Pronunciation

[HappyHeart 13,989]

Are there any words that are commonly mispronounced that annoy you? Is this is Australian thing? The Americanisms irritate me.

Here are my top 2 peeves: 

Croissant

Chorizo 

[calNgary 9,134]

Maroon... or Marown as the Aussies say,lol

Cal x

[newjez 10,749]

Database dartabase

[Bulya 2,698]

2 hours ago, calNgary said:

Maroon... or Marown as the Aussies say,lol

Cal x

Only Queenslanders. Everywhere I’ve lived in Australia it’s maroon. Yet I’ll always call the Queensland Origin team the Marowns.  

[Rallyman 3,887]

data pronounced Darta 

[Marisawright 10,066]

15 hours ago, HappyHeart said:

Are there any words that are commonly mispronounced that annoy you? Is this is Australian thing?

It's an Australian thing.   We think the British aren't good at foreign languages, but since moving to Australia, I've realised how much British people are exposed to foreign languages, especially French, throughout our lives. 

British TV shows often use simple French, Spanish or Italian phrases (often for comic effect).  British audiences know what they mean, but the average Aussie doesn't have a clue, even simple expressions like "how are you"?  

[Parley 7,204]

People who say mischeeevious.

Also I don't like H spoken as Haitch

[Marisawright 10,066]

26 minutes ago, Parley said:

Also I don't like H spoken as Haitch

When I was in central Scotland, that was one way people found out if someone was Catholic or not.  The Catholic schools all taught it as Haitch whereas the state schools taught it as aitch. 

There was still a lot of prejudice at that time.

[vickyplum 204]

Free (for 3).

[Parley 7,204]

There is a movie critic on the radio station i listen to and whenever he is talking about a thriller he always says friller.

Very annoying.

[Toots 11,527]

34 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

When I was in central Scotland, that was one way people found out if someone was Catholic or not.  The Catholic schools all taught it as Haitch whereas the state schools taught it as aitch. 

There was still a lot of prejudice at that time.

I was unaware of the 'haitch' thing Marisa.  Certainly recall the prejudice though.  

[Toots 11,527]

5 minutes ago, Parley said:

There is a movie critic on the radio station i listen to and whenever he is talking about a thriller he always says friller.

Very annoying.

I knew some very well educated people who did that.  Sounds terrible.  I recall when I was working in Belgium, the three little daughters of my boss trying to speak English.  The French speakers find it difficult to say th.  The girls used to scream with laughter when I gave them a list of words beginning with th and then they would stick their tongue between their teeth as I showed them and attempt to make the th sound.  They never quite mastered it.  

[Marisawright 10,066]

2 minutes ago, Toots said:

I knew some very well educated people who did that.  Sounds terrible.  I recall when I was working in Belgium, the three little daughters of my boss trying to speak English.  The French speakers find it difficult to say th.  The girls used to scream with laughter when I gave them a list of words beginning with th and then they would stick their tongue between their teeth as I showed them and attempt to make the th sound.  They never quite mastered it.  

If you want to confound a French person, ask them to say, "Crisps".   It's hysterical to see them try.

They say the English have a stiff upper lip but it's actually the French who have one.

[newjez 10,749]

PerGOLa and pergola

I actually use the Australian pronunciation.

Yoghurt and YOghurt.

I switch depending on which country I'm in.

I remember when I was ten and I first came to England, and went to the shop and asked for ten pence of mixed lollies. I made sure I said pence and not cents, but the woman still looked at me in utter confusion.

[Bulya 2,698]

3 hours ago, Rallyman said:

data pronounced Darta 

As it should be 

[Tulip1 4,597]

4 hours ago, newjez said:

Database dartabase

I noticed recently my son who lives in Oz said darta.  It did sound weird and wrong but no different to me saying glarss and grarss I suppose. I notice Australians like the Americans often pronounce t’s as d’s so it actually sounds like darda. They say daughder /wader boddle.  That sounds stranger than the r that isn’t there. 

[HappyHeart 13,989]

6 minutes ago, Tulip1 said:

I noticed recently my son who lives in Oz said darta.  It did sound weird and wrong but no different to me saying glarss and grarss I suppose. I notice Australians like the Americans often pronounce t’s as d’s so it actually sounds like darda. They say daughder /wader boddle.  That sounds stranger than the r that isn’t there. 

It's definitely dar tar not day ta to me these days. 

[HappyHeart 13,989]

More importantly how do people say Chorizo and croissant

Hopefully not Cho reet zo and Cross aunt .

[HappyHeart 13,989]

2 hours ago, Parley said:

People who say mischeeevious.

Also I don't like H spoken as Haitch

I didn't realise people said it differently! 

Mischievous with the emphasis on 'Mis'

[Tulip1 4,597]

3 hours ago, Parley said:

People who say mischeeevious.

Also I don't like H spoken as Haitch

This is a big one for me.  I used to say to my kids there’s no haitch in aitch. 

[Skani 5,287]

3 hours ago, Marisawright said:

When I was in central Scotland, that was one way people found out if someone was Catholic or not.  The Catholic schools all taught it as Haitch whereas the state schools taught it as aitch. 

That was the same in Australia when I was growing up:  "haitch" was taught in the predominantly Irish Catholic school system so presumably it originated in Ireland?  It was regarded as very "uneducated" in our Anglo Protestant state school world.  I still flinch when I hear it - expecting a wooden ruler to come down hard on someone's knuckles.  

[Parley 7,204]

59 minutes ago, HappyHeart said:

More importantly how do people say Chorizo and croissant

Hopefully not Cho reet zo and Cross aunt .

How are you supposed to say them? 

I think a westernisation is okay. We say Paris not Paree

[HappyHeart 13,989]

36 minutes ago, Parley said:

How are you supposed to say them? 

I think a westernisation is okay. We say Paris not Paree

Kwah- son

Cho ree tho 

[Parley 7,204]

1 hour ago, HappyHeart said:

More importantly how do people say Chorizo and croissant

Hopefully not Cho reet zo and Cross aunt .

If you think that then you must demands the French say London instead of Londres

[HappyHeart 13,989]

Just now, Parley said:

If you think that then you must demands the French say London instead of Londres

You're as bad as them....drives me mad. Cross aunt indeed....