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RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 14 Jan 2019 23:35

Butter etc the tt is replaced in Estuary English by a glottle stop eg he ain't got no bo'le. It is not wrong but some do find it annoying.
oi

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 15 Jan 2019 00:00

Sylvia, the mis-pronunciation of names annoys me too :-|

Who decided Romsey was 'Rumsey'?
Why did Raleigh (as in bikes and the explorer) become 'Rawleigh'?
As for Powell becoming 'Poll' - well I suppose if that's how you want to pronounce your name....

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Kense

Kense Report 15 Jan 2019 09:24

Island, I don't understand your post about filing under R. :-D

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 15 Jan 2019 19:57

wundrin if she means "Our Ken"?????

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Island

Island Report 15 Jan 2019 20:08

'Our Ken' Bob? That's beyond me ;-) :-D

Ken, 'I'll file it under R' > R for Ron > Later Ron > Later on - no time/can't be bothered to deal with it :-D

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 15 Jan 2019 20:17

It is every free-born Englishman/woman's God given right to mis-pronounce foreign words/names as we wish! Mumbai? Beijing? Utter tosh. It's Bombay, Pekin.

Dermot

Dermot Report 15 Jan 2019 20:57

Sir John Cheke (16 June 1514 – 13 September 1557) was an English classical scholar who wrote:

‘I am of this opinion that our own tung should be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges; wherein if we take not heed by tiim, ever borowing and never paying, she shall be fain to keep her house as bankrupt‘.

(Apologies if you have read this piece before!) :-S

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 16 Jan 2019 10:29

Oddly you never seem to hear the F word and other expletives mispronounced even in foreign tongues!
The British taught the world to swear properly!
:-D

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

Dermot

Dermot Report 16 Jan 2019 10:49

Every word will amuse or offend some esoteric reader.

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