Pronunciations

[zebedee]

Cotton Easter or Cotton ee aster ??

Ooh, ooh and

Clemaytis or clemertis.

Not really a Gardening one, but an absolute pearler that had everyone in hysterics for ages. some years ago I worked in a Primary School. The kids were drawing and writing about the family cars and had to talk to the class about them. One gorgeous little girl, who was everyone's favourite because of her sweet nature, stood up and very proudly announced "I have a red Vulvis)!!!" We are convinced she meant Volvo, but couldnt get any sense from the adults.

[Glutton4...]

You mean "Laaa-un"?

Yup - perfick!

Neither!! Co-toe-nee-aster

That's how I say it too.

Not really a Gardening one, but an absolute pearler that had everyone in hysterics for ages. some years ago I worked in a Primary School. The kids were drawing and writing about the family cars and had to talk to the class about them. One gorgeous little girl, who was everyone's favourite because of her sweet nature, stood up and very proudly announced "I have a red Vulvis)!!!" We are convinced she meant Volvo, but couldnt get any sense from the adults.

Thanks for that Zeb - how do you get red wine out from under the keyboard buttons?

[Matt.]

Reminds me of a joke:

A teacher asks her class to use the word contagious.

Roland, the class swot, gets up and says, 'Last year I got the measles and my Mum said it was contagious.'

'Well done Roland,' says the teacher. 'Can anyone else try?'

Katie, a sweet little girl with pigtails says, 'My Gran says there's a bug going round and it's contagious.'

'Well done, Katie,' says the teacher. 'Anyone else?'

Little Johnny jumps up and says, 'Our next door neighbor is painting his house with a 2 inch brush and my Dad says it will take the contagious.'

[HeyWayne]

Yup - perfick!

I learned from me mum see, she's orginally from Romfud in Essix, I fink she woz bawn in 'Arawld Iw.

[SlugLobber]

I'm a Northerner living in Surrey. Nuff said. Refuse to say barth or glarss, but have always said buck, cuck, luck, even when I wer oop North. They always thought I was from darn sarf, but when I moved down ere, ther wer no foolin anywun!

Oh there's a village near me called Leigh. Now you tell me how that's said, because the weirdo locals pronounce it 'Lie'. There are places all over England with the same name, pronounced 'Lee', but nooooooo, not ere!!

[Pumpkin Becki]

Oh there's a village near me called Leigh. Now you tell me how that's said, because the weirdo locals pronounce it 'Lie'. There are places all over England with the same name, pronounced 'Lee', but nooooooo, not ere!!

Nope, its definately 'Lie', we had a client with a gorgeous house there, and I accidentally called it 'Lee', oh dear I got such a filthy look in return!!

[SlugLobber]

Yeah, they insist on saying Lie, yet if they came across someone's name of the same spelling, they will say 'Lee'.

...and they say NORTHERNERS are strange, lol!

[Glutton4...]

I learned from me mum see, she's orginally from Romfud in Essix, I fink she woz bawn in 'Arawld Iw.

Don't cha mean Araw dill!

I've a friend who used to live in Orwnchurch, but she's from the Isle of Dogs, say no more!

Yeah, they insist on saying Lie, yet if they came across someone's name of the same spelling, they will say 'Lee'.

...and they say NORTHERNERS are strange, lol!

That's coz they are LOL!

[lizzylemon]

My OH started talking about Raw-eely Mile one day and it took me ages to figure out he meant Rowley (Row-lee) Mile - a world famous race course just up the road from us.

I wouldn't mind be he only comes from 10 miles up the road so no excuse! His dad calls it that too!!

[julesapple]

My pronunciation depends who I'm talking to at the time. Being a Forces Brat, my accents have been many and varied so they all come back if I'm talking to people with similar accents to ones I've had over the years. I don't realise I'm doing it so I tend to get a few funny looks if I'm talking to someone and they think I'm extracting the Michael.

This weekend I've been fairly northern as we've had friends from Leicester staying. They went home yesterday so I'm back to being southern.

The one that bugs me is