OT - Pronunciation of words

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.

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

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

offden

"Norma Woods" wrote in message
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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.

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In Star love and friendship,
Sister Norma Woods
D.D.G.M.
District 21
"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
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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
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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
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" Christine in Kent, Garden of England"
wrote in message
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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

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
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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

"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
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CAREY i just roraed with laughter
mirjam
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:07:57 GMT, "Carey N."
wrote:


"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
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"Shillelagh" wrote in message
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"Norma Woods" wrote in message
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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"?

"Carey N." wrote in message
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"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
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CAREY i just roraed with laughter
mirjam
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:07:57 GMT, "Carey N."
wrote:


"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
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"Shillelagh" wrote in message
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"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

"The YarnWright" wrote in message
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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....)

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

"Carey N." wrote in message
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"The YarnWright" wrote in message
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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