saint_stevo Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Why do people struggle to say this word? It does not say Pacific, thats a bloody Ocean. There is obviously a S at the beginning! F*cktards
UniS Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 It's annoying isn't it? I can't be the only one who feels the need to correct people when they say it wrong, can I?
saint_stevo Posted 17 October, 2008 Author Posted 17 October, 2008 It's annoying isn't it? I can't be the only one who feels the need to correct people when they say it wrong, can I? No, i had some training yesterday and our trainer insisted in saying Pacific. I wrote Specific with a heavily bolded 'S' on a piece of paper and held it up. Idiot!
bridge too far Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Just as bad are people who say 'it's a MUTE point' when they should say 'it's a MOOT point'. Duh.
Scudamore Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 No, i had some training yesterday and our trainer insisted in saying Pacific. I wrote Specific with a heavily bolded 'S' on a piece of paper and held it up. Idiot! Potty training?
MongoNeil Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Potty training? I reckon anger management is more likely.
Marsdinho Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Also, when people get bought and brought mixed up. Spaztards
Scudamore Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Ungions is the one that gets me...where's the g in the word? Oh and why do some people say arks instead of ask?
MongoNeil Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 You guys must work with a bunch of retards, everyone I know speaks properly (apart from my girlfriend and her family as they're northern).
Pancake Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Ungions is the one that gets me...where's the g in the word? I dont understand this one.
Pancake Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Onions. Oh. So why did he spell it with a "u" then?
Hatch Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 I hate it when a woman struggles to say 'yes' and pronounce it as 'no' I tend to ignore them anyway and get on with it because I know they actually mean yes.
Scudamore Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Oh. So why did he spell it with a "u" then? Because it doesn't sound like ongions it sounds like ungions... Granted onions doesn't sound like onions...ungless you're french...
norwaysaint Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 "Bajamas" Is that what TSW admin wear to bed?
Scudamore Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Is that what TSW admin wear to bed? Are you implying that certain TSW admin like to get into Bajamas every night?
Weston Super Saint Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Why do people struggle to say this word? It does not say Pacific, thats a bloody Ocean. There is obviously a S at the beginning! F*cktards It's AN 'S' not A 'S'. HTH.
Scudamore Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 It's AN 'S' not A 'S'. HTH. Unless he was talking about the sound...a sssuh kind of sound...in which case it's fine...
Weston Super Saint Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Unless he was talking about the sound...a sssuh kind of sound...in which case it's fine... He wasn't. He was talking about the letter.
Scudamore Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 He wasn't. He was talking about the letter. Just playing devil's advocate... An H or a H?
bridge too far Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Just playing devil's advocate... An H or a H? An H, I think
Scudamore Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 I concur... In fact people saying haitch gets on my tits...
Weston Super Saint Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Just playing devil's advocate... An H or a H? An H Also An Hospital
trousers Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Which is correct: 'a hotel' or 'an hotel', 'a historian' or 'an historian'? And why is it 'a European' not 'an European'? The form an for the indefinite article is used before a spoken vowel sound, regardless of how the written word is spelt. If you say 'an otel' when speaking (which is now often regarded as distinctly old-fashioned), then it may be appropriate for you to write 'an hotel'; but most people say 'hotel' with a sounded 'h', and should write 'a hotel'. By contrast, words such as 'honour', 'heir' or 'hour' in which the 'h' sound is dropped are written with 'an'. Americans who drop the 'h' in 'herb' may also prefer to write 'an herb', but in standard British pronunciation the 'h' is sounded, and 'a herb' is therefore correct in writing. Because 'European' is said with an initial 'y' sound, which counts as a consonantal sound in English speech, it is said (and written) with 'a' not 'an'. An abbreviation such as M.P., which is pronounced em pea, begins with a spoken vowel, and so it is 'an M.P.'
bungle Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 Sir will suffice. Are you my geography teacher then?
Johnny Shearer Posted 17 October, 2008 Posted 17 October, 2008 I don't like the americanisation of schedule into shedule. Thats just damn laziness.
Bath Saint Posted 18 October, 2008 Posted 18 October, 2008 I don't like the americanisation of schedule into shedule. Thats just damn laziness. Hmmm. I think you'll find the Americans say Skedule (with the ch pronounced as in School) whilst the CORRECT pronounciation is Shedule with the c being silent. Extremely happy to help.
