drift said..
Anyone else get people saying "arks" instead of "ask"...makes me see the red mist!!!

Its worse when they say it as 'aks'. 'I will go aks him'. For some reason that brings to mind 'everyone loves Raymond' where I am sure they used it all the time.

I was sitting down for a tasty BBQ lunch at a trendy grill joint recently and overheard a woman state to her table of friends

"I think it's time to order a beverajjjj" .

She pronounced it as in Raj, the Indian term.

I wish I had the pistol with silencer.

lotofwind said..
hook, line and sinker

lol. Nice try. I like your optimism.

I was brought up speaking "RP", the accent and vocabulary used by BBC announcers of the day. This means that I am always right in such questions.

Of course not. Language needs to be regulated enough to make it mutually comprehensible and diverse enough to embrace new concepts and add a little spice.

Be tolerant of linguistic diversity. And, remember, when one is typing on a smartphone keyboard, there will be the odd blunder.

Cheers

Bristle

Adriano said..
I was sitting down for a tasty BBQ lunch at a trendy grill joint recently and overheard a woman state to her table of friends

"I think it's time to order a beverajjjj" .

She pronounced it as in Raj, the Indian term.

I wish I had the pistol with silencer.

Ha ha.

This was always a self-aware, jokey pronunciation in our family and was poking fun at the perceived inconsistencies in English.

Since garage is "correctly " pronounced "ga raj, then "bev er ridge" should be "bev ver raj".

If you pronounce yoghurt the way most Australians do, apply the same to frog or dog.

In the UK we have the town of Shrewsbury and the word scone. In each case everyone is convince that they use the only possible correct pronunciation. However, exactly half do it one way and half the other.

We particularly like Americans saying the town of Bicester (bi- sester to them). Actually, it's "bister" rhyming with sister.

So, probably not a crime worthy of the shooter.

Cheers

Bristol (pronounced "bristle" where I come from )

Funny how ppl were brainwashed to say that weird German word instead of "cab"..Farken hurts just trying to pronounce it

The H thing is ok compared to replacing TH with F ,,now that pisses me off...mainly poms.

Ferty = thirty
Free= three
Finking= thinking
wif = with
Fought = thought
Fings = things
furra = thorough

I'm finking Fats Ferty free fings fat give me a fumping headache.

What's with the W instead of R crew, usually trying to sound refined. End up sounding like pwoper poncy pwicks instead.

Cobra said..
The H thing is ok compared to replacing TH with F ,,now that pisses me off...mainly poms.

Ferty = thirty
Free= three
Finking= thinking
wif = with
Fought = thought
Fings = things
furra = thorough

I'm finking Fats Ferty free fings fat give me a fumping headache.

My middle child did that until he was about 5. Then when he corrected it he changed all the "f"words he knew into "th"s. "Fun" became "thun". "Finger" became "thinger" etc.

Cobra said..
The H thing is ok compared to replacing TH with F ,,now that pisses me off...mainly poms.

Ferty = thirty
Free= three
Finking= thinking
wif = with
Fought = thought
Fings = things
furra = thorough

I'm finking Fats Ferty free fings fat give me a fumping headache.

You'd hate that old lube mobile ad with the kid singing "Furteen Furty Furty-Freee"

NotWal said..
That's a physical speech impedement. There's nothing refined about it. Some can't make the "r" sound. Many asians who are not native English speakers have difficulty with it too.

Craw, not craw !!!

If Australians want to get shirty about the way ENGLISH people pronounce ENGLISH (yep, the clue is in the name), is it time they got their own language?

(meant in a humourous way before anyone trolls me)

Cheers

Bristle

Bristolfashion said..
If Australians want to get shirty about the way ENGLISH people pronounce ENGLISH (yep, the clue is in the name), is it time they got their own language?

(meant in a humourous way before anyone trolls me)

Cheers

Bristle

Haha own language Bristol best you ask that question to the traditional land owners,,um they don't speak English and they have their own flag,,so why do the rest of us speak ENGLISH The clue is in the Australian flag Top left corner.

billykiter said..
Totally agree, there are so many people who don't have a clue about correct pronounciations. It gets even worse when you come from NZ. Here is a help page.

I hurt myself reading thet. Thinks!

NotWal said..

ThinkaBowtit said..
What's with the W instead of R crew, usually trying to sound refined. End up sounding like pwoper poncy pwicks instead.

That's a physical speech impedement. There's nothing refined about it. Some can't make the "r" sound. Many asians who are not native English speakers have difficulty with it too.

True. Indian dude at work always referred to my mate Dave as Dawid.

However there are many poms what have attended the likes of Eton who use it incessantly, I am sure because the egotistical pwicks think that it is a sign of being cultured. I ran across it frequently in Hampshire when working on rivers with river keepers. Generally drove Land Wovers and wore Barbour jackets.