Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
Mar 14th 2012, 3:27 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
Try it after 30 years... .I get really confused on certain words pronunciation.
Especially when you throw the North South mix into the equation
"Twat" caused me all sorts of confusion.
It was definitely "Twot" When I left the UK and was used to describe a certain part of a womans body.... but wasn't commonly used, . I was correcting Aussies all over the place.... Until I heard a Londoner say it on TV... I was quite taken aback.
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Especially when you throw the North South mix into the equation
"Twat" caused me all sorts of confusion.
It was definitely "Twot" When I left the UK and was used to describe a certain part of a womans body.... but wasn't commonly used, . I was correcting Aussies all over the place.... Until I heard a Londoner say it on TV... I was quite taken aback.
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Mar 14th 2012, 3:43 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
Even got a bloke at work from Esher that says it the Northern way.... now that is infiltration.
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Mar 14th 2012, 4:18 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
really annoying and often by newsreaders!
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Mar 14th 2012, 4:27 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
Do you guys adopt Aussie vocab, e.g. pants for trousers, dooner for duvet etc? I find it makes life easier if you can remember but i refuse to adopt their weird pronunciation of some words e.g. daata instead of data.
Mar 14th 2012, 4:40 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
Not in a million years! When I first arrived and had stationery list from primary school I didn't know what half the items were - texta?? etc. Hope using their words doesn't include calling flipflops thongs!
Mar 14th 2012, 4:43 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
I had an Irish friend at work who was new to the country who was sitting next to me at work, I remember the look of shock on his face when i asked all the girls around me if they knew where I could get some thongs especially after their candid response lol.
Mar 14th 2012, 5:11 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
I think its safe to say my vocabulary has pretty much changed....
Even prononciation of business things ('data', 'router', 'project') has changed to avoid confusion.
At xmas I went home and had a perculiar conversation with my brother in law about r-oo-ter configuration (yeah yeah - its all party in THAT house
) and it just felt wrong... (I need to call them r-ow-ters nowadays)
..I still will NEVER do "Yo!-gurt" though... you gotta draw a line somewhere
Even prononciation of business things ('data', 'router', 'project') has changed to avoid confusion.
At xmas I went home and had a perculiar conversation with my brother in law about r-oo-ter configuration (yeah yeah - its all party in THAT house
) and it just felt wrong... (I need to call them r-ow-ters nowadays)..I still will NEVER do "Yo!-gurt" though... you gotta draw a line somewhere
Mar 14th 2012, 5:38 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
I think its safe to say my vocabulary has pretty much changed....
Even prononciation of business things ('data', 'router', 'project') has changed to avoid confusion.
At xmas I went home and had a perculiar conversation with my brother in law about r-oo-ter configuration (yeah yeah - its all party in THAT house) and it just felt wrong... (I need to call them r-ow-ters nowadays)
..I still will NEVER do "Yo!-gurt" though... you gotta draw a line somewhere
Even prononciation of business things ('data', 'router', 'project') has changed to avoid confusion.
At xmas I went home and had a perculiar conversation with my brother in law about r-oo-ter configuration (yeah yeah - its all party in THAT house
) and it just felt wrong... (I need to call them r-ow-ters nowadays)..I still will NEVER do "Yo!-gurt" though... you gotta draw a line somewhere
I don't have an issue with adopting other words - texta, router/thongs is now a bore - just say it as used locally - I am happy to adopt the words of a country I find myself in without wringing my hands over it. Pure bogan words excepted : you have to remember that even locals will censor themselves in some areas.
Mar 14th 2012, 6:43 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
Anyone ever find themselves accidentally using the word "yous"?
If I did, I'd simply have to throw myself off a bridge in shame. (seems pretty unlikely though!)
If I did, I'd simply have to throw myself off a bridge in shame. (seems pretty unlikely though!)
Mar 14th 2012, 7:02 am
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Isn't there a part of the UK that uses that terminology as well ? They certainly do in the US.... So maybe around the WestCountry
Mar 14th 2012, 7:05 am
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Re: Debut pronunciation drives me mad!
I don't do yo-ghurt unless with some sort of irony...
I don't have an issue with adopting other words - texta, router/thongs is now a bore - just say it as used locally - I am happy to adopt the words of a country I find myself in without wringing my hands over it. Pure bogan words excepted : you have to remember that even locals will censor themselves in some areas.
I don't have an issue with adopting other words - texta, router/thongs is now a bore - just say it as used locally - I am happy to adopt the words of a country I find myself in without wringing my hands over it. Pure bogan words excepted : you have to remember that even locals will censor themselves in some areas.
Another aspect of Aus-speak I've noticed is the incredible number of malapropisms that creep in, even on ABC radio etc
Mar 14th 2012, 7:06 am
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