Mispronunciation

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I lerve the langwidge you an have lots of fun with it.

[valmarg]

Sluff Bucks, it always sounded something nasty!!

valmarg

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There is a village just to the south of Nottingham called Gotham no Batman dosen't live there it is pronounced Goat ham!
Gotham Village Home Page

[Jardiniere]

I can't comment on mispronunciation because i spend all day mispronouncing words ....my french is lousy..................

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I can't comment on mispronunciation because i spend all day mispronouncing words ....my french is lousy..................

A bit like inspector cluseau?
Or the policeman in Hello! Hello!

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Mind you one can have fun with Mallerpropisms Eg
Incontinant & Incompetant.

Mallerpropisms!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's your Xmas prezzie sorted BW, A Conchize Ocsferd Dicshonery

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We'd be here all day if we listed George "Dubya".

I can never tell if when he's talking about "terrists" if he means the good ones or the other?

Come on now HW, it's spelt Terrierists

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Mallerpropisms!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's your Xmas prezzie sorted BW, A Conchize Ocsferd Dicshonery

Consice Oxford Dictionary? To long for me unless they do an abridged version?

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[QUOTE=HeyWayne;173142]We'd be here all day if we listed George "Dubya".

I think Dubya is verbly incontinant

[SarzWix]

I seem to spend half of my life saying "It's got a T in it!!!" to my kids, it drives me bonkers how slurred words become when T's are missed out eg; wa-er, par-y...

Also, spelling & grammar mistakes in magazines - shouldn't these people have Spell-check? Or even better, an English O-level??!!

[terrier]

I seem to spend half of my life saying "It's got a T in it!!!" to my kids, it drives me bonkers how slurred words become when T's are missed out eg; wa-er, par-y...

Also, spelling & grammar mistakes in magazines - shouldn't these people have Spell-check? Or even better, an English O-level??!!

Is that anything like the 'P' in fish?

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I seem to spend half of my life saying "It's got a T in it!!!" to my kids, it drives me bonkers how slurred words become when T's are missed out eg; wa-er, par-y...

Also, spelling & grammar mistakes in magazines - shouldn't these people have Spell-check? Or even better, an English O-level??!!

I don't even have an 0 level,but certain things were "hammered" into me at school eg whether to use their or there. or which to/too/two,to use.
I try my best to get it right or should it be write or rite? but sometimes my spelling lets me down.
I find the general standard of English to be non too good with a lot of school leavers these days & I wonder what has gone wrong.
I was in the next to bottom class in my secondary school but I think my standard of written English is quite good.
By the way I left school in 1965

[SarzWix]

Thing is BW, you're not claiming to be a writer/journalist are you? Or a magazine editor/proof reader! Surely someone ought to be spotting spelling/grammar mistakes before a magazine makes it to the press??!
I've always found the best way of learning to spell is to read a lot - that way you get to recognise what the word should look like & you can tell it looks 'wrong'.
BTW, I did get my English o'levels, but not many others

[Rooster]

I seem to spend half of my life saying "It's got a T in it!!!" to my kids, it drives me bonkers how slurred words become when T's are missed out eg; wa-er, par-y...

Also, spelling & grammar mistakes in magazines - shouldn't these people have Spell-check? Or even better, an English O-level??!!

I actualy have a problem with publishers using spellcheckers because they seem to think they no longer need proof readers. The problem with spellcheckers is that. as long as a word is spelt correctly then it doesn't matter that it's the wrong word eg which, witch or sun, son or even has for as. You would be surprised how often these things crop up.

I also get annoyed when people use the word decimated to mean completely destroyed when it actualy means reduced by a factor of 10.

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Decimate? I thought that is what you did to coconuts or was it desecrate?