Quote from: Slave To The Viking on 21 January, 2023, 12:37:55 amAnd how about the name of the first letter of the word in question? Have you pinned your colours to the mast of the point in history where the French hache (pronounced "ash") dropped its aitch to become aitch (like the formerly formal 'otel), or are you loyal to the anglicised haitch? Or does haitch make your (h)ackles rise, because hache should be aitch?However we say it, we make a hash of it.
And how about the name of the first letter of the word in question? Have you pinned your colours to the mast of the point in history where the French hache (pronounced "ash") dropped its aitch to become aitch (like the formerly formal 'otel), or are you loyal to the anglicised haitch? Or does haitch make your (h)ackles rise, because hache should be aitch?
that's not science, it's semantics.
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 21 January, 2023, 03:05:58 pmQuote from: Slave To The Viking on 21 January, 2023, 12:37:55 amAnd how about the name of the first letter of the word in question? Have you pinned your colours to the mast of the point in history where the French hache (pronounced "ash") dropped its aitch to become aitch (like the formerly formal 'otel), or are you loyal to the anglicised haitch? Or does haitch make your (h)ackles rise, because hache should be aitch?However we say it, we make a hash of it.The name of the letter H doesn’t start with an H, not even a silent one.
Diane War Wick is convinced that is how her name should be spoke but on the correct (and indeed the right side) of the pond we no (see what I did there?) it is Worrick
Mis-pronunciation of Pronunciation.
Quote from: neilrj on 26 January, 2023, 10:56:28 pmDiane War Wick is convinced that is how her name should be spoke but on the correct (and indeed the right side) of the pond we no (see what I did there?) it is Worrick I know a Canadian whose name is Warwick, pronounced Worrick....I also know another Canadian who calls those fluffy buggers that live in trees "squrls". That makes me cringe!
Quote from: neilrj on 26 January, 2023, 10:56:28 pmDiane War Wick is convinced that is how her name should be spoke but on the correct (and indeed the right side) of the pond we no (see what I did there?) it is Worrick <spelling pedant>Isn't her first name Dionne?
Quote from: hellymedic on 26 January, 2023, 11:05:02 pmQuote from: neilrj on 26 January, 2023, 10:56:28 pmDiane War Wick is convinced that is how her name should be spoke but on the correct (and indeed the right side) of the pond we no (see what I did there?) it is Worrick <spelling pedant>Isn't her first name Dionne?That would be dee-on-knee, I suppose.
I'm always slightly nervous when I do this in case I have spent decades mispronouncing,Detritus. I've always said dee-try-tuss, and this narrator is all over debt-tree-tuss. Given they also said 'acetic' when context would infer 'ascetic' I'm going to err in my own favour.
...de-TRY-tis...
Quote from: L CC on 05 April, 2023, 04:59:02 pmI'm always slightly nervous when I do this in case I have spent decades mispronouncing,Detritus. I've always said dee-try-tuss, and this narrator is all over debt-tree-tuss. Given they also said 'acetic' when context would infer 'ascetic' I'm going to err in my own favour. I'm with you on those.
Quote from: T42 on 06 April, 2023, 08:25:18 am...de-TRY-tis...This.
Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 05 April, 2023, 10:39:40 pmQuote from: L CC on 05 April, 2023, 04:59:02 pmI'm always slightly nervous when I do this in case I have spent decades mispronouncing,Detritus. I've always said dee-try-tuss, and this narrator is all over debt-tree-tuss. Given they also said 'acetic' when context would infer 'ascetic' I'm going to err in my own favour. I'm with you on those.Quote from: Pingu on 06 April, 2023, 09:16:24 amQuote from: T42 on 06 April, 2023, 08:25:18 am...de-TRY-tis...This.OOooo maybe it's a Scots thing and I picked up my detritus in my Aberdeenshire sojourn...