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EddyTheDog · 05-25-2013, 02:44 AM

You drop the 'H' in 'Herbs' but then say 'Ve-here-call'.....

I can live with the 'Herb' thing because you are using the french pronunciation - I hate it but get it...

But why 'vehicle'?

I don't lose sleep over it, but it does annoy me for some reason.....

Scott McD · 05-25-2013, 02:52 AM

Any time I go to America, I always notice they pronounce Scott with an A, so it sounds more like Scatt!

When I say Scott, they are like "huh? Oh you mean Scatt !!!"

CurrentlySober · 05-25-2013, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott McD

Any time I go to America, I always notice they pronounce Scott with an A, so it sounds more like Scatt!

When I say Scott, they are like "huh? Oh you mean Scatt !!!"

I Heart USA

EddyTheDog · 05-25-2013, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott McD

Any time I go to America, I always notice they pronounce Scott with an A, so it sounds more like Scatt!

When I say Scott, they are like "huh? Oh you mean Scatt !!!"

The name 'Craig' is one as well - They say Crak!.....

You know I love you guys - But why Crak?..

Ferus · 05-25-2013, 03:12 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

L-Pink · 05-25-2013, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott McD

Any time I go to America, I always notice they pronounce Scott with an A, so it sounds more like Scatt!

When I say Scott, they are like "huh? Oh you mean Scatt !!!"

You must visit the north east.

_Richard_ · 05-25-2013, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

You must visit the north east.

Scat in the Hat · 05-25-2013, 04:29 AM

Hello, Maybe? Yes, this is Scat.

blackmonsters · 05-25-2013, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

You must visit the north east.

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 04:52 AM

at least we don't add vowels, such as aluminEium.

MrBottomTooth · 05-25-2013, 04:58 AM

Let me axe you a question.

EddyTheDog · 05-25-2013, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

at least we don't add vowels, such as aluminEium.

lol - It is Al U Min I Um...

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 05:17 AM

lol, nice try but you brits pronounce it like i spelled it, with the added e

fitzmulti · 05-25-2013, 05:43 AM

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pimpmaster9000 · 05-25-2013, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by fitzmulti

Nice try...LOL
It is spelled aluminum
A-Lu-Min-Um is how it is pronounced.
{{ NOT al-u-min-E-Uhm}}

No I, E or other extra vowel back there.

alu - greek or latin for salt im not sure

minium - another similar salt mineral with a red oxide color used by the romans

they are both similar to bauxite from witch aluminum is transformed...

alu-minium loses one i and becomes aluminum but the european pronunciation is technically correct...

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by crucifissio

alu - greek or latin for salt im not sure

minium - another similar salt mineral with a red oxide color used by the romans

they are both similar to bauxite from witch aluminum is transformed...

alu-minium loses one i and becomes aluminum but the european pronunciation is technically correct...

ah, so the brits just added in the extra i so the spelling would match the ununciation.

cheeky.

Grapesoda · 05-25-2013, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

You must visit the north east.

Boston it's Scwatt

purecane · 05-25-2013, 06:27 AM

Jesus H Christ...... Emphasis on the "H".....

OldJeff · 05-25-2013, 06:50 AM

Cannot even begin to address the differences in pronunciation her in `Merica

I drive 3-4 hours in any direction and I don't know WTF people are says half the time.

Supposed to be the same language, but..........dunno

Might head down the shore this weekend with the rest of us from Jewrsey

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by OldJeff

Cannot even begin to address the differences in pronunciation her in `Merica

I drive 3-4 hours in any direction and I don't know WTF people are says half the time.

Supposed to be the same language, but..........dunno

Might head down the shore this weekend with the rest of us from Jewrsey

Well uh, rumour around town says you mighht be thinkin' 'bout goin' down to
the shore.

Whadda ya gonna do down there?

OldJeff · 05-25-2013, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

Well uh, rumour around town says you mighht be thinkin' 'bout goin' down to
the shore.

Whadda ya gonna do down there?

NEVER EVER does the word to get used in that sentence

also I should have added an "an shit" on the end

Like might drink sum beer an shit

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 07:12 AM

Hey uh, were ya goonna check out the sand bar while you're down there?

rogueteens · 05-25-2013, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

lol, nice try but you brits pronounce it like i spelled it, with the added e

bad try, we spell it differently, its a different word. that's why it sounds different!

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by rogueteens

bad try, we spell it differently, its a different word. that's why it sounds different!

don't even try! y'all just changed the spelling so you can pronounce it like you want.

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Aluminium, for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound. [Quarterly Review, 1812]

ilnjscb · 05-25-2013, 09:13 AM

ok, so, plenty of people do say "Herb" with a hard h, and and the famous nu-cyu-ler of George "Barely Sentient" Bush .

However, let's not pretend that you Brits all speak alike in BBC English either - in a small pub in Leatherhead I had a full conversation with a fellow and did not understand ANYTHING he said. We had to use drunken pantomine, because he did not see the need to use his tongue while speaking. The guy next to him I could understand just fine.

Look, we all speak some French, thanks to you getting your asses kicked by Guillame in 1066. Good show! Then for 300 years you were a vassal population like the Spartan Helots. Now we have slight differences, but damn you guys can act, so I love all of you, except the ones that stab people on the streets and cut them up, or set houses on fire with people in them, or sucker punch 70 year old men and kill them, etc.

