Common words you can’t pronounce

[VladimirIlyich]

33 minutes ago, Poor Scouser T said:

omeprazole

Do you say 'prazole-ee' like my late Dad used to? 

[VladimirIlyich]

On 26/03/2024 at 22:02, Rushies tash said:

I live down south so the cunts don't think I pronounce "bath" or "dance" correctly.

Ask them to point out where the letter 'r' is in those words? Carnts!

[Poor Scouser T]

59 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Do you say 'prazole-ee' like my late Dad used to? 

Holy prazolee. While pinching my thumb and fore finger together and pulling a De Niro face.

[John102]

I always thought people who couldn't say words properly were idiots. I still dont get how people say things like Sketti Bolognaise.

 

However, in reading this thread i have realised i say perscription and now worry i was dropped on my head as a child.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

59 minutes ago, John102 said:

I always thought people who couldn't say words properly were idiots. I still dont get how people say things like Sketti Bolognaise.

 

However, in reading this thread i have realised i say perscription and now worry i was dropped on my head as a child.

There's also an argument that people who mispronounce some less-common words, but use them correctly, have probably learned the word through reading, and reading is good.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, John102 said:

I always thought people who couldn't say words properly were idiots. I still dont get how people say things like Sketti Bolognaise.

 

However, in reading this thread i have realised i say perscription and now worry i was dropped on my head as a child.

I don't think sketti is a mispronunciation: I think it's just slang.

[Captain Willard]

8 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I don't think sketti is a mispronunciation: I think it's just slang.

Spag bole. 

[Evelyn Tentions]

I had a German friend years ago who spoke excellent English except for words with a silent letter (pneumonia, knight etc) which he always pronouced and spaghetti which came out as busgehetti.

An Australian friend drives me up the wall writing ect and saying ekt cetera

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I vacillate in my pronunciation of "patriotism": sometimes the first syllable rhymes with Kate, sometimes it rhymes with cat.

[Bjornebye]

“Tosser” I keep walking round calling people “Strontium Dog” I get some funny looks. Especially from dog walkers. As soon as they hear it they leg it as if Purple Aki had just stepped out from behind a tree