he's a happy boy''.

Sorry cant believe ive written a whole post about this, im not a grammar nazi its just one of those little things that really irks me!!

commonwealth

Strauss Kahnd

elice_in_oz

Not on a public forum! Now if karma were forthcoming... maybe a PM would be appropriate

Japonica

You mean the [y] as in high front rounded vowel...some of us can do it. Have German or French to thank for it though. German especially. If you're a lazy English speaker and decide to substitute [u] for [y], you get entirely different words in some cases, and some quizzical looks from the person you're speaking with.

cappuccino

Paaaaah-sta
Daaah-ta
Pro-ject
and over here (NZ) they say 'Woman' for 'women' - that really annoys me