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Annoying American Pronunciations
Annoying American Pronunciations
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Saga ??????? Where did that come from ???? Like most Yanks I make up the words !!!!
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Don't give two hoots Limey
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oooooooooooooooh!!! that's it you have done it now.
I have never been so upset since they moved the embassy south of the river!!! I mean - everybody knows one never goes south of the river. |
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Funnily enough when I first joined my boat a lad asked me " Had the British forgiven them for beating them in the war of independence" I told him we'd won and lost many wars since and that it was funnily enough not of any consequence to the British. Went on to tell him it was mainly disgruntled English men doing the fighting
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It peed me off moisok. Batteries power station would of been a great location for Chelsea's new ground but the yanks put a stop to it
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I am somewhat interested in history particularly the napoleonic era and I have to laugh at how your lot didn't play fair and wouldn't stand still to be shot at ha ha!!! The British were way behind. But, as usual, copied some of your ideas.
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Yeah walking in a line wearing bright red coats didn't seem to be the brightest move !
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Nothing grinds my gears more than an American saying 'oregano'.
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Er reg er no consider yourself grinded
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A lum min un
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Some do sound better though- bayzil better than bazil and skedule better than shedule imo
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That's telling em Hank we'll keep our peckers up !
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Hot diggity dawg ufcdan, indeed we will and amen to that. Have a nice day y'all.
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they somehow pronounce nuteller as newteller, boggles the mind, aluminium is another classic which they say aloominum
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nutella, my mind is ravaged by aussie flue |
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flu!
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You are not the only one Grant - I am full of it
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Glad you got that GRANTKCKING !
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Moisok - re south of the river. Only one Monopoly space south of the river, you can tell its an American game.
Where are you fishing in Sussex?. No need for absolute details, just interested!. Three good big private lakes in idyllic surroundings next to me. What's your pref. |
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Airplane.
It's Aeroplane!!!!!! |
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trump, when clearly it should be tw@t
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As mentioned before, van Gogh. I appreciate that the first G can be difficult for non-Dutch speakers but "Go", ignoring the gh, bears absolutely no resemblance to the original. They've even changed the vowel sound.
Also, missile. Which they pronounce as miss-all. |
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Obama, when clearly it should be tw@t.
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I hate how they pronounce sh*thouse.
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Mirror which sounds like [b]meee]. rrr[/b
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I hate the way they say 'fillet' as in 'fillay steak'.
Everyone knows it is pronounced 'fillit'. It must be particularly annoying to the French. |
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Is this the betting without the way they pronounce Moscow market?
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johnny that is a beaut...the misdescription of toilet,wc as bathroom,aint no bath in there you arrr**
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I doubt the french are too impressed with their use of Notre-Dame either.
Premiership as premeership always amuses me. |
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Nu York
Deepot Coup instead of Coupay Chassy instead of Shassy Vays instead of Vars Leezur instead of Lesure Dook of Edinbro as in Duke of Edinburgh and they don't even understand their own language, where one guy wrote about a 'guarder belt' In fairness there could be contra arguments, seeing as, in our speak, New & Knew are pronounced the same! |
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Pronouncing Moscow as Mos-cow (rather than Mos-coe) makes sense in the States, because that's how the German word for Moscow is pronounced (Moskau). And more Americans trace their ancestry to Germans than any other group.
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They pronounce 'aubergine' as 'eggplant', that is just wrong on every level.
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I like how they mispronounce our placenames.
'Wor-sester-shyer' and 'Lye-sester-shyer' being the good examples But also Wor-Wick, and my personal favourite - 'Nodding haam' |
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there are some vowels they just refuse to pronounce properly - "A" being the most common,
I dare anyone to visit the States and go to a cafe and order (in your loudest, proudest, British accent) "a basil and tomato soup" the most grating has to be meeeeer New Yorkers esp have some gems - kwahfee is my personal fav. |
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Some of my silent screaming moments-
Spending time in hospital is always spending time in "the" hospital - as if there was only one. Restroom. (aaarghh!) Gasoline for petrol Soccer for football Soccer Mum (wtf?) Military for army Line for queue Yard for garden Pants for trousers and all of the previous examples. etc etc etc And while we're on the subject - chat show hosts who sit behind a desk three feet above their guests - can't watch it sorry. |
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How does that work if Danny DeVito's a guest?
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And deviating slightly away from pronunciation, my absolute favourite expression commonly heard in New York is "I don't got" instead of "I haven't got".
Mind-blowingly ugly. |
