Poll: How do you say twat?
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Like "hat".
Considering the word is primarily of British English origin, and that's how you'll hear it pronounced in the UK, I'd suggest that, as in hat, is the correct pronunciation and I am legitimately baffled as to how the word attained an "as in hot" pronunciation.
Considering the word is primarily of British English origin, and that's how you'll hear it pronounced in the UK, I'd suggest that, as in hat, is the correct pronunciation and I am legitimately baffled as to how the word attained an "as in hot" pronunciation.
Rhymes with hat, it's the nly way I've ever heard it said, and I hear it quite a lot..
It sounds best if you get a welshman to say "Fucking twat him", it sounds more like "Fockin' twat 'im". Probably ot the best way to describe that.. It sounds better in my head..
It sounds best if you get a welshman to say "Fucking twat him", it sounds more like "Fockin' twat 'im". Probably ot the best way to describe that.. It sounds better in my head..
I pronounce it like it rhymes with "swat." The "W-A" part is what makes it sound different. I guess it really depends where put stress on it, like the two different ways to pronounce tomato, "Toe-may-toe" or "Tah-mah-toe." In the end it usually comes down to a regional thing.
On a similar note, my whole life I was told that the state of Nevada was pronounced "Neh-va-dah" and recently I've been hearing people pronounce it as "Nah-vah-dah."
On a similar note, my whole life I was told that the state of Nevada was pronounced "Neh-va-dah" and recently I've been hearing people pronounce it as "Nah-vah-dah."
Shows clearly it's both, actually:The_root_of_all_evil said:
twæt twɐt
It's a little hard to see the symbols in this font, but they're pronounced like this:
æ cat /kæt/
ɐ got /gɐt/
And yes, the ɐ pronunciation is a US regional thing, and it's a much naughtier word there.
^ *pedals backwards* ^Grouchy Imp said:If I was being serious do you think I'd be involved with a load of strangers on the internet discussing the pronunciation of swear words?!? /bemusedintheweeds said:say 'talk'. now say 'hot'. now say them both without the first letter. seriously?Grouchy Imp said:You are quite correct, in English each letter has a 'hard' and 'soft' pronunciation. But neither pronunciation of 'a' sounds like either pronunciation of 'o', so I shall continue to be as smarmy as I like!intheweeds said:Its too bad the english language has two or more legal pronunciations for each vowel. For instance, smarmy-pants, you typed 'talk'. How do you pronounce that, pray tell?Grouchy Imp said:
Oh, sorry, let me fix that:
If I wos being seriaus da yau think I'd be invalved with o laod of strongers an the internet discussing the pranunciotian of sweor wards?!? /bemused
Building further on this; how would people instinctively pronounce 'wat'? I'm sure it wouldn't be the same as how the majority (myself included) pronounce 'twat'. Why the difference arising from merely adding a letter beforehand?
I fucking hate the English language sometimes.
I fucking hate the English language sometimes.
So you get Opps on your Opple Mockintosh? purleaze.ravensheart18 said:
Or Ohlimuinum? Regional variation is one thing, but you can't just alter phonetics.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/twat
You'll notice there are *two* audio buttons for this, one for the British pronunciation and one for the American pronunciation, and it's actually the American version that rhymes with hat and the British with hot, which is contradictory to what everyone here seems to be saying (unless they got the combo of pic to audio wrong )
Yet the pronunciation here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/twat
Sounds more like a hybrid of the two, like 'tart' but with a w, so 'twart'.
I say it like it rhymes with hat, saying it as though its spelling is 'twot' just feels weird to me.
You'll notice there are *two* audio buttons for this, one for the British pronunciation and one for the American pronunciation, and it's actually the American version that rhymes with hat and the British with hot, which is contradictory to what everyone here seems to be saying (unless they got the combo of pic to audio wrong
)Yet the pronunciation here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/twat
Sounds more like a hybrid of the two, like 'tart' but with a w, so 'twart'.
I say it like it rhymes with hat, saying it as though its spelling is 'twot' just feels weird to me.
How can you pronounce it to rhyme with hot? I'm saying it in my head and it just doesn't work.
Rhymes with hat
You people are odd.
Rhymes with hat
You people are odd.
