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We many of these in Scotland.. one example being 'Milngavie' pronounced 'Mulguy' Or on England (and Canada) , Gloucester pronounced Gloster, Leicester pronounced Lester, and Towcester pronounced Towster. Roger. |
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Gwendoline Kelly wrote:
Shelagh, I agree with that - I admit we say Lef- ten -ant though. My best - or worst- example of that is a place name we have here. It is spelled GooNooGooNoo and is written as I have done, almost as though it is four words. However the pronunciation in Gun ig a noo - work the sense of that one out if you can? Should we talk about Welsh? g Katherine |
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Yarn Forward wrote:
We many of these in Scotland.. one example being 'Milngavie' pronounced 'Mulguy' Or on England (and Canada) , Gloucester pronounced Gloster, Leicester pronounced Lester, and Towcester pronounced Towster. "Gunwale" is "gunnel". Katherine |
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offden
"Norma Woods" wrote in message .. . ok, here's another one! Often. How do you pronounce it? Off-Ten, or Offen? I was taught Off-en. But my daughter learned Off-ten in school. -- In Star love and friendship, Sister Norma Woods D.D.G.M. District 21 "MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message ... Thank you, Christine, and all the rest of you who got into this discussion. ) It all depends then on how you heard / learned the word while growing up. I know in our house we always had Reynolds Aluminum Foil, and we always said (and heard others in our area say) A-loom-in-um. This was (aluminum) also the way we learned to spell it at school. To each his/her own! ;o) Oh, Norma... I had never actually even heard the word leftenant until I saw a war movie and heard the British people saying it. I had always heard lieutenant. Maybe my ears only hear(d) in American when it came to some words? LOL I know that I grew up spelling colour with a U in there, but somewhere along the way in school I was taught that in the US they don't put the U in the word. Now I spell it either way... but I still spell it coloUr most times! Peace! Gemini - differences make us unique and interesting. ;o) " Christine in Kent, Garden of England" wrote in message ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium This will hopefully explain all, and to be honest I've never seen it spelt without 2 i's, but when I read the Wikipedia article it all became clear (ish!) Love Christine "Shillelagh" wrote in message ... " Christine in Kent, Garden of England" wrote in message ... Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i" in the word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't all our differences what make the world a more interesting place? Love Christine Okay I gotta ask this - if I'm understanding you correctly - you say AL-YOU-MIN-EE-UM??? The word is spelled A-L-U-M-I-N-U-M. As a Canadian, I learned to pronounce it A-LOOM-IN-UM. We are also pronouncing all the letters that are there, without the EE, which is the non existant "i". Scratching my head. Can you help me understand? (laugh) Shelagh |
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And NAVY terms:
Boatswain is pronounced Bosun, Cockswain is pronounced Coxun. JM2C, Noreen -- If ignorance is bliss. . . then why aren't there more happy people in this world? "Katherine" wrote in message ... Yarn Forward wrote: We many of these in Scotland.. one example being 'Milngavie' pronounced 'Mulguy' Or on England (and Canada) , Gloucester pronounced Gloster, Leicester pronounced Lester, and Towcester pronounced Towster. "Gunwale" is "gunnel". Katherine |
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"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message ... CAREY i just roraed with laughter mirjam On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:07:57 GMT, "Carey N." wrote: "MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message ... "Shillelagh" wrote in message ... "Norma Woods" wrote in message . .. When I was in school, we learned to spell it the English way. I think it's spelled the American way, now? I always pronounced it Al-u-min-ee-um in my mind to spell it out on paper. Same way we learned the English pronunciation "lef-ten-ant" instead of lieutenant. That's another word that amazes me. How you get 'lef-ten-ant" out of the spelling is a puzzle. I'm Canadian, and we usually stick with English things, but to me on this word - it's LOO TEN ANT. (shrug) Shelagh That's the way I learned it too, Shelagh! ) Peace! Gem Everytime I hear the word "lef-ten-ant" I wonder is there is a "right-ten-ant" ? ;-)) -- Carey in MA After that, of course it begs the question, is there a "wrong-ten-ant"? |
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"Carey N." wrote in message news:eSv2f.1715$vi2.453@trndny04... "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message ... CAREY i just roraed with laughter mirjam On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:07:57 GMT, "Carey N." wrote: "MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message ... "Shillelagh" wrote in message ... "Norma Woods" wrote in message . .. When I was in school, we learned to spell it the English way. I think it's spelled the American way, now? I always pronounced it Al-u-min-ee-um in my mind to spell it out on paper. Same way we learned the English pronunciation "lef-ten-ant" instead of lieutenant. That's another word that amazes me. How you get 'lef-ten-ant" out of the spelling is a puzzle. I'm Canadian, and we usually stick with English things, but to me on this word - it's LOO TEN ANT. (shrug) Shelagh That's the way I learned it too, Shelagh! ) Peace! Gem Everytime I hear the word "lef-ten-ant" I wonder is there is a "right-ten-ant" ? ;-)) -- Carey in MA After that, of course it begs the question, is there a "wrong-ten-ant"? how about an upsidedown ten ant? jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez louise! running and ducking Noreen |
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"The YarnWright" wrote in message ... how about an upsidedown ten ant? jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez louise! running and ducking Noreen That *might* be me while ROFLMAO ! ;-)) -- Carey in MA (will be following Noreen when I regain my feet....) |
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Norma Woods wrote:
ok, here's another one! Often. How do you pronounce it? Off-Ten, or Offen? I was taught Off-en. But my daughter learned Off-ten in school. Definately off-en. I have known people who pronounce it off-ten. -- Penny Gaines WIP: waistcoat for dh, crotchet blanket, spotted fake fur cushion cover, 6x6 After that... jumper for ds, cushion for dd, And then ... throw for sitting room, jumper for me |
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"Carey N." wrote in message news:ciw2f.1717$vi2.904@trndny04... "The YarnWright" wrote in message ... how about an upsidedown ten ant? jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez louise! running and ducking Noreen That *might* be me while ROFLMAO ! ;-)) -- Carey in MA (will be following Noreen when I regain my feet....) Ok, we've heard of slum-lords, what about a slumtenant? TIme to stop, I'm making myself sick from whooping laughter, Carey! Hugs, Noreen |
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