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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* ;-)

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.

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.

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?

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.

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)

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.

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