Poll: How do you say twat?
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I have never heard anyone say twot ever in my life. If I did, that would be a free pass for me to make every single aspect of their life pure misery. I have no idea why it would rhyme with hot.
Rhymes with hat. I've never heard anyone say 'twot' ever, until I watched Easy A. No one in the UK says 'twot'.
Lemme see...
I have a pet cat, but not a pet cot,
On Yahtzee's head it's a hat, not a hot,
And here's where I sat, and not where I sot,
And I wiped my shoes on the mat, not the mot!
The English language can really confound,
Words spelt one way come out like they sound,
or spelt differently, can sound just the same,
But it's tricky to know just who is to blame!
There are words I've heard that I really don't get,
it's no wonder that others haven't figured them yet,
but if it helps most say "Prat!" but don't say "Prot!"
So I guess it helps if you know what is what,
As long as you get the meaning quite clear,
how it is spelled is really nothing to fear,
So say it loud, say it proud and leave nothing to luck,
Just don't whine about as I don't give a damn!
I have a pet cat, but not a pet cot,
On Yahtzee's head it's a hat, not a hot,
And here's where I sat, and not where I sot,
And I wiped my shoes on the mat, not the mot!
The English language can really confound,
Words spelt one way come out like they sound,
or spelt differently, can sound just the same,
But it's tricky to know just who is to blame!
There are words I've heard that I really don't get,
it's no wonder that others haven't figured them yet,
but if it helps most say "Prat!" but don't say "Prot!"
So I guess it helps if you know what is what,
As long as you get the meaning quite clear,
how it is spelled is really nothing to fear,
So say it loud, say it proud and leave nothing to luck,
Just don't whine about as I don't give a damn!
Being American I never hear anyone say twat unless they're from the UK and usually I hear it rhyme with hat. I do, though, remember being called a twat by a British person. I thought it was fucking hilarious.
My buddy," Why is that so funny?"
Me: "I'm pretty sure he just called me a vagina."
My buddy," Why is that so funny?"
Me: "I'm pretty sure he just called me a vagina."
Wow I'm very surprised to find that I'm in the vast minority here.
I'm left wondering what "other" way there is to pronounce it.
I'm left wondering what "other" way there is to pronounce it.
Foreign language etymology? When the hell was twat not an English word? 0.oravensheart18 said:
Really, I don't know why you'd be able to get it mixed up. Swat is pronounced that way because it is onomatopoeic.
BUT IT'S SPELT TWAT!GHudston said:
OT: but it is spoken in the queen's english to rhyme with hat.
And this is why the English language needs accents on letters, it would make things like this so much easier...
And there is no 'correct' way to pronounce it, it's colloquialism and hence has no particular way to pronounce it. A lot of non-colloquial words also share discrepancy in pronunciation. It all depends upon where you hear it as to what pronunciation you will hear.
OT: Twat as in hat. I usually pronounce words as if they were onomatopoeic, due to the aforementioned lack of accents.
And there is no 'correct' way to pronounce it, it's colloquialism and hence has no particular way to pronounce it. A lot of non-colloquial words also share discrepancy in pronunciation. It all depends upon where you hear it as to what pronunciation you will hear.
OT: Twat as in hat. I usually pronounce words as if they were onomatopoeic, due to the aforementioned lack of accents.
What this guy said.Optional Opinion said:
My addition = Twat - a vulgar word meaning vagina or someone you don't like - see ****.
Everybody else seems to be arguing about linguistics without any knowledge of the subject. Spelling is not enough, ask a non-native speaker of English how helpful they find English spelling with regards to pronunciation. They will tell you that many words aren't logical. They only seem logical if your brain has been naturally wired to speak them. Don't believe me, write this word as you say it 'through'.
Indeed, I've always thought about it as very English, and I've never heard a English person say it in the 'hot' way, so 'hat' way it is.J03bot said:
From now on I shall tell people just what thveits they are.Kukulski said:
OT: I've heard the "hot" pronounciation in the Legend of Niel but I thought it was part of the pun. Otherwise it just sounds ridikkulus.
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Clearly you 'avent talked to any Noorveners.trollnystan said:Erm, that isn't conclusive evidence. There is something called hetronyms. A list of some here: [link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym_(linguistics)[/link]. Having said that, if Americans want to pronounce it "twot" let them; after all they say "erbs" instead of "herbs" even though there's a bloody H in there =P [sub][sub]I heart Eddie Izzard.[/sub][/sub]syrus27 said:Oh god you're right... why isn't it spelt SWOTDJDarque said:
Kudos to you Darque.
