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lynnxa Jan 16th 2010 7:24 am

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by JLFS (Post 8254553)
how about "brown salad"?

no you've got me there:confused:

JLFS Jan 16th 2010 7:25 am

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 8254558)
no you've got me there:confused:

Prawn salad,

oshtel soup was another one, that I knew how to say (in my own way) but did not have a clue how it was written.

JLFS Jan 16th 2010 7:27 am

Re: funny pronunciation
 
So as you can see, it is not just the English learning Spanish that have problems, it goes both ways......:lol::lol:

HBG Jan 16th 2010 7:40 am

Re: funny pronunciation
 
Hasta Luego, simple isn’t it, but having lived here for ages, I now say something like ah log oh, and my interpreter wife goes mad. So I’ve settled for ah low, and she goes ballistic. I quieten her down with Dell?

But, if I get angry, which isn’t often, I use Arschloch, and she still doesn’t know what it means, not even in Catalan.

fionamw Jan 16th 2010 8:17 am

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by HBG (Post 8254593)
Hasta Luego, simple isn’t it, but having lived here for ages, I now say something like ah log oh, and my interpreter wife goes mad. So I’ve settled for ah low, and she goes ballistic. I quieten her down with Dell?

But, if I get angry, which isn’t often, I use Arschloch, and she still doesn’t know what it means, not even in Catalan.


ta'waygo is the way to do it here!.... but sly loaf is still a mystery...?? unless it's an Andalu(z) sliced loaf? then as for Arschloch, :blink:

JLFS Jan 16th 2010 8:31 am

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by fionamw (Post 8254669)
ta'waygo is the way to do it here!.... but sly loaf is still a mystery...?? unless it's an Andalu(z) sliced loaf? then as for Arschloch, :blink:


Sly loaf is the way I used to say sliced loaf, when I was a kid in England, that is how it sounded to me. And I thought that prawns were called Browns... or should I say that I pronounced them as "browns".

Madridboy Jan 16th 2010 12:11 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 
Crisps, OH is pretty much fluent in English and pronounciation is better than mine :o but when trying to say crisps......................not a chance without a lot of concentration, always comes out as crips.

lynnxa Jan 16th 2010 4:55 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by JLFS (Post 8254563)
Prawn salad,

oshtel soup was another one, that I knew how to say (in my own way) but did not have a clue how it was written.

never would have got that one:lol:

oshtel soup - too easy

lynnxa Jan 16th 2010 7:26 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 
the kids are watching Te Disneigh chanel at the moment

it's odd, cos when the channel theme is played it's clearly sung by the American originators

but of course all the chat in between programmes is in Spanish, so the funny pronunciation is often immediately before or after the correct one

paintermujer Jan 16th 2010 7:56 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 8255677)
the kids are watching Te Disneigh chanel at the moment

it's odd, cos when the channel theme is played it's clearly sung by the American originators

but of course all the chat in between programmes is in Spanish, so the funny pronunciation is often immediately before or after the correct one

We always laugh at the way they pronounce the disney channel too.Little one says it really well.

And as you might have guessed she found Hannah montana again.

Oh name is Guy.I bet you can guess the wonderful selection of versions he gets called.Its so funny,sometimes the spanish person ends up laughing also cos they just cant say it.:lol:

lynnxa Jan 16th 2010 8:00 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by paintermujer (Post 8255714)
We always laugh at the way they pronounce the disney channel too.Little one says it really well.

And as you might have guessed she found Hannah montana again.

Oh name is Guy.I bet you can guess the wonderful selection of versions he gets called.Its so funny,sometimes the spanish person ends up laughing also cos they just cant say it.:lol:

I did warn you she'd find it:rofl:

it's on next;)

paintermujer Jan 16th 2010 8:25 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 8255719)
I did warn you she'd find it:rofl:

it's on next;)

Do you know what?

Shes still in bed asleep!!!!!!!!

Having some nice peace and quiet here.Shame to wake her for Hanny!!!!!:lol:

lynnxa Jan 16th 2010 8:45 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by paintermujer (Post 8255758)
Do you know what?

Shes still in bed asleep!!!!!!!!

Having some nice peace and quiet here.Shame to wake her for Hanny!!!!!:lol:

mine have just switched over for Patito Feo on T5


now that really is strange pronunciation:ohmy:

Argentinian Spanish:eek:

Madridboy Jan 16th 2010 8:57 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 8255796)
mine have just switched over for Patito Feo on T5


now that really is strange pronunciation:ohmy:

Argentinian Spanish:eek:

Isn't it "coger" that has one meaning in Spanish and a different meaning in Argentinian?

lynnxa Jan 16th 2010 9:02 pm

Re: funny pronunciation
 

Originally Posted by Madridboy (Post 8255817)
Isn't it "coger" that has one meaning in Spanish and a different meaning in Argentinian?

I think so - Fi or Matt probably know for sure


it took me a while to get my head round the sos & vos, but my kids somehow instinctively knew what they were saying!


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