Cant remember who it was now but they were English. A documentary on ancient Egypt and they kept saying "oboe-lisk". I'd take either "ob-o-lisk" or "ob-a-lisk" but how they managed to get a woodwind musical instrument into their pronunciation beats me and grated horribly.
FWIW I learnt to drive in Germany, where gas is the colloquial term for petrol & diesel
I guess she's going with the flow.
TV's Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes has just referred to the “Omnicron” variant of Coronalurgi. Nasty cough she’s got too.
I know I should cut TV's Lyse Doucet some slack given that she hails from rural Neptune [“New Brunswick” – Ed.] but her not-infrequent referring to the Afghan capital as “Cobble” is starting to grate.
Someone on C4 News reporting from Furryboottoon saying the city is famous for 'oil and granight'.
Thingy, umm, not James Naughtie, on the Toady programme, probably Justin Webb pronounced the popular contraction for a biographical film as Bi-opic. No Christmas card for you Justin.
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 28 July, 2020, 11:08:20 amQuote from: Tim Hall on 28 July, 2020, 08:39:25 amSee also people who pronounce biopic, bi-opic.Kill them. AND their families. With fire. Oh yes.The only thing worse is the cover blurb on my copy of "Espedair Street", which calls said book a "biopic".To rhyme with “myopic”?As in There once was a third-rate biopicWhose viewers were somewhat myopic.These short-sighted dolts,Unaware of its faults,Actually thought the film was rather good.
Quote from: Tim Hall on 28 July, 2020, 08:39:25 amSee also people who pronounce biopic, bi-opic.Kill them. AND their families. With fire. Oh yes.The only thing worse is the cover blurb on my copy of "Espedair Street", which calls said book a "biopic".
See also people who pronounce biopic, bi-opic.
that's not science, it's semantics.
S'dentry. I always say said-en-tarry.Am I wrong or is this man an idiot?
Quote from: fboab on 10 January, 2022, 08:10:49 pmS'dentry. I always say said-en-tarry.Am I wrong or is this man an idiot?I’d like to know the answer because an ex laughed like a drain at me when I pronounced it sedENtary and I took her word for it. Sort of relieved to find I’m not alone (though we may both be wrong).