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25th November 2021, 23:07 | #1 |
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Going back a good few years I used to be able to pronounce the names of folk appearing on my TV screen. Now I find it's getting harder and harder.--While I'm figuring it out the rest of the message has vanished.---
Just lately a youngster going by the name of Greta Thunberg was complaining about the fact that nobody had tried to find out how to pronounce her surname. She said it is pronounced as----------- Wait for it-------------- It's coming.-- Toonberry----------------- Mind you it took MONTHS for the F1 TV announcers to call the French driver properly.-----It's not Le clerk It's Leclaire. That's how you pronounce it. I bet David Coultard would not like to be called David Coal tar.--- |
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That's not how I would pronounce her name, the little .....
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26th November 2021, 22:25 | #3 |
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The one that gets my goat is that Richard Osman fella on House of Games when he says "Arntser Smash" instead of Answer smash. The "A" in the first word and the A in the second word should obviously be pronounced the same. The "A" or "a" is flat as in flat but those southern characters seem to want to add an "R" as in grarss/grass and brarss/brass. Us northerners (and those who originally lived up north) talk proper! He needs a tap on't head, not a tarp on't head cos that'ud be a watterproof sheet, wunt it!
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I have lived in the UK for nearly 50 years, and I can count the number of people who can pronounce my family name on the fingers of one hand!. Last edited by grivas; 29th November 2021 at 15:38.. Reason: spelling |
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2nd December 2021, 14:59 | #6 |
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Just lately a youngster going by the name of Greta Thunberg was complaining about the fact that nobody had tried to find out how to pronounce her surname. Just caught up with this Jon. Couldn't resist. One, or even more than one, (!) might wonder how one would say: 'An Asses ass is the last thing you see, as it passes past you. And pronounced as in The Arsenal would incur, on here, a penalty. So if the ball was then passed, from the first to the last, who’s to blame for obscenity? Southerners, obviously.
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SO, How do you pronounce your name??
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Mac- this is very interesting- Chris.S
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And I think it is a problem the world over, sometimes deliberate mostly because the construction and emphases are not known to the user. Or in my case because Im old and the memory is not what it was. Chris S
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