Miss Pronouncy Nation

[classic33]

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.

sh w AW l b , no e!

 

[Drago]

I pronounce Schwalbe as "sidewall cracking rubbish."

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I never knew there was any other way. Millimeter, centimeter, kay. I've heard the term "clicks" here but have no idea what it means. Nothing on my bike goes click after a given distance.

Those old milometers used to go click after each revolution. They didn't measure clicks, though.

 

[Cyclist33]

sh w AW l b , no e!

You're having a laugh... It's a German brand so the e is as in Porsche.

 

[Mr Celine]

Inconsistencies in pronouncing furrin words annoy me.

Bayern Munchen is fine, as is Bavaria Munich, but Bayern Munich is just wrong.

 

[classic33]

You're having a laugh... It's a German brand so the e is as in Porsche.

German site gave that!

 

[winjim]

Inconsistencies in pronouncing furrin words annoy me.

Bayern Munchen is fine, as is Bavaria Munich, but Bayern Munich is just wrong.

Ever been to Center Parcs?

 

[Oldbloke]

I never knew there was any other way. Millimeter, centimeter, kay. I've heard the term "clicks" here but have no idea what it means. Nothing on my bike goes click after a given distance.

Maybe not the bike, but my knees do at around 50 kms

 

[Globalti]

I don't know anyone who pronounces it any other way.

The correct pronounciation, as any Swedish person will tell you, is "Eekayah".

 

[ufkacbln]

I fought that this was a beaty cpmpetition... and a quik Googlre turns up this young lady

it also heowever turn s up a Skwirel

... and a Rugby Player

 

[srw]

I fought that this was a beaty cpmpetition... and a quik Googlre turns up this young lady

fondling a Dutchman's breeches, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[classic33]

I never knew there was any other way. Millimeter, centimeter, kay. I've heard the term "clicks" here but have no idea what it means. Nothing on my bike goes click after a given distance.

A slang term for the kilometre in the US military is Klick.

 

[CharlesF]

People who pronounce Ikea as "Eye-kea"

I hate it when people spell Ikea like that

IKEA — an acronym for Ingvar Kamprad (the founder), Elmtaryd (the farm in which he grew up) and Agunnaryd (the village in which he grew up)

 

[Yellow Saddle]

A slang term for the kilometre in the US military is Klick.

Well, you learn something new every day. I thought that country still expresses distance in furlongs. Who would have known they ever heard of the metric system.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'm going to start picking up the Swedish people I know on their píss-poor pronunciation of English.