Pronounciation

drumlover22

I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here?





*waiting to get told I'm wrong :P

emeraldstar

Pronounciation.

Sky King

OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

Just curious....

Sykk

Pro-noun-see-a-tion

Pro-nun-see-a-tion

How do you say it?!

4zn76tysfajdxp

drumlover22 wrote: »

I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here?





*waiting to get told I'm wrong :P

It's lef-tenant in Britain and Ireland. Loo-tenant in the States.

It wasn't me!

emeraldstar wrote: »

Pronounciation.

It made me wince...

Wetai

Sky King wrote: »

OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

Just curious....

Like Kernel.

Sykk

Sky King wrote: »

OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

Just curious....

Cur-Nel

foxyboxer

Cork.

Some say Co-urk in a posh way.

It's actually Caaaawwwrk.

drumlover22

Sky King wrote: »

OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'?

Just curious....

I'd pronounce it Kur-nel

Sky King

Yeah obviously it's kur-nel - the point I was making is that you can't justify mispronunciation based on weird spelling.

Dj Stiggie

drumlover22 wrote: »

I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here?





*waiting to get told I'm wrong :P

In Ireland we have 'leftenants'. 'Lewtenants' are American.

Wikipedia wrote:

Pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between the forms /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ lef-ten-ənt and /ljuːˈtɛnənt/ ( listen) lew-ten-ənt, with the former generally associated with the United Kingdom, Ireland and Commonwealth countries, and the latter generally associated with the United States.[1] The early history of the pronunciation is unclear; Middle English spellings suggest that the /ljuː-/ and /lɛf-/ pronunciations existed even then.[2] The rare Old French variant spelling luef for Modern French lieu ('place') supports the suggestion that a final [w] of the Old French word was in certain environments perceived as an [f].[2]

drumlover22

Marlon Slow Cookie wrote: »

It's lef-tenant in Britain and Ireland. Loo-tenant in the States.

I knew I'd be wrong somehow :P

AnonoBoy

Funnily enough the one word I have a lot of trouble pronouncing is pronounce.

im invisible

Nike

holystungun9

Marine corps = marine core

WTF?

Omackeral

Anne Doyle saying the word 'sexual' is bad on two levels. Firstly, it's like yore ma saying a word you dont wanna hear.

Mostly, though, its how she pronounces it

seks-ual

B*itch be trippin'....

Sky King

im invisible wrote: »

Nike

It's Nikey. It's a Greek word and that's how you pronounce it.

Pherekydes

Ghoti.

That is all.

foxyboxer

im invisible wrote: »

Nike

A-dee-dis

A-dee-das.

:mad:

emeraldstar

Omackeral wrote: »

Anne Doyle saying the word 'sexual' is bad on two levels. Firstly, it's like yore ma saying a word you dont wanna hear.

Mostly, though, its how she pronounces it

seks-ual

B*itch be trippin'....

She does the same with 'iss-yoo' instead of 'ishoo'.

MungBean

Heard Vincent Browne pronounce apologist weird last night. I'd say it like apollo-gist he said it like apple-oh-gist.

Chuck Stone

Even some newscasters say Thighland when it's correct pronunseeayshun is Tie-land.

theyearof2010

This is an ishew that causes alot of controversy

emeraldstar

When people say "Thigh-land" and "Thomas" instead of "Tie-land" and "Tomas". Or my mom who puts an extra h in "phanthom" :mad:

Omackeral

Oh and another RTE gripe here. I'm not a fan of how they say Gardai.

It's like Gwor-dee. They're working a 'W' in there somehow and I just dont like it I tells ya!

Its possibly the proper pronunciation of the word in some regions though? I'm open to criticism on that.

Mink

Tissssues or Isssssues instead of "tishue" and "ishue"

Always seems to be news readers that do this

Also, "defin - I - tely"

foxyboxer

Ireland - Sit-u-a-shun.
N. Ireland - Sit-e-a-shun

4zn76tysfajdxp

emeraldstar wrote: »

She does the same with 'iss-yoo' instead of 'ishoo'.

It should be iss-yoo.

landsleaving

foxyboxer wrote: »

A-dee-dis

A-dee-das.

:mad:

Addy-Dass?

I remember vaguely an ad for Cica runners where they said 'See-ka, Sy-ka, whatever you wanna call it' - wonder if they were taking the p*ss out of nike and adidas?

