Pronunciation that makes you cringe

[Ham]

Pretentious wine drinkers who go to great lengths to pronounce 'cabernet sauvignon' with authenticity, but then say 'carver' for 'cava'. An old chestnut I have no doubt mentioned before, but it still grates.

They probably also say "drawring room".

 

"Lar-tay"

 

It's worth goign to Italy to see what happens when a Brit orders Latte in a caff 

If you don't know

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you get a cup of milk

[Basil]

Just been reminded of one that often annoys me.
Brummies!  Of all people I would expect you to know the correct pronunciation of 'Samosa' or 'Samosas'
It is not samoza or samozas.  It is a soft s.

[Wowbagger]

Pretentious wine drinkers who go to great lengths to pronounce 'cabernet sauvignon' with authenticity, but then say 'carver' for 'cava'. An old chestnut I have no doubt mentioned before, but it still grates.

They probably also say "drawring room".

 

"Lar-tay"

 

It's worth goign to Italy to see what happens when a Brit orders Latte in a caff 

If you don't know

(click to show/hide)

you get a cup of milk

I gently chided my younger daughter for ordering a lartay yesterday. But then she lives in Islington and also asks waiters "Can I get..." when ordering food, so there is no hope, I'm afraid.

[red marley]

But then she lives in Islington and also asks waiters "Can I get..." when ordering food, so there is no hope, I'm afraid.

That is the correct grammatical construction for Islington (or Upper Street at least). The full sentence being "Can I get ripped off buying a latte and small almond croissant?"

(Yes, yes you can. Almost certainly.)

[geraldc]

Lattes are on the way out. Flat whites are the new latte. It's the velvety microfoam, and the antipodean influence on London

[ian]

I ask for a skinny latte, which makes me feel a bit metrosexual and like I should roll up my trousers and take a devil-may-care attitude to socks.

I probably say latte incorrectly and with pride. I'm blessed with a glottal emergency stop.

[Wowbagger]

Lattes are on the way out. Flat whites are the new latte. It's the velvety microfoam, and the antipodean influence on London

My daughter asked for a flat white. I didn't know until she told me that there is an argument as to whether it was invented by the Aussies or the New Zealanders. I had no idea it was antipodean at all. While we were eating our lunch at the Canonbury (recently refurbished/new owners and pretty poor in my opinion) we were adjacent to a table full of Aussies and daughter told me after we left how much she enjoys listening to them. She has spent a fair bit of time in Melbourne over the past year and intends to move out there by the end of the year, for how long I don't know.

[Wowbagger]

Bernard Cribbins, you total twerp! You are reading a story for small children! Where has this ridiculous expression "blankie" come from? It's a blanket, you plonker!

[ian]

No, a blankie is a thing. I personally have a cuddly weasel to keep me safe.

[L CC]

Colleague.
If you can spell it out as a-d-a-g-i-o to the customer on the 'phone how come you pronounce it ah-gee-o? What happened to the 'ah-dah'?

[Ian H]

Quite a long time ago, when I was still a captain of industry, one of our trade customers came in asking about some labels we were producing for a Harrods meat product.  He asked whether the cark-a-chew-rie labels were ready.

[L CC]

Reciprient.

I only spell it, and say it, with the one 'r'. Where did the other one spring from? 

[Bledlow]

'Makizmo'.  It's Spanish! It's machissmo - ch as in church, as ch is always pronounced in Spanish. I'll tolerate machizmo, which is, at least, anglicised Spanish, but why pronounce a Spanish word as if it's anglicised Italian?

[jsabine]

why pronounce a Spanish word as if it's anglicised Italian?

Because it's all foreign, innit. And wogs start at Calais.

[Peter]

Speaking about coffee, every time I look at the word "regular", it comes out of my mouth as "small".  And that's how it appears in the cup, too.

[T42]

Reciprient.

I only spell it, and say it, with the one 'r'. Where did the other one spring from? 

Confusion with reciprocal?

[Cudzoziemiec]

This is a good laugh.

https://youtu.be/9q7VjLVU8Ec

[clarion]

On a related note, Jeremy Vine (I know! ) was doing a feature on the Barmouth Bridge debate* and congratulated himself on his iffy pronunciation of a nearby village name.  Shortly after, he referred to a caller from 'Dolgely'



* Amusing sidenote: Apparently, his mum rang in and said that she had got engaged to his dad at the end of the bridge.  He didn't know that before, it seems.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

'Either' and 'Neither'

Why can't people pronounce them proper like?

[Torslanda]

NO! It is pronounced 'new-clee-ar'. NOT 'new-queue-lar'

If that gets a 'BZZZZZZT! Repetition!' then, hey! Sue me . . .

[pcolbeck]

Arrgh BBC radio news. Why did you deicide to pronounce Volkswagen and Audi in the English way but decide that Skoda should be Sssschoodah ?
Can't you at least be consistent in the same sentence ?

[Raj]

Anenome ... Anemone 

[Ian H]

Arrgh BBC radio news. Why did you deicide to pronounce Volkswagen and Audi in the English way but decide that Skoda should be Sssschoodah ?
Can't you at least be consistent in the same sentence ?

You remind me of the fellow who drove one of those 'Oomburr Skepturrs'.
(it was quite a long time ago).

[rogerzilla]

My former manager had a thick Coventry accent but, in an attempt to appear posh, pronounced "because" as a very affected "becorse" rather than the expected "becoz".

[hellymedic]

My former manager had a thick Coventry accent but, in an attempt to appear posh, pronounced "because" as a very affected "becorse" rather than the expected "becoz".

Maybe that's what posher people from Coventry do.
We have an old family friend (mid 80s) who comes from Coventry originally (pre 1955).

He has no discernible accent to my London ears but also pronounces 'because' as 'becorse'.