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Thems talk funny

11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
edited September 2006 in General Discussion
Ok, we all know that the British are our good buddies in the world at large, but they sure say some strange sounding things.

Lets list a few:

Greenwich (pronounced "Grenich")

Aluminum (pronounced "Aluminium")

Keep it going!
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    kiss * {pronounced tony blair}
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's not just a matter of different pronunciations.

    "I took the pram out of the boot and left it on the bleeding car park!"

    As some of our Brit buds here will probably point out, they actually speak English and US folks speak American. Two very similar but different languages.

    IMO, it's them Yankees that really talk funny. [:D]
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    AS my British lady would say when we were first married- "I took the auto to the gair-ahg, got some petrol, and had them check under the bonnet, and clean the windscreen. Oh, and I left some tins in the boot....." Oh yeah- leaving a request for a wakeup call is asking to get "knocked up" !
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  • Slow_HandSlow_Hand Member Posts: 2,835
    edited November -1
    SCHEDULE (sked-yule) is pronounced shed-u-el

    REGINA (Reh-geena) is pronounced Rej-eye-na

    CHALMONDELY (as in the name of the street) is pronounced chom-lee
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  • zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    My favourite is 'gar'ash,' rhymes with carriage - you know - that little addition to the side of your house that holds the automobile behind that big door in the front.

    We have a pram (short for perambulater) hanging from the beams in ours![:D]
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  • MrOrangeMrOrange Member Posts: 3,012
    edited November -1
    I used to work with a Brit ex-pat who wondered why it seemed like every single motel in the states was short-handed:

    Over there, "vacancy" is what we call "help wanted".

    The worst accent was on an Irish guy; half the time I couldn't understand a word he said.

    "Throttle" came out like "truck".
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    two peoples divided by a common language.

    Being an Anglophile I rather like the Brit accents and usages, well some of the accents, Cockney I could do without.

    Ask for a napkin in Britain and you will receive a sanitary napkin. Serviettes are used for dining.

    Diaper is nappie.

    A cul-de-sac street is a close.

    An industrial park is an industrial estate.

    A pasty is not worn in a strip club, but is a kind of fried meat pie.

    A cream tea comes with clotted cream, stawberry preserves and scones. Probably the finest 12,000,000 calories you will ever consume.
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  • hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My mother grew up in Ireland, even though she's been here 50 years, whenever she's boiling water she uses a "vessel" not a pot. When my son starts whining about something she says "aw shut yer gob"
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    I prefer Australian english.

    CRIKE!
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