Right, Ok but despite what that Tory sounding prick in the video says, I've lived in the UK for my 29.5 years of existence and have never heard it pronounced that way once.
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
Had no idea 'Sapiens' was pronounced differently between US and UK English. What are some of your pronunciation surprises?
- Thread starter Kyuuji
- Start date
Right, Ok but despite what that Tory sounding prick in the video says, I've lived in the UK for my 29.5 years of existence and have never heard it pronounced that way once.
OP
OP
Not all Americans do this. It's more just both pronunciations are accepted.
I hate the US 'aluminum'. It's incorrect and just sounds dumb.
A lot of you do.
This thread is making me question whether some posters have ever actually heard anyone from the UK speaking. I have never, ever, heard anyone in the UK pronounce Marmite as mar-mit-ee. Ever.
Basically, there are a lot of people here chatting shite. That's not pronounced shit-ee, btw.
That's not me aggravated, we just like swearing and insulting people in the middle of normal conversation. It's basically endearment.
Can't count the amount of times I've heard it in podcasts.
Nah, it's that one is correct and one is a total bastardisation of the word. I expect nothing less from the country that doesn't realise there's a 'u' in colour.
I'm born, raised, and live in Florida and I've never heard anyone pronounce conch as 'conk'.
Really, you've talked to that many Americans from that many different parts of the country?
Every single time I see somebody use it on this forum they put could care less. I've heard it in TV shows. Heard it in podcasts and from intelligent people. It's like nobody has stopped to consider what they're actually saying, because they end up using the exact opposite of what they're trying to communicate.
I've literally never heard this. Even the Mexican pastry is "concha" and so is the Latin. My mind is blown haha
Accurate would be more like the Latin origin, right? But, I mean, I know English pronunciation is a crapshoot. Just amazed because I've never heard it.
I did once know someone who - deliberately tongue-in-cheekily - pronounced the name of a popular UK magazine as "Rah-dee-oht-oh-mees"
Argue all you want. I don't care if the clouds opened up and god shouted "It's maths" it is not going to happen.
Cool name.
Even the link states a t is heard as a d, so at least thats sorted now. Good old buddery potado.
And you've decided these are all Americans and represent the rest of America?
It's hardly a common word, but I was very confused the first time I heard the American pronunciation of buoy. In the UK we would say boy, not boo-ee.
Also this.
Jaguar
U.S. - Jag-War or Jag-Wire
U.K. - Jag-You-Are
I love this part in Space Channel 5, by the way.
U.S. - Jag-War or Jag-Wire
U.K. - Jag-You-Are
I love this part in Space Channel 5, by the way.
Aye, almost as if this entire thread is filled with people from all over the world making sweeping generalisations about how entire countries pronounce certain words. That goes for the UK and the US (and some input from our Aussie chums too).
Pretty sure I've heard it plenty in documentaries and such and I've never lived in the UK. Not that everyone in the UK says it that way, or that it's even wrong to say it that way.
Jagwire. Ahahahaha.
Weird England: Yohgurt, sushi, pasta, vitamins.
Weird US: Craig, Graham, herb, mirror, buoy, Qatar, nuclear, Brisbane.
Weird US: Craig, Graham, herb, mirror, buoy, Qatar, nuclear, Brisbane.
OP
OP
How do UK speakers pronounce buoy? As an American who says "boo-E," I have a hard time imagining another way.
Is it like "b-woy?"
Is it like "b-woy?"
Sounds like "boy". Which makes sense, as it's related to buoyancy and buoyant.
None of this is weird to me after I found out that brits typically warm their water for tea in the microwave.
Edit: so it seems like this isn't actually a thing. Lesson learned
Edit: so it seems like this isn't actually a thing. Lesson learned
Last edited:
Here in America, I've only heard it pronounced the chav way. Sorry, brits!