Common Singaporean mispronounciation of English words

• FireIce

  25 May 06, 00:13

  hermes
  
  clementi
  
  tuition
  
  coupon
• d3rF

  25 May 06, 13:46

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  hermes
  
  clementi
  
  tuition
  
  coupon

  Hmm..
  Hermes <- Her-meh
  Clementi <- Cluh-men-tee
  Tuition <- Too-ee-shun
  Coupon <- Koo-Pon
  
  Try mine:
  Gloucester
  Leicester
  Colonel
  Porche
  
  
• digicharat

  25 May 06, 13:56

  lelicate dis shon
• xXStormFallXx

  25 May 06, 14:16

  Originally posted by markzz:

  5)Lieutenant
  Proper: Liu- teh-nent (I heard this often in war movies )
  SG: Letter-nent
  

  Lieutenant is not only pronounced "Liu-teh-nent" but can also be pronounced "Left-enent" (similar to letter-nent.) So it's not just a singaporean pronunciation.
• kaobeikaobu

  25 May 06, 15:07

  i only know in army days, Lieutenant is pronounced as nen tiao....
• dovee

  25 May 06, 15:21

  carrefour?
• kalangkabo

  25 May 06, 15:25

  nong nong ago?
• ditzy

  25 May 06, 15:50

  Originally posted by kaobeikaobu:

  i only know in army days, Lieutenant is pronounced as nen tiao....

  For me, its pronounced lan cheows.
• Lorry`

  25 May 06, 16:48

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  hermes
  
  clementi
  
  tuition
  
  coupon

  letme try :
  hermes > her-mez
  
  clementi > clare-men-tee
  
  tuition > too-ii-tion
  
  coupon > coo-pond
  
  porsche - pore-shei
  
  popular word in sec sch are 'sword, photographer, reservoir'
  
• FireIce

  25 May 06, 16:56

  ok, this word not very singaporean........
  
  massachusetts
• Haze|

  25 May 06, 17:22

  massachusetts - mass sir chew sits
  
  correct me if i am wrong
  my friend in US once taught me this pronounciation many years ago
  
  
• Haze|

  25 May 06, 17:27

  can someone enlighten me on how to pronounce this word
  
  Ermenegildo Zegna
  
  i asked all my friends and noone knows.
  it's been bugging me for years and i did not have enough courage to walk in the boutique to ask the shop assistant the pronounciation of the brand
  
  
• Kuali Baba

  25 May 06, 17:31

  Originally posted by Haze|:

  can someone enlighten me on how to pronounce this word
  
  Ermenegildo Zegna
  
  i asked all my friends and noone knows.
  it's been bugging me for years and i did not have enough courage to walk in the boutique to ask the shop assistant the pronounciation of the brand
  
  

  Er-men-nay-JIL-do Zay-nia.
• Kuali Baba

  25 May 06, 17:34

  Originally posted by Lorry`:
  letme try :
  hermes > her-mez
  

  The 'H' is silent. (And that's pronounced as 'ay-ch').
  
  Let's not forget the number 'three', oft mispronounced as 'tree'.
• JLennon

  25 May 06, 17:48

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  Er-men-nay-JIL-do Zay-nia.

  something that i can pronounce but can't afford.
  
  'Tottenham' should be pronounced as 'Tot-nem' (silent H), NOT 'Tot-turn-ham'
• Allen.Iverson

  25 May 06, 20:34

  my friend tell me the wrong way to pronounce can't is cu.nt which many singaporeans pronounce it as.. lol duno whether true anot. some1 pls enlighten me he told me the proper way is how u pronounce can with a T.
• vito_corleone

  25 May 06, 20:48

  Originally posted by d3rF:

  Hmm..
  Hermes <- Her-meh
  Clementi <- Cluh-men-tee
  Tuition <- Too-ee-shun
  Coupon <- Koo-Pon
  
  Try mine:
  Gloucester
  Leicester
  Colonel
  Porche
  
  

  hermes = ehrrrme(silent e), not her meh "eh" is when you have an accent above the e
  
  gloucester = gloss ter
  leicester = less ter
  colonel = cuh null
  porsche = pores sher or porsh
  
  
• foxwalk

  25 May 06, 20:48

  Originally posted by markzz:

  1) Coporal
  Proper: Corp - pearl- ral
  SG: Copler
  
  2) MRT
  Proper: M- ARH- Tea
  SG: M- AH-RER-TeE
  
  3) Grand Prix
  Proper: Gron-Pree
  SG: Grand Prix
  
  4)Singapore
  Proper: Sin-ger-pore
  SG: Sing-gar-por
  
  5)Lieutenant
  Proper: Liu- teh-nent (I heard this often in war movies )
  SG: Letter-nent
  
  6)Jean paul
  Proper: John Paul
  sg: Jean PAul
  
  7)WWE
  Proper: Double- U, Double-U, E
  SG: Tub-dew,Tub-dew, E
  
  Renault
  Proper: Reh-knott
  SG: Re-knott
  
  9)peugeot
  Proper: Per- shure
  SG: Pi-geot
  
  10)Photography
  Proper: fo- thor-grer-fee
  SG: Photo- gra-fee
  
  Anymore words to add to this list?
  

  Any word that that has "th" in it.
  
  For all the phony American accents around that overemphasize the "r" in every word, you can tell they are a phony right away when they start telling "tree dollars".
• vito_corleone

  25 May 06, 20:51

  Originally posted by foxwalk:

  Any word that that has "th" in it.
  
  For all the phony American accents around that overemphasize the "r" in every word, you can tell they are a phony right away when they start telling "tree dollars".

  the emphasis on the "r" is actually something very irish
• foxwalk

  25 May 06, 20:53

  TeeTH -> teeF
  THree -> Tree
  TruTH -> truf
  
  I mean, what is up with that?!
  
  And I hate when I say r for "r", and when people repeat after me, they always say "r-re"
• vito_corleone

  25 May 06, 20:57

  so you have perfect articulation?
• JennTS

  25 May 06, 21:16

  area.
  
  correct = air-rear
  incorrect = A-rear
• Simon Dean

  25 May 06, 22:30

  ITS WHENS-DAY (WEDNESDAY)
  
  NOT
  
  WHEN-NURSE-DAY(WEDNESDAY)
  
  GODDAMNIT!
• finoq

  25 May 06, 22:41

  hey so how many syllables does 'Porsche' have?
• vito_corleone

  26 May 06, 00:53

  Originally posted by finoq:

  hey so how many syllables does 'Porsche' have?

  ask the good old guys at stuttgart