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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 10:59:21 GMT
Pee-can instead of Pa-con (pecan)
Car-mel instead of Ca-ra-mell (caramel)
Dan-yell instead of Don-yell (Danielle)
Pecan and Danielle are French words that sound classy in French. Bastardized and trashy in English.
Caramel is spelled ca-ra-mel. Not car-mel. Carmel is the wrong pronunciation.
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Post by Schwarzwald Magnus on Sept 25, 2018 11:12:42 GMT
What do I care? I'm the God-Emperor of the Multiverse.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 25, 2018 11:39:26 GMT
Regional and cultural differences in pronunciation do not make them "wrong". Them driving a person crazy is on the hearer, not the speaker. just an opinion, but mine own.  |
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 11:52:23 GMT
Regional and cultural differences in pronunciation do not make them "wrong". Them driving a person crazy is on the hearer, not the speaker. just an opinion, but mine own. Carmel is wrong. The word is spelled ca-ra-mel. Nor car-mel. The other two are options in pronunciation. It is my opinion the original French pronunciation sounds better than the English pronunciation. |
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Post by ᵗʰᵉᵃᵘˣᵖʰᵒᵘ on Sept 25, 2018 12:22:20 GMT
I say pee-can. I know no one who pronounces it p’KHAN.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Sept 25, 2018 12:25:00 GMT
Many people mispronounce err and niche.
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 12:28:51 GMT
I say pee-can. I know no one who pronounces it p’KHAN. The French say p'khan. So do people in New Orleans and southern Louisiana. It is a French word. You are using an English pronunciation. |
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 12:29:22 GMT
Many people mispronounce err and niche. . . . as in ?? |
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Sept 25, 2018 12:30:43 GMT
And then the way most people pronounce comptroller ...  |
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Post by ᵗʰᵉᵃᵘˣᵖʰᵒᵘ on Sept 25, 2018 12:35:58 GMT
I say pee-can. I know no one who pronounces it p’KHAN. The French say p'khan. So do people in New Orleans and southern Louisiana. It is a French word. You are using an English pronunciation. Must be an American thing. |
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 12:41:05 GMT
The French say p'khan. So do people in New Orleans and southern Louisiana. It is a French word. You are using an English pronunciation. Must be an American thing. It is definitely an American thing. |
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Post by sostie on Sept 25, 2018 13:07:10 GMT
I can't seem to get used to the American pronunciation of oregano, route and aluminium
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 13:09:23 GMT
I can't seem to get used to the American pronunciation of oregano, route and aluminium What ethnicity/nationality are you? And how do you say those words? |
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 25, 2018 13:15:18 GMT
I call this pedantic semantics...
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Post by sostie on Sept 25, 2018 13:15:43 GMT
I can't seem to get used to the American pronunciation of oregano, route and aluminium What ethnicity/nationality are you? And how do you say those words? I'm English US = o-reg-a-no UK = or-ree-gah-no US = rout UK = root Aluminium is a bit different - it seems USA/Canada call it aluminum, whereas the rest of the world mostly call it aluminium, hence the different pronunciation |
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 13:23:37 GMT
What ethnicity/nationality are you? And how do you say those words? I'm English US = o-reg-a-no UK = or-ree-gah-no US = rout UK = root Aluminium is a bit different - it seems USA/Canada call it aluminum, whereas the rest of the world mostly call it aluminium, hence the different pronunciation You guys spell aluminum "aluminium"? We spell and pronounce it aluminum. |
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Post by sostie on Sept 25, 2018 13:29:39 GMT
I'm English US = o-reg-a-no UK = or-ree-gah-no US = rout UK = root Aluminium is a bit different - it seems USA/Canada call it aluminum, whereas the rest of the world mostly call it aluminium, hence the different pronunciation You guys spell aluminum "aluminium"? We spell and pronounce it aluminum. Yup. Apparently it was initially named by the (English) man that discovered it as "alumium" in 1807, he then changing it to "aluminum", and finally settled on "aluminium" in 1812. |
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 13:29:43 GMT
What ethnicity/nationality are you? And how do you say those words? I'm English US = o-reg-a-no UK = or-ree-gah-no US = rout UK = root Aluminium is a bit different - it seems USA/Canada call it aluminum, whereas the rest of the world mostly call it aluminium, hence the different pronunciation We are taught one e is pronouced ehh. And two e's are pronouced e as in we. Resultingly we are taught that oregano is pronounced oregano. Not oreegano. |
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Post by movieliker on Sept 25, 2018 13:31:51 GMT
What ethnicity/nationality are you? And how do you say those words? I'm English US = o-reg-a-no UK = or-ree-gah-no US = rout UK = root Aluminium is a bit different - it seems USA/Canada call it aluminum, whereas the rest of the world mostly call it aluminium, hence the different pronunciation Believe it or not, many Americans pronounce it both rought and root. |
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Post by Sulla on Sept 25, 2018 13:33:16 GMT
I get tired of people mispronouncing "similar" as "simular".
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