Miss Pronouncy Nation

[Cyclist33]

i hate it when people mispronunciounciate things.

a particularly common one is "Shwalbee" tyres. come on, it's got to be "Shvalba" surely?

in halfords recently a bloke came up to me and pointed at my bike and said "that's a Giant Deefee isn't it?" and then proceeded to follow me around discussing how good Deefees are.

grrr!

i also hate it when people don't use capitals at the start of sentences.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Yep, hate it too

 

[Drago]

When Radio 4 had a programme about pronounciation I was the smug git that emailed the show to point out it should be pronunciation.

 

[PaulSecteur]

Please come to Wolverhampton.

 

[Turbo Rider]

When Radio 4 had a programme about pronounciation I was the smug git that emailed the show to point out it should be pronunciation.

Nup, you've spelt that wrong Drago

I don't know...I think it brings an air of trickery to the world...quite like it...I once had to endure a five minute argument by two eminent jism-rags in our office who were at it over how to pronounce scone. Me being me, I waded in with scunay as an alternative...how they laughed...

 

[Speicher]

 

[Drago]

Nup, you've spelt that wrong Drago
...

You mean spelled?

 

[Turbo Rider]

You mean spelled?

No question mark required. Rhetorical. Tut, tut.

 

[Drago]

Rhetorical? I'll have you know I'm not from Wales.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

And I hate it when people start sentences with conjunctions, and then proceed to boldly split infinitives.

 

[Tojo]

I just hate it when people divn't na wat I'm talkin aboot........

 

[classic33]

I just hate it when people divn't na wat I'm talkin aboot........

nobbutfairtomiddlinmissen, thissen

 

[perplexed]

It's when the 'yoof of today' started pronouncing most words which contained an 's' somewhere with a 'sh'.

So Australia became 'Aushtralia' etc...

 

[Globalti]

People who pronounce Ikea as "Eye-kea"

People who pronounce Ibiza as "Eye-beetha"

That's as ignorant as talking about the "Ay-rabs" in "Eye-raq".

 

[Nick 0668]

I could continue this...I work with yoofs who call me bruv, blood, and end every sentence wiv innit. Still, I am 47 lol!