Badly Drunk Boy

Committ-TEE, instead of committee.

landsleaving

foxyboxer wrote: »

Ireland - Sit-u-a-shun.
N. Ireland - Sit-e-a-shun

Ireland - Northern Ireland
N. Ireland - Nornern

Cee-Jay-Cee

Ni-Kee although i used to pronounce it Nike (as in 'Like') No idea why i changed as i think its fairly half and half the way people pronounce it.

Carribean - I say Cara-bee-an whereas my mum says Carib-ee-in.

Discipline - Diss-ah-plin and not fúcking Dissipp-lin

I would say Loo-Tenant and Cer-nul.

I honestly believe words should be spelt phonetically, it would make things much simpler, cut out ridiculous pronouciations and differences in spelling between countries. It would also make it easier to teach children to spell correctly.

Galtee

Mink wrote: »

Tissssues or Isssssues instead of "tishue" and "ishue"

Always seems to be news readers that do this

Also, "defin - I - tely"

Either or is acceptable.

Badly Drunk Boy

And cert-a-FIC-ate.

emeraldstar

There's a girl in work who always says "a-shoom" and "pre-zhume" instead of "ah-soom" and "pre-zume". Irks me a bit.

cson

People who add an extra 'o' or two to words like Cook and Book.

Coooooooo-k

Boooooooo-k

The sheer horror when they attempt to say cookbook. :eek:

Miss Olenska

drumlover22 wrote: »

I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here?





*waiting to get told I'm wrong :P

AFAIK it's only pronounced "lef-tenant" in the UK for some reason. Well so says my OED. Thought to come from French or something.

Marlon Slow Cookie wrote: »

It's lef-tenant in Britain and Ireland. Loo-tenant in the States.

Thought it was "loo-tenant" in Ireland, TBH.

Omackeral

Okay I look like a hormonal teenager here at this stage but why do some Irish people have an issue (issyoo.... thanks Anne) with the saying the name of this country correctly?

It's not called Areland. I'm sorry but it's just not!!!!

emeraldstar

Marlon Slow Cookie wrote: »

It should be iss-yoo.

I'm not saying she's wrong, I'm saying that pronunciation annoys me.

Galtee

Omackeral wrote: »

Okay I look like a hormonal teenager here at this stage but why do some Irish people have an issue (issyoo.... thanks Anne) with the saying the name of this country correctly?

It's not called Areland. I'm sorry but it's just not!!!!

Agreed, it does my head in, especially when everyone knows it's ourland.

emeraldstar

Omackeral wrote: »

Okay I look like a hormonal teenager here at this stage but why do some Irish people have an issue (issyoo.... thanks Anne) with the saying the name of this country correctly?

It's not called Areland. I'm sorry but it's just not!!!!

Or "Island" as per the English pronunciation.

landsleaving

CJC999 wrote: »

I honestly believe words should be spelt phonetically, it would make things much simpler, cut out ridiculous pronouciations and differences in spelling between countries. It would also make it easier to teach children to spell correctly.

No.

No no no no no.

Words have ridiculous spellings so we have an instant way of telling if someone's worth continuing a conversation with or not.

Or if they're Americans stealing the letter 'u' and assuming 'z' needs to be in words it has no place in.

Bannasidhe

Modern - it's mod-ern not mod-ren. ERN- FFS - ERN!:mad:

It-lee - It-al-lee

Catlick - Cath-o-lick.

Omackeral

''Resume...... It still sounds weird to me'' - Ramrod, Hell's Angels (Bakersfield)

Sky King

On RTE news Gardai is oft pronounced Gore Thee

Gar dee. It's a irish word and therefore can't be said poshly, you sound like a fkin bogger no matter what, that's the whole point. (or de whole pint as we say here in Kilkenny).

landsleaving

While I'm at it, there's no f in solpadeine. LEARN TO READ.

Omackeral

emeraldstar wrote: »

Or "Island" as per the English pronunciation.

Or Air-awh

Galtee

People saying Al-Mond instead of Ah Mond irk me.

i always say pray-leen
but i'm told it should be praw-leen

for praline

Handy11

Omackeral wrote: »

It's like Gwor-dee. They're working a 'W' in there somehow and I just dont like it I tells ya!

Agreed! And to make it worse they soften the D, making Guorthee. Horrible.

Other ones to note:

Arctic
Film (I say fillum. I know I'm wrong)
Mischievous
Chipotle
Militia
Jewelry (another one I'm a culprit for)
Percolate
Weetabix
Sherbet
Bruschetta