Why do English people talk funny?
I swear I can't figure out the rhyme or reason for British pronunciation. I'm watching a BBC show, and I heard something like the following:"We went out to a dohnce club, and then out to dinner for...
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Since this is the UK forumTry pronouncing 'Keighley', 'Loughton', 'Fowey' or my particular favorite Mousehole Alternatively there is this site, which will give you answers and probably more...
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We Scots can't speak of funny English voices (but they ARE, aren't they?)
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I was just having this conversation with my daughter. English accents sound more sophisticated and intelligent to me. Scottish accents sound more humorous. When I can understand them, that is. My...
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Well, web 10.0 will probably have online video-conference-chat-messageboards, integrated with slideshows, map pointers and smellyvision...But until then, trywww.bbc.co.uk/voices/
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Sheila, Scottish accents are my very favourite. I could sit and listen to them for hours on end. Maybe you should send me a CD of yourself talking about whatever for a few hours! Not only are accents...
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somewhere in America:warshing machine and terlet, also wood-er (guess what the last two are, not too hard I suppose)Brits also say:Milan (apple)Parmesan (apple)Bass guitar (as in fish)
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Hmm.Bass (fish) is as in apple: same for the brewery.Bass (music) is as in "base", whether for a voice, a guitar or a double-bass.Some people in the UK might confuse the two, but if they're not pulled...
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really? I've had two cockney friends tell me it's BASS (fish) guitar, not BASE. I don't think they'd both be pulling my leg, but then again who knows.
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Consider your leg pulled - the London pronunciation is base.
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just like ours then.How about the 'erb basil? Is it b a as in apple sil(like Mr Fawlty) or b a as in base sil?Then, I think Beaulieu Castle is pronounced "bewley" butBeaufort Gardens is Boe fort?...
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Ah, Beaufort In North Carolina it's Bo-fertIn South Carolina it's Bew-fertI have no idea how it's pronounced in the old(e) country, but I'm sure it's different.
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For basil, definitely as in Mr. Fawlty. Hence the joke when Polly is trying to tell Manuel that his pet rat (which he has named Basil) has escaped - except that the health inspector is in the room at...
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Pity the poor Brit who thinks the Thames River that runs through New London, Connecticut, is pronounced "Tems" instead of the correct "Thames" (rhymes with "names").
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Careful, Dr. Lew, the Brits will soon be ranting that every intelligent soul knows that THAMES should be pronounced TEMS and not THAMES! They'll insist WE are the silly ones for pronouncing anything...
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We also in the US haveCairo (KAY-roe) ILPeru, Indiana (pronounced PEE-roo),home of Cole Porter and the Circus Hall of FameGreenwich (Green--witch, the one in New York State, not the Gren-itch in...
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And I grew up very close to "Vehr-sails" (Versailles), Ohio which was also close to Lima (like the bean, not Peru), and Bellefontaine (pronounced bell-fountain).
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Well, we're here to amuse, too, up in the Great White North. Our Japanese students fall down laughing every time they say "Nanaimo" which translates to Nine Potatoes in Japanese. They just can't get...
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I would love to get a t-shirt from Ta ta Creek....I've bought a bunch of stuff here: Save The Ta-tas
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Well, if you're going between Spillamacheen and Skookumchuck, you'll pass through Ta ta Creek. If they aren't selling t-shirts, they should be.
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Oops, people who live in Louisiana don't actually say N'awlins- that's usually the tourists who pronounce it like that. Locals say something like New Orlins. A lot of New Orleans natives actually have...
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