Attention all Americans

And Worcestershire (the sauce & town) is pronounced incorrectly by both British and Americans.
Brits: Were sess tier shire (or Wooster, "shortened" name for the town)
Americans: Woor ster shure

It's just regional differences.
Fuck, people in the deep south in our own country don't know how to say "Americans" properly. Despite actually being "Amurr e kuns".

Kookapeli said:

When you Americans visit Licester in the UK it's not pronounced Lie cest err it's Less tish err it's just regional and global variations !!!!!

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i don't know which americans you have dealt with. but i don't pronounce things until i have heard the locals say it first. When i was in london i would call it Lesstishererr. which by the way had some pretty good bars. it was my first time seeing a coin machine that dispenses olives and other bar snacks :crackup::crackup:


and usually it isnt about pronouncing things incorrectly. like ash says it is an accent.... like california people say "mirror" southern U.S says "mirruh" but they spell it correctly.

michael

Ash said:

"Amurr e kuns".

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lol when I read that I heard that song from team america in my head "America! FUCK YA!!!"

So the L is silent huh.
Wolf - I hear northerners say woof, then for plural they say woofs lol
I'm going to go soLder some woLves together for yall, since thats how we Amerikins roll.
- on that note, Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, etc... all technically Americans, just no unitedstatesians.

I live in the deep south but speak with no accent unless I'm drunk or really sleepy. I will however never give up the word yall. I've claimed it and its too useful to give up.

Ash said:

And Worcestershire (the sauce & town) is pronounced incorrectly by both British and Americans.
Brits: Were sess tier shire (or Wooster, "shortened" name for the town)
Americans: Woor ster shure

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Worcester (Wooster ) is the town, Worcestershire is the county

Kookapeli said:

Worcester (Wooster ) is the town, Worcestershire is the county

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Good to know. Thanks....
But, how do you pronounce them? And would a Londoner pronounce it different than someone from Manchester or Somerset?

flecom said:

lol when I read that I heard that song from team america in my head "America! FUCK YA!!!"

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The uncut version - For the LULZ
Yes. Of course it's disgusting. It's supposed to be

Peace,
dave

Im going to stay out of this one

I hope this isn't too offensive for some of you.

00Giorge said:

I hope this isn't too offensive for some of you.

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lol awesome

00Giorge said:

I hope this isn't too offensive for some of you.

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not too offensive at all... just the right amount of levity for the situation.

michael

thebucketmouse said:

UK people, also please stop butchering the word 'aluminum'.... it is NOT spelled 'aluminium'!!

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I've basically given up on that fight, as well as my iodine pronunciation crusade.

As far as iodine, my argument is thus: look at all the other halogens. Fluorine is pronounced "floor-een", chlorine is "chlor-een", bromine is "bro-meen", why isn't iodine "io-deen"? It should be "io-deen", not "io-dine".

And now the same type of argument goes for aluminum. It should be aluminum, not aluminium. The name aluminum comes from the mineral, alumina, from which aluminum was first isolated. All other elements discovered in such a way, and named after the mineral, got the name of the mineral + "um", NOT + "ium". You just drop the "a" and add "um". Lanthanum comes from lanthana, magnesium comes from magnesia, cerium comes from ceria, thorium comes from thoria. Drop the "a" and add "um", alumina comes out as aluminum. It's consistent to spell it that way.

Kookapeli said:

When you Americans visit Licester in the UK it's not pronounced Lie cest err it's Less terr it's just regional and global variations !!!!!

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That's not just a British thing, there's a place in the boondocks/backwoods of western North Carolina that pronounces it that way as well, "lester", where outsiders and city dwellers add the extra syllable.

lasersbee said:

How are things roddenberry...
Jerry

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Doing fine Jerry, doing fine...

I have undertaken some major home renovations (floating floor tiles in my bedroom), my house is an utter mess. But mid-september, I should be all done. Oh and i'm organizing a cool rock show with Mahogany Frog (a great band from Winnipeg) on September 9 and a show with the mighty Carl Palmer (of ELP fame) on October 14! ProgMontréal

So I keep busy as you see.

@Eudaimonium: Pronounce it the way you wish, or at least, the way people around you will understand it. I pronounce it as I stated above... sounds a bit like JHAR, pinching your nose at the A...

Robert

Eudaimonium said:

Aluminium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tell that to wiki.

Croatian word for that is also "Aluminij". So I guess your point is not valid here.

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The largest Bauxite miner and refiner in Australia is Alcoa. A US owned company. They spell it Aluminium.

For interests sake, the Australian CEO has my full name!!!

I thought this thread would stir some interest and emotions!

Now, while I am at it, what do the US have against the letter S and what is this love affair with the letter Z?

Heres another one, why do Americans pronounce so many words phonetically? There is a town in the USA named Versailles, I have heard yanks pronounced this Ver-sails... Not ver-say. What do the French think of this I wonder?

This thread was bought to you by the letter L and the number 9.

Y'all don't really want a lecture about rhetorical communities, group identification, and in-group vs. out-group dynamics, now do y'all?

Peace,
dave

daguin said:

Y'all don't really want a lecture about rhetorical communities, group identification, and in-group vs. out-group dynamics, now do y'all?

Peace,
dave

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Sure, why not. Bring it on Dave.

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