Mis-pronounciation and dating - Page 6

Kitsune · 02-05-2005, 08:35 AM

The British accent is, I think, probably one of the most pleasing to the ears.

...until any of them utters the word "cuppa" as in, "Won' you dro' in for a nice cuppa?" Its one of the most annoying truncations of speech I've come across. Cuppa? Cup of what? Milk? Coffee?

Heh. I always thought it was "terra" or "turr".

Happy Monkey · 02-05-2005, 09:12 AM

tea. "Cuppa" is always tea.

DanaC · 02-05-2005, 02:55 PM

I once dated a lad who repeatedly pronounced "specifically" as "pacifically*
In all fairness he wasn't the sharpest tool in the kit .....His most attractive feature ( to me) was that he fancied me......Being as I was 15 at the time and pretty much the only girl in my circle without a boyfriend, that was enough for me.....at least it was enough for me for about 8 months.

The worst thing about dating him was that I became horribly embarrassed by his inarticulacy and obvious lack of intelligence.......Then again I think there is something of the fascist in most teenagers.

wolf · 02-05-2005, 05:03 PM

Teens are just especially conscious of the definitions of and membership in the in-group and the out-group.

Even the out-groupers form their own kind of in-group.

limey · 02-06-2005, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

The British accent is, I think, probably one of the most pleasing to the ears.
[snip]

Er ... that would be "The British accents are ..."

. Newcastle, Birmingham (west midlands, not alabama), London, Glasgow all sound vrrry different, ya know. To me (an English person living in Scotland) Birmingham is one of the least attractive, and Newcastle (aka "Geordie") the most incomprehensible.

undone · 02-07-2005, 03:03 PM

We we were dating, I thought I was in the clear as he didn't have any glaring mispronounciations in his vocabulary. Then I met his family. His mom grades the cheese and steams the aspargras..but only just varley.

Undertoad · 02-07-2005, 04:01 PM

Nothing wrong with a little graded cheese on your pauster. Yer pauster, you know, yer sperghetti.

OnyxCougar · 02-07-2005, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

The biggest offenders in my experience are:

"Go down duh screet tuh get some scrimps."

OMG you've been talking to my customers!

They eat scrimps on da screet den go watch their digikal (or diginal) cayb-oe.

Ugh.

And when I first met my husband, who spent 12 years in Jersey, EVERY time he would say coah-fee, I would repeat it like that. EVERY time. It was cute then. Now half the time I don't notice it.

OnyxCougar · 02-07-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

Er ... that would be "The British accents are ..."

. Newcastle, Birmingham (west midlands, not alabama), London, Glasgow all sound vrrry different, ya know. To me (an English person living in Scotland) Birmingham is one of the least attractive, and Newcastle (aka "Geordie") the most incomprehensible.

I LOVE the scottish brogue, and find broad yorkie and liverpudian to be the hardest to get.

And I'm from Manchester....

Troubleshooter · 02-07-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

OMG you've been talking to my customers!

A friend of mine was a paramedic for a while. Every so often he'd head into the ethnic hinterlands to go pick somebody who had run out of their peanutbutterball...

See if you cna figure that one out.

404Error · 02-08-2005, 01:23 AM

Just when you thought you were safe from the badger badger thing...

It's Harry Potter Potter Potter's turn

wolf · 02-08-2005, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

peanutbutterball...

See if you cna figure that one out.

Phenobarbital.

Guess them folks was having some major convictions, eh?

Troubleshooter · 02-08-2005, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Phenobarbital.

Guess them folks was having some major convictions, eh?

Yeah, but they're staying scrong and keepin' it real...

Iggy · 02-09-2005, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

The Viking Kittens ROCK!

Is it wrong that I thing that is beyond fabulous? Too cute! :p

404Error · 02-09-2005, 09:52 AM

This is more of a linguistic pet peeve than a mispronunciation but, for some reason it really irks me when people say stuff like "I love my tomatoes". Why does it have to be your tomatoes? Can't they just say "I love tomatoes"?

02-05-2005, 09:12 AM	#77
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	tea. "Cuppa" is always tea. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-05-2005, 05:03 PM	#79
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Teens are just especially conscious of the definitions of and membership in the in-group and the out-group. Even the out-groupers form their own kind of in-group. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-07-2005, 03:03 PM	#81
undone work in progess Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 100	mis-pronounciations We we were dating, I thought I was in the clear as he didn't have any glaring mispronounciations in his vocabulary. Then I met his family. His mom grades the cheese and steams the aspargras..but only just varley. __________________ If ignorance is bliss...Why aren't more people happy?

02-08-2005, 01:23 AM	#86
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Just when you thought you were safe from the badger badger thing... It's Harry Potter Potter Potter's turn __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

02-09-2005, 09:52 AM	#90
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	This is more of a linguistic pet peeve than a mispronunciation but, for some reason it really irks me when people say stuff like "I love my tomatoes". Why does it have to be your tomatoes? Can't they just say "I love tomatoes"? __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

02-05-2005, 08:35 AM	#76
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	The British accent is, I think, probably one of the most pleasing to the ears. ...until any of them utters the word "cuppa" as in, "Won' you dro' in for a nice cuppa?" Its one of the most annoying truncations of speech I've come across. Cuppa? Cup of what? Milk? Coffee? Heh. I always thought it was "terra" or "turr".

02-05-2005, 02:55 PM	#78
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I once dated a lad who repeatedly pronounced "specifically" as "pacifically* In all fairness he wasn't the sharpest tool in the kit .....His most attractive feature ( to me) was that he fancied me......Being as I was 15 at the time and pretty much the only girl in my circle without a boyfriend, that was enough for me.....at least it was enough for me for about 8 months. The worst thing about dating him was that I became horribly embarrassed by his inarticulacy and obvious lack of intelligence.......Then again I think there is something of the fascist in most teenagers.

02-07-2005, 04:01 PM	#82
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Nothing wrong with a little graded cheese on your pauster. Yer pauster, you know, yer sperghetti.

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