Dankasaur · 05-25-2013, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott McD

Any time I go to America, I always notice they pronounce Scott with an A, so it sounds more like Scatt!

When I say Scott, they are like "huh? Oh you mean Scatt !!!"

Quote:

Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

The name 'Craig' is one as well - They say Crak!.....

You know I love you guys - But why Crak?..

I have never heard a single person pronounce those names like that.

Sly · 05-25-2013, 10:50 AM

Very rarely do I hear "veHicle," it usually sounds like "v-icle." Silent H.

Either way, depends where you go. I've lived in three regions, each region had different quirks and dialects.

Elli · 05-25-2013, 10:59 AM

What gets me is how around Texas parts people say "ice" like "ass." "Would you like some ass in your Coke?"

"Uh... no thanks! I mean, yes?"

EddyTheDog · 05-25-2013, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dankasaur

I have never heard a single person pronounce those names like that.

Watch Malcolm In The Middle...

2013 · 05-25-2013, 11:19 AM

scott as scat? maybe he be on some crack?

Dankasaur · 05-25-2013, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

Watch Malcolm In The Middle...

So let me get this straight... You base your whole opinion on how a country pronounces a name, because you heard an actor... in a tv sitcom... pronounce it that way?

EddyTheDog · 05-25-2013, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dankasaur

So let me get this straight... You base your whole opinion on how a country pronounces a name, because you heard an actor... in a tv sitcom... pronounce it that way?

I was taking the piss out of a certain kind of American - Your kind...

Dankasaur · 05-25-2013, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

I was taking the piss out of a certain kind of American - Your kind...

"my kind"? And what is that? You seem to be one of those people who bases their whole opinion of a country on what someone else says, or they see on TV, instead of what they've experienced themselves...

Si · 05-25-2013, 11:32 AM

Cockneys drop H aswell, I do it quite often when talking casually with friend and family.

"I ave to go back to my ouse to pick up a coupla tins of einze soup, or I'm not gunna be able to eat anythin for me lunch"

Canadians and Craig don't mix either. Kreg? WTF?

Aluminium is how we spell it, as mentioned above.

Same as Yog-Hurt (see the H we snuck in there?) with the slight H sound, Instead of Yogurt.

I found Boston area extremely weird, sounds American for the most part, then some English pronounced words seem to creep in here and there.

EddyTheDog · 05-25-2013, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Dankasaur

"my kind"? And what is that? You seem to be one of those people who bases their whole opinion of a country on what someone else says, or they see on TV, instead of what they've experienced themselves...

I think you are the only person that is taking it seriously - Learn to laugh at yourself...

RKLover · 05-25-2013, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Elli

What gets me is how around Texas parts people say "ice" like "ass." "Would you like some ass in your Coke?"

"Uh... no thanks! I mean, yes?"

The really fun part is, any soft drink in Texas is called a coke.

"What kind of Coke woul'd y'all like? We have Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper and Big Red"

Sly · 05-25-2013, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RKLover

The really fun part is, any soft drink in Texas is called a coke.

"What kind of Coke woul'd y'all like? We have Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper and Big Red"

I haven't noticed that, but the obsession with Big Red kills me. The stuff is awful. That and chicken fried steak. Yeah, it's good, but the level at which Texans love chicken fried steak is hilarious.

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 12:33 PM

speaking of texas, y'all know what the plural of y'all is?

Sly · 05-25-2013, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

speaking of texas, y'all know what the plural of y'all is?

You's guys'.

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

You's guys'.

NO, them's fightin words!

Elli · 05-25-2013, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

speaking of texas, y'all know what the plural of y'all is?

It's "all y'all" obviously.

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 12:43 PM

the plural of y'all is all y'all.

i'm going to drink a coke, what are all y'all fixing to do?

CaptainHowdy · 05-25-2013, 12:44 PM

I ain't gay so I'm not into details ...

Dankasaur · 05-25-2013, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

the plural of y'all is all y'all.

i'm going to drink a coke, what are all y'all fixing to do?

Fuck my cousin.

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Elli

It's "all y'all" obviously.

oh, i'm just trying to have a little fun, it's not at all obvious to people not familiar with texas.

Sly · 05-25-2013, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

the plural of y'all is all y'all.

i'm going to drink a coke, what are all y'all fixing to do?

Giv you's sum ass.

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dankasaur

Fuck my cousin.

you're in oklahoma?

dyna mo · 05-25-2013, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Elli

It's "all y'all" obviously.

wait, y'all were being sarcastic huh! right over my head.

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ilnjscb Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8,785	ok, so, plenty of people do say "Herb" with a hard h, and and the famous nu-cyu-ler of George "Barely Sentient" Bush . However, let's not pretend that you Brits all speak alike in BBC English either - in a small pub in Leatherhead I had a full conversation with a fellow and did not understand ANYTHING he said. We had to use drunken pantomine, because he did not see the need to use his tongue while speaking. The guy next to him I could understand just fine. Look, we all speak some French, thanks to you getting your asses kicked by Guillame in 1066. Good show! Then for 300 years you were a vassal population like the Spartan Helots. Now we have slight differences, but damn you guys can act, so I love all of you, except the ones that stab people on the streets and cut them up, or set houses on fire with people in them, or sucker punch 70 year old men and kill them, etc.

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