Usually Mispronounced Words

• Kuali Baba

  24 May 07, 06:03

  Oh, the 'b' in 'subtle' is silent, as is the 'h' in words of French or Spanish origin like 'honour' and 'heir' (but strangely not 'hotel').
• rainee

  24 May 07, 10:29

  wat about genuine?
• Deportivo

  24 May 07, 10:32

  Originally posted by rainee:

  wat about genuine?

  je -new -in.
• rainee

  25 May 07, 11:34

  develop?
• pyjamasgirl

  25 May 07, 12:17

  Originally posted by starblue:

  or-per-chunity
  

  its supposed to be pronouced as or por tun nity
  
  
• rainee

  25 May 07, 12:23

  Originally posted by pyjamasgirl:

  its supposed to be pronouced as or por tun nity
  
  

  hi long time no see you here!
• Kuali Baba

  25 May 07, 12:47

  Originally posted by rainee:

  wat about genuine?

  'dee-VEL-luhp'
• starblue

  25 May 07, 15:22

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  Vehicle should be 'VEE-hkl', not 'wee-HEE-ker'.

  i always pronouced this as VEE-HEE-cle
  
  
• starblue

  25 May 07, 15:23

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  Oh, the 'b' in 'subtle' is silent, as is the 'h' in words of French or Spanish origin like 'honour' and 'heir' (but strangely not 'hotel').

  and the 'b' in 'debt' and 's' in 'debris' are also silent... it gets on my nerves whenever i heard that pronounced wrongly.
• Kuali Baba

  2 Jun 07, 13:45

  Scones should be pronounced as 'ss-KON', not 'ss-cone'.
  
  Anemone...'a-NEH-muh-nee', not 'any-money' or 'anuh-mon'.
  
  Liqourice...'LIK-kuh-rish'.
• bigmouthjoe

  2 Jun 07, 14:05

  Need to check with you guys how Lasagne is pronounced.
• CoolMyth

  2 Jun 07, 14:09

  Originally posted by bigmouthjoe:

  Need to check with you guys how Lasagne is pronounced.

  Errr..... "la-sa-nia"?
• angelfairy

  2 Jun 07, 14:21

  macabre, sword, and plenty of food names such as minestrone, foie gras etc
• richong 3216

  2 Jun 07, 15:04

  
  
  I notice many locals pronounce hotel as "hortel" which should be pronounced "hoetel"
• Kuali Baba

  10 Jul 07, 23:21

  How about names...like Francois, Penelope, Pierre, Jan and Sian?
• The man who was death

  11 Jul 07, 20:22

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  How about names...like Francois, Penelope, Pierre, Jan and Sian?

  i know francois shld be like fran-sua...