I know we are a country of peoples from all over the globe and for many English is a second language.
Please get the name right when you are talking about a place so we know where you are talking about.
One of the worlds best known roads from SA to WA.
The Nullarbor.
Means No Trees NULL as in none and ARBOR as in Trees.
Like spelling Sydney as Sidney.
Rant over.Lol
LLD said
09:08 AM Dec 10, 2018
And it's MELBN not MEL-BOURNE
LLD said
10:15 AM Dec 10, 2018
Trevor.
You'd be a good one for confirmation. Is it Hervey Bay or Harvey Bay? I was recently corrected that the town of Derby (WA) is Derby, not Darby (as I call the horse race). Then the person who corrected me pointed out they pronounced Hervey Bay as Harvey Bay and then gave a big chuckle.
What about the AFL club Essadon? Melbn suburb Roxburgh - same as Edinburra - Roxburra.
And of course Mrs Bucket (Bouquet) in Keeping Up Appearances.
Yuglamron said
12:50 PM Dec 10, 2018
"English She be the death of me". A quote from my High school French Teacher.
English has 'one foot' 'two feet' One Boot-two boots.... Or .Should it be two beets. Lol or one sheep or two shoops Nope
Yup, Hervey Bay Pronounced Harvey Bay.
A well known Aussie Daniel Ricciardo lots get it wrong and say Riccardo.
Aussie celebrity Catriona Rowntree even pronounces her own name as Catrina.
Us Poms must win hands down for weird pronunciation.
One time Pollie Lord Alex Douglas Home, Home pronounced Hume.
I won't start on Pommie place names. We don't have all year.
rockylizard said
03:09 PM Dec 10, 2018
Yuglamron wrote:
SNIP~~~
A well known Aussie Daniel Ricciardo lots get it wrong and say Riccardo.
Aussie celebrity Catriona Rowntree even pronounces her own name as Catrina.
~~~SNIP
Gday...
Ricciardo pronounces his name "Ricardo" instead of the Italian pronunciation "Rit-char-do", saying that is how his family pronounces it.
Catriona. Catriona (pronounced similar to "Katrina", or sometimes phonetically) isa feminine given name in the English language. ... All are Goidelic forms of the English Katherine, which is possibly derived from an earlier Greek name, meaning "pure".
I really makes ya wonder jest wot pronunciation is wot when it comes to people's names.
Cheers - John
LLD said
05:16 PM Dec 10, 2018
How do you pronounce GHOTI ?
In enough GH is pronounced F
In women O is pronounced I
in motion TI is pronounced SH
So the correct pronunciation of GHOTI is FISH.
rockylizard said
05:27 PM Dec 10, 2018
Gday...
Leo, as was posted earlier, "English She be the death of me". A quote from my High school French Teacher.
Cheers - John
DMaxer said
02:58 PM Dec 11, 2018
If you are travelling through Broken Hill and cross in to South Australia, the first town you come to is ****burn. (Pronounced Coburn)
LLD said
03:39 PM Dec 11, 2018
Badc0ck is pronounced Badco.
C0ck is often just pronounced Co.
Colquhoun is Ka Hoon.
The OH or OUGH on many English & Scottish names is not pronounced and subsequently dropped from the spelling to the extent they are often mistaken as Italian.
Coghill (COG-HILL) is pronounced coagill
Cahill is Kale, not CAR-HILL
and the list goes on.
I have a simple common County Durham surname and I always have to spell it out. Opposite for me - many spellings of same simple pronunciation.
madaboutled said
11:51 PM Dec 11, 2018
Is my name Step hen or Steven??? Probably why I just say Steve, but my mother always corrects me "I named you Stephen" I'm still confused.
PeterD said
07:19 AM Dec 12, 2018
rockylizard wrote:Ricciardo pronounces his name "Ricardo" instead of the Italian pronunciation "Rit-char-do", saying that is how his family pronounces it.
Ah yes, the Italian double letter. We have mezzanine (as in mezzanine floor) that people pronounce as mezanine. Do you eat piza and if you do do you have mozarella cheese on it?
I know we are a country of peoples from all over the globe and for many English is a second language.
Please get the name right when you are talking about a place so we know where you are talking about.
One of the worlds best known roads from SA to WA.
The Nullarbor.
Means No Trees NULL as in none and ARBOR as in Trees.
Like spelling Sydney as Sidney.
Rant over.Lol
You'd be a good one for confirmation. Is it Hervey Bay or Harvey Bay? I was recently corrected that the town of Derby (WA) is Derby, not Darby (as I call the horse race). Then the person who corrected me pointed out they pronounced Hervey Bay as Harvey Bay and then gave a big chuckle.
www.dailywritingtips.com/50-incorrect-pronunciations-that-you-should-avoid/
And of course Mrs Bucket (Bouquet) in Keeping Up Appearances.
"English She be the death of me". A quote from my High school French Teacher.
English has 'one foot' 'two feet' One Boot-two boots.... Or .Should it be two beets. Lol or one sheep or two shoops Nope
Yup, Hervey Bay Pronounced Harvey Bay.
A well known Aussie Daniel Ricciardo lots get it wrong and say Riccardo.
Aussie celebrity Catriona Rowntree even pronounces her own name as Catrina.
Us Poms must win hands down for weird pronunciation.
One time Pollie Lord Alex Douglas Home, Home pronounced Hume.
I won't start on Pommie place names. We don't have all year.
Gday...
Ricciardo pronounces his name "Ricardo" instead of the Italian pronunciation "Rit-char-do", saying that is how his family pronounces it.
Catriona. Catriona (pronounced similar to "Katrina", or sometimes phonetically) is a feminine given name in the English language. ... All are Goidelic forms of the English Katherine, which is possibly derived from an earlier Greek name, meaning "pure".
I really makes ya wonder jest wot pronunciation is wot when it comes to people's names.
Cheers - John
In enough GH is pronounced F
In women O is pronounced I
in motion TI is pronounced SH
So the correct pronunciation of GHOTI is FISH.
Gday...
Leo, as was posted earlier, "English She be the death of me". A quote from my High school French Teacher.
Cheers - John
If you are travelling through Broken Hill and cross in to South Australia, the first town you come to is ****burn. (Pronounced Coburn)
C0ck is often just pronounced Co.
Colquhoun is Ka Hoon.
The OH or OUGH on many English & Scottish names is not pronounced and subsequently dropped from the spelling to the extent they are often mistaken as Italian.
Coghill (COG-HILL) is pronounced coagill
Cahill is Kale, not CAR-HILL
and the list goes on.
I have a simple common County Durham surname and I always have to spell it out. Opposite for me - many spellings of same simple pronunciation.
Is my name Step hen or Steven??? Probably why I just say Steve, but my mother always corrects me "I named you Stephen" I'm still confused.
Ah yes, the Italian double letter. We have mezzanine (as in mezzanine floor) that people pronounce as mezanine. Do you eat piza and if you do do you have mozarella cheese on it?