Bath Saint Posted 18 October, 2008 Posted 18 October, 2008 Hope this helps http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/english/data/d0082757.html The Hutchinson Encyclopedia schedule The usual British pronunciation is [shed-youl], but the US pronunciation [sked-youl] is increasingly heard in Britain
Wiltshire Saint Posted 18 October, 2008 Posted 18 October, 2008 Hmmm. I think you'll find the Americans say Skedule (with the ch pronounced as in School) whilst the CORRECT pronounciation is Shedule with the c being silent. Extremely happy to help. Hope this helps http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/english/data/d0082757.html Patronising boffin.
mynameisthehulk Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 I dislike people who make errors also, its really annoying when people get stuff wrong.
Ponty Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 I have more of an issue with people who say, "ovlusly", when they mean, "obviously".
saint_stevo Posted 19 October, 2008 Author Posted 19 October, 2008 I have more of an issue with people who say, "ovlusly", when they mean, "obviously". Start your own thread
bridge too far Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 I dislike people who make errors also, its really annoying when people get stuff wrong. For example, forgetting to insert an apostrophe in 'its' when its meaning is 'it is'?
St Landrew Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 Just as bad are people who say 'it's a MUTE point' when they should say 'it's a MOOT point'. Duh. Yeah, that one gets me too. Especially when people believe it to mean a mute point; i.e. something which the people concerned should be quiet about. Rather than moot point, meaning a talking point, or something of possible disagreement to the people concerned and worth talking over. People even say... mood point, whatever that is.
St Landrew Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 For example, forgetting to insert an apostrophe in 'its' when its meaning is 'it is'? Don't get me started..! Think I'd better get the mower and strimmer out for a while, otherwise I might be swallowed up by the pedantic side. It's hell in there, you know.
Jillyanne Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 I have a friend who when referring to two or more breakfasts says "can we have 2 full breakfastses please".
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 Don't get me started..! Think I'd better get the mower and strimmer out for a while, otherwise I might be swallowed up by the pedantic side. It's hell in there, you know.
St Landrew Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 Which is correct: 'a hotel' or 'an hotel', 'a historian' or 'an historian'? And why is it 'a European' not 'an European'? The form an for the indefinite article is used before a spoken vowel sound, regardless of how the written word is spelt. If you say 'an otel' when speaking (which is now often regarded as distinctly old-fashioned), then it may be appropriate for you to write 'an hotel'; but most people say 'hotel' with a sounded 'h', and should write 'a hotel'. By contrast, words such as 'honour', 'heir' or 'hour' in which the 'h' sound is dropped are written with 'an'. Americans who drop the 'h' in 'herb' may also prefer to write 'an herb', but in standard British pronunciation the 'h' is sounded, and 'a herb' is therefore correct in writing. Because 'European' is said with an initial 'y' sound, which counts as a consonantal sound in English speech, it is said (and written) with 'a' not 'an'. An abbreviation such as M.P., which is pronounced em pea, begins with a spoken vowel, and so it is 'an M.P.' Good stuff. Reminds me that my Dad used to say honour with the aitch sounded out, as in how and hover. It used to drive me mad, but at his age, he'd earned the right to say words however he liked, and he wasn't going to change. He also used to pronounce a few other words with a U.S. slant, particularly new, which he pronounced noo, dual, which he pronounced dool, and a couple of others I can't remember ATM. My cousin has absolutely no connection with the U.S.A., but he has a curious penchant for calling every identifiable part of a car or motorbike by its U.S. label. Every time he mentions one in company, everyone else will chorus the GB label. For example, he might say... the car broke down, so I lifted the hood... we'd all shout BONNET..! He mentioned one the other day about his motorbike. He'd gone around a corner quite smartly and scraped the footpeg. Footrest, I immediately retorted.
bridge too far Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 I have a friend who when referring to two or more breakfasts says "can we have 2 full breakfastses please". Is your friend on the large side?
bridge too far Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 St L, one of my dance captains was American and I began to copy some of her phrases. I got into the awful habit of saying 'that's real neat' and was constantly chastised by my son One phrase of hers I never copied was 'shake your fanny' - American for (clears throat) ar*e!
Jillyanne Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 Is your friend on the large side? Not at all.
saint boggy Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 my in-laws say 'dooz' when what they actually mean is 'does' i.e. " he dooz that every time.......etc,etc" :smt013
Johnny Shearer Posted 19 October, 2008 Posted 19 October, 2008 Hmmm. I think you'll find the Americans say Skedule (with the ch pronounced as in School) whilst the CORRECT pronounciation is Shedule with the c being silent. Extremely happy to help. Meh. I got told. I blame you Bath Saint.
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