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How do you pronounce....

cee-dee — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 11:31:16 GMT

How do you pronounce the word Subaru?

Do you say "Soo-bah-roo" or is it "Soo-bar-oo" with emphasis on the "bar"?

For an on-going thread, what other words can you think of which have questionable or alternative pronunciations?

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1956glyn — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 11:32:46 GMT

Hiya.

its Sue Boo Roo

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fallen-archie — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:30:08 GMT

Around here it's

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1956glyn — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:32:29 GMT

My neighbour has one....and i call it a noisy nuisance lol

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*.*..lola..*.* — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:41:26 GMT

Soo-bah-roo

Vegetables - I pronounce it vegtables as opposed to veg-e-tables which is a bit pretentious

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fallen-archie — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:50:28 GMT

Wait till the summer comes and the motorbike comes out

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fallen-archie — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:52:17 GMT

When I pronounce Clock I have a tendency to drop the L

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jd.linklater — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 13:06:33 GMT

I've always pronounced it Soo-baroo, don't know if it's correct.

A lot of people pronounce Hyundai as Hye-un-dye but I think it's supposed to be Heeun-day.

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*.*..lola..*.* — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 13:34:33 GMT

@fallen-archie wrote:
When I pronounce Clock I have a tendency to drop the L

Ditto..

..but only when I see anything involving David Cameron

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jd.linklater — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:13:13 GMT

Toyota is not pronounced as we say it (Toy-oh-ta) in Japan. The Japanese have no 'oy' sound and never end a syllable with a Y, the correct pronunciation is Toh-Yoh-Tah.

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**bustysinclaire** — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:31:52 GMT

@jd.linklater wrote:
I've always pronounced it Soo-baroo, don't know if it's correct.

A lot of people pronounce Hyundai as Hye-un-dye but I think it's supposed to be Heeun-day.

Yes, on both those JD I pronounce them the same as you. Xx

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1956glyn — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:33:50 GMT

I love that....next mood swing in 6 minutes. My wife dont last 3 lol (Hormones!!)

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**bustysinclaire** — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:45:25 GMT

Another pronunciation I have an argument (friendly of course), especially with people of Birmingham as I originally come from Bedfordshire is how the letter H is pronounced.

Is it haitch or aitch, I always pronounce it aitch but people from where I live in the West Midlands including Brummies pronounce it haitch, so I saw house is spelt ..........aitch oh you es were.......... And my fellow midlanders say it is spelt .......haitch oo how es eee......

Really is strange to me, I do believe my version is the correct version ...... The queens English. Xxxx. Or Kings lol which ever you feel is correct xxx

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**bustysinclaire** — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:47:20 GMT

@1956glyn wrote:
I love that....next mood swing in 6 minutes. My wife dont last 3 lol (Hormones!!)

Lol, exactly, most definitely the hormones......or so I have been told. Xxxxx

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1956glyn — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:53:21 GMT

Oy am ya ! I too am in the West Midlands. (No local dialect at all as not originally from here)

I think how you pronounce things really depends on where you actually live and half the time local dialect.

To give you a clue i went to school in Henley in Arden.

Where i live they pronounce horse Oss 🙂

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**bustysinclaire** — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 21:00:55 GMT

@1956glyn wrote:
Oy am ya ! I too am in the West Midlands. (No local dialect at all as not originally from here)

I think how you pronounce things really depends on where you actually live and half the time local dialect.

To give you a clue i went to school in Henley in Arden.

Where i live they pronounce horse Oss 🙂

Lol, half a horse. Xxxxx.

Thinking about it now, I don't leave letters off ends of words either I don't usually speak slang. That is why I have trouble now with the new text speak XXX

"Where's yow bin? In the back garden, where's yow's . xxxxx. Really it was where have you been? .......😄

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1956glyn — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 21:02:46 GMT

i just sent you a message

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suzieseaside — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:12:38 GMT

I was brought up in the south east - queens English and all and used to say Barth (bath) and darnce (dance) etc. Then I shared a house with 4 northern guys who used to tell me there was no R in bath. That sunk in and made a permanent impression for some reason so now I speak mostly 'southern' with the odd northern pronounciation for bath or dance, chance, and similar thrown in !

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cee-dee — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 23:02:41 GMT

The reason for the thread is that I've been watching some Australian and New Zealand cop programmes and they've been pronouncing Subaru as "Soo-bar-oo" with emphasis on the "bar".

I've always pronounced it as "Soo-bah-roo". I know lotsa people call them a Scooby-do or a Scooby.

I thought it might be interesting to continue with other debateable pronunciations.

Here's a word:- How should Digoxin be pronounced?

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jd.linklater — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 23:24:19 GMT

I think that's Dye-joxin.