Pronunciation guide

[Nero]

For the record, the correct way of saying Beijing is with a j sound as in 'jogging' and not a zh sound as in 'pleasure'. So many people say it incorrectly and it's a personal bugbear. Amaze your friends with this generally useless bit of information!

Nero

[SeanMacGabhann]

when Irish players came to England and I suddenly had to get used to, for example Kevin Moran (pronounced Morean - emphasis on 1st syllable) became Kevin Moh-RAN according to English commentators... such as John Moh-Tzan

still annoys me

[david_carnell]

I'm always fascintated by the whole city name/pronounciation thing.

There's always this reeking pretentiousness to it. People proving how much more travelled they are "you know it's actually pronounced like this" sort of thing. Not you, Nero. Your thing was interesting. But why is a hard "J" and not a soft "zh"? Says who? The Chinese? I expect they really pronounce it Pei-ching. Ho-hum.

Since when is it Mumbai? It's bloody Bombay. And Peiking! Utter tosh. Empire. Those were the days. *sighs* ;-)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

"Schedule" with a hard c annoys me.

[Brendan]

Oh Jesus try having an Afrikaans surname and living in England. The variety of different spellings and pronunciations I get are quite amusing. You wouldn?t think places like Belgium, Holland and Germany were just across the water.

Or that the ?Empire? TM spent a couple of hundred years buggering around in our country.

[lozzyloz]

Shhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeee-e-e-e-e-t! Only Americans can pronounce that properly.

[Brendan]

Oh and my lovely wife and I were having this conversation last night. How does one pronounce nougat?

Is it noo ? gar

Or

nug ? gat ?

She is still lovely even though she can?t pronounce nougat.

[KalamityKel]

Thoughts on the "correct" way to say BOWL?

[Keef]

Oly Londoners can say the C word with it's correct mix of venom and humour :-S

[wee quinnie]

As some of you are aware, my first name is Roisin - having lived here since I was 19 I have heard myself referred to Royzin so often that quite often I don't even notice that it is wrong anymore.

The problem with my name is that since I am from the NW of Ireland the pronounciation is different from the rest of the country: Rosh - een, rather than ROE - SHEEN. Actually, that bugs me way more than Royzin. Probably have been easier all round if my parents had picked Wendy or something like that.

So what's your surname Brendan? - let's have a crack at that one.

[Keef]

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[Keef]

Almost forgot my colleague who insists on saying Pacific rather than Specific... Makes me want to throttle him, but he's a lot bigger than me so I let it slide.

[Brendan]

Much can be said of the subtle skill and intuition it takes to use the C word to its greatest effect.

[KalamityKel]

Yes I agree "carrots" is sooooo hardcore! ;-)

[Keef]

Enough of your filth KK, this is hardly the time to be telling us about your hardcore carrots!

[RosieH]

Keef Wrote:

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> Oly Londoners can say the C word with it's correct

> mix of venom and humour :-S

seriously, have you ever been to the north west? londoners way is ugly as hell, you daft c***

[RosieH]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> when Irish players came to England and I suddenly

> had to get used to, for example Kevin Moran

> (pronounced Morean - emphasis on 1st syllable)

> became Kevin Moh-RAN according to English

> commentators... such as John Moh-Tzan

>

> still annoys me

you mean like Maureen?

[annaj]

Keef, I have to disagree. No-one say C*NT like a posh girl. ::o

[wee quinnie]

Talking of hardcore, I was wondering what the hell my neighbour was on about when she kept referring to her "Mister Bushy"...then i twigged............Mitsubishi.

[Brendan]

I think Northerners do the C word well with the hard ?U? sound. It sounds more aggressive and lyrical at the same time.

[KalamityKel]

hehe Annaj now ur just after some attention :p

Keef I have u know my carrots r propah mean PROPAH!!!

[Keef]

I used to live in the North West, and I agree they have a good cu*t ( :-S ), but I enjoy the southern pause on the C like it's stuck in the mouth then spat out.

[Brendan]

Keef Wrote:

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> I used to live in the North West, and I agree they

> have a good cu*t but I enjoy the southern pause on the C like it's stuck in the mouth then spat out.

Ladies and gents I give you todays winner of Post of the Day.

Essentially what Keef is saying is that the Southern **** is more explosive that the Northern ****

You can make of that what you will. I?m off to think of something inappropriate to say about dog attacks now.

[LuvPeckham]

annaj Wrote:

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> Keef, I have to disagree. No-one say C*NT like a

> posh girl. ::o

Hmmm... now this I have to hear .... when are you doing a public (or private) pronunciation ?

My Money is on Dulwich Mum (ex brickie and all) being the most interesting when saying the 'C' word (and I assume we are not talking Chocolate here ... :-S )

david_carnell - just to say that it has always been Mumbai, the British changed it to Bombay when we colonised Indiah (I have spelt it phonetically not incorrectly)

[bignumber5]

KalamityKel Wrote:

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> hehe Annaj now ur just after some attention :p

>

> Keef I have u know my carrots r propah mean

> PROPAH!!!

No, it's true - something that I have learnt from marrying the posh annaj is that swear words seldom used but then fired out unexpectedly and perfectly enunciated have so much more impact. For casual use of the c word, though, Keef is right - Londoners every time. a mate of mine used to be able to slide it into a sentance so easily that I barely noticed half the time.