Pronunciations

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:22 am**

-Sauna "Sah-nah" pronounced wrongly as -> "Sauw-nah"
-Pillow "Pi-low" pronounced horridly as "Pellow" <- omg i HAAAATE THAT ONE!!
-Orange (Oar-ange) pronounced awfully as "Aah-renge"
-Pop (pahp) pronounced (what the hell are you thinking ->) "Soda" <- stupid people that make that mistake

that's all i can think of right now.

Republican_Man · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:35 am**

Soda and Pop are different names for the same thing. After 5 years of living in Colorado, where they call it Pop, I still haven't gotten used to it, and hate it. It's soda, not pop. So it's not really a matter of pronounciation for that, but dialect.

Theresa · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:04 pm**

Ignore her, she likes to be irritating like that. (Since they call it SODA water,

)

I hate it when people from away, (tourists, other outsiders,

), pronounce BANGOR wrong.

It's Bang-gore, not, Bang-ger,

IntrepidIsMe · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:02 pm**

Orange and "Ar-in-ge" are two different things. One is the color (previous) and the other is the fruit (latter),

ACDC Girl · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:37 pm**

The pronounciation of Schedule annoys me. It is pronounced "Sh-ed-ule" not "Sk-ed-ule"

Seven of Nine · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:01 pm**

It's pop. Though we do have soda water, all the drinks are pop. Cola is pop.

I can't get Bangor wrong- lived too close to it (in Wales, not Maine, obviously

)

And pop is said exactly as it's written

I hate it when bath (and other such words) are pronounced with a soft "a". It's bath, not baath!

Republican_Man · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:09 pm**

Seven of Nine · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:20 pm**

I speak English English. In my language it's pop

Republican_Man · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:22 pm**

It's not a language--it's a dialect

English is the language, and there are many dialects, just as is the case with Spanish. You have the Spanish dialect, from Spain, then the Mexican dialect, etc. etc.

Seven of Nine · **Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:31 pm**

I know that really... just me being very stubborn again

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:31 pm**

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:32 pm**

Republican_Man · **Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:20 pm**

Scapegoat Bob · **Wed Feb 08, 2006 3:18 pm**

we dont like people who think that there way is the onli correct way to pronounce things. snob

CJ Cregg · Commodore Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 1254

i have a yorkshire dialect

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:39 am**

Here's another

Story pronounced "Stery"!! It's a long 'o' sound ppl! Not 'er'!

Mrs. Vulcan · **Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:25 pm**

I'm English, I also live in South Yorkshire, and like all other places, we have our own way of pronouncing words. Some do have difficulty in understanding some of the broader Yorkshire.

But I love listening to dialects and hear them from all parts of the country and the world on a daily basis.

What I don't like is when people make an obvious assumption that you're not being polite because you speak to them in your own dialect. No way is wrong... just different.

I was wondering for a moment whether to try and write something as Yorkshire is pronounced, but I'm not sure if it would be understandable.

Seven of Nine · **Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:21 am**

I'd understand it- I'm getting very good at translation now

Thomas · **Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:20 am**

There was something I found really weird when I was in Yorkshire last year (well, East Riding Yorkshire, so maybe a bit different from what we're talking about here, but okie). My brother and I were invited to go to the "shelly park". I had to get the woman (my Dad's friend) to repeat it, but it still sounded the same to me. He had to explain that she was talking about the chalet (shal-ay) park,

madlilnerd · **Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:22 pm**

I'm really screwed up with pronouciations, because not only am I english, but sometimes I speak like I'm from the north, and sometimes I speak like I'm from the south.
for example- patriotic is pronouced pay-tree-ot-ick
but
patronising is pronounsed patt-tron-eye-sing
the pat is pronouced completely different!

In drama class, we are studying the play blood brothers, and we were reading out a rhyming verse. The trouble was, we all pronouced "romance" with a short a, and "chance" as if it were "charnce" and then they didn't rhyme!!!

Seven of Nine · **Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:44 am**

Blood Brothers needs a Scouse accent- so remember to drop all your aiches and not say the last letter on ing

You got it right with romance there- chance is exactly the same.

Also, speak as if you've got a cold- it helps

As for patriotic and patronising- that's exactly how I say them both

*Resident Scouser who doesn't actually sound very Scouse*

madlilnerd · **Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:44 pm**

IntrepidIsMe · **Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:54 pm**

My AP Euro teacher is the most uncultured person I know. He pronounces every French word/name wrong. Even Latin names, too. He sometimes pronounces words wrong in general, though. Some examples-

Descartes is "Des-cart-es" (I actually said this today just to see if he would attempt to "correct" me, and he did.)
Copernicus is "Copper-nick-us"
Coup d'etat is "coop-day-tat"
Chateau is "sha-tay"
Ignatius Loyola is "Ig-nat-e-ous Loy-la"
Robespierre is "Robe-es-spear"

tomparis · **Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:30 am**

One thats always annoyed me is people who say "warsh" instead of "wash."

Here's a good one for debate! "Bubbler" or "Water Foutnain"?

I say it's water fountain, but then I was born in Kentucky. In Wisonsin, everyone calls em bubblers.

Leo Wyatt · **Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:35 am**

When someone says,'' I ain't going to do it.''' I even catch myself.

When they could say, '' I am not going to do it.'' So, I try to remember not say I ain't going to do it.

Also my sister pronounce Hair as air. That annoys me to no end.