New Orlee-yuns
Aug 30th 2012, 1:40 am
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Re: New Orlee-yuns
I coach my colleagues on pronouncing those great Midland cities as Ber-min-gum and Not-tin-gum, rather than the usual Berming-Ham and Notting-Ham, without much success.
However, I have unconsciously got a colleague saying the odd word the British way - I think it was something like con-troverse-ey rather than controv-ersey. I didn't notice until I heard a rather annoyed "goshdarnit" from the other side of the cube when he realised.
However, I have unconsciously got a colleague saying the odd word the British way - I think it was something like con-troverse-ey rather than controv-ersey. I didn't notice until I heard a rather annoyed "goshdarnit" from the other side of the cube when he realised.
Aug 30th 2012, 1:44 am
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Re: New Orlee-yuns
You may laugh, but so many British people have done that to my address. Even the UK office entered it into the payroll computer so badly mangled that my P45 didn't get to me...
I don't think it occurs to them that different countries have different standard formats for addresses, and to be honest, US addresses do look short by EU standards.....
I don't think it occurs to them that different countries have different standard formats for addresses, and to be honest, US addresses do look short by EU standards.....
Aug 30th 2012, 2:02 am
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Re: New Orlee-yuns
Foreign-origin words are a minefield, though.. how is Beaufort pronounced in the US, as a placename? a couple of different ways, I think. And what about the car, Grand Marquis? Both words (GRAND and MARQUIS) could equally be French or English. Clearly they are both French in origin, but naturalised into English many hundreds of years ago. So anyway, one could pronounce the name of the car using English/American pronunciation for both words, French pronunciation for both words, or English for one word and French for the other.. (or just drive a Honda.)
Aug 30th 2012, 2:04 am
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Re: New Orlee-yuns
You may laugh, but so many British people have done that to my address. Even the UK office entered it into the payroll computer so badly mangled that my P45 didn't get to me...
I don't think it occurs to them that different countries have different standard formats for addresses, and to be honest, US addresses do look short by EU standards.....
I don't think it occurs to them that different countries have different standard formats for addresses, and to be honest, US addresses do look short by EU standards.....
Aug 30th 2012, 1:12 pm
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Aug 30th 2012, 1:16 pm
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Aug 30th 2012, 1:18 pm
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Aug 30th 2012, 2:38 pm
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Re: New Orlee-yuns
Here's a great discussion about Don Quicks-Oat or Don Key-Hoe-Tay or The Quicksott or whatever..
Aug 30th 2012, 3:48 pm
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Re: New Orlee-yuns
Everyone I know round here says Nyawlins.
Aug 30th 2012, 3:51 pm
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Aug 30th 2012, 4:27 pm
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Aug 30th 2012, 5:08 pm
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