Not to mention that people from outside Victoria always call it "Melbourne" when it's pronounced "Melbun."lechat said:
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Suburb of Melbourne. I live there, so of course I know how to pronounce it right. I just don't meet a lot of people that don't in my daily life. Have met them, though.lechat said:
Slaithewaite.
Go on, try. Nope, that's wrong, it's pronounced "Slough-ut" (I imagine it helps if you know how to pronounce Slough).
Oh, and then there's Haddenham. That's said Adnum. And grass doesn't have an 'r' in it.
Go on, try. Nope, that's wrong, it's pronounced "Slough-ut" (I imagine it helps if you know how to pronounce Slough).
Oh, and then there's Haddenham. That's said Adnum. And grass doesn't have an 'r' in it.
ITS PRONOUNCED DRIZZIT I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS THE "T" BEING SILENT SOUNDS RETARDED.saintdane05 said:
OT: My county. Siskiyou.
Seems simple, but I have yet to hear it pronounced perfectly.
lol debatable that either of us is pronouncing it right since it is more than likely named after some place in england or at least using their spelling.leet_x1337 said:
here's a decent site for listening to the pronouciation but i would love to hear a pom say it just to be sure the yanks arent the only ones saying it wrong
http://www.forvo.com/word/melbourne/
The original and best (that's a lie, it's too far south) is pronounced 'wusster'. Supposedly it was great as an anti-German spy tactic since it appears in most kitchen cupboards outside Yorkshire.Leadfinger said:
Closer to home there's 'Slaithwaite', 'Dodworth', 'Cudworth', 'Barugh', 'Scunthorpe' and 'Clitheroe'. That last one isn't actually deceptive, but someone pointed out that it does say Clit Hero.
Scunthorpe is also not deceptive, and unfortunately it seems the amusement value of the game 'Find the rude word in Scunthorpe' is diminished when it's written down.
I'm from New Zealand and few people outside of our little part of the world know much about the Maori language.
Glad I'm not from this place though because you could never fit it on a passport:
Glad I'm not from this place though because you could never fit it on a passport:
your country just got trolled by whoever named that place.BringBackBuck said:I'm from New Zealand and few people outside of our little part of the world know much about the Maori language.
Glad I'm not from this place though because you could never fit it on a passport:
any idea what it means?
if i had to guess it's prolly something like "lush island of proud warriors who will either fuck your shit up or be your best drinking buddy" but i'm just guessing based on my maori friends
My old english teacher used to pronounce dodworth how it's spelled (dod-worth) rather than the proper way (dod-uth) it made us all laughZantos said:
See, I thought that was more applicable to Germans... since Dutch pronounce it as 'skildt', whereas Germans would pronounce it as 'sheeldt'... *shrug* (while the French don't actually have that phonology)Eleuthera said:
'Squirrel' was used by British troops to identify German infiltrators during WWII because even fluent ENglish speaking Germans would pronounce it as 'skvirrel'...(!)Tropicaz said:
My name is "Mårten", and without fail, non-native speakers (except Danish and Norwegians because they have a very similar language to Swedish) will pronounce it as "Marten", "Morten", "Moherten", "Maurten", "Meerten" or "Moarten". Even efter several tries.
"G'day".
Apparently, USAliens pronounce it "Gee day", whereas locals will tell you it was "Gud day" way back when people would actually say that.
Also, "forehead" is pronounced "for'd", much the same way as actors in period British telemovies about sailors pronounce "forward".
Apparently, USAliens pronounce it "Gee day", whereas locals will tell you it was "Gud day" way back when people would actually say that.
Also, "forehead" is pronounced "for'd", much the same way as actors in period British telemovies about sailors pronounce "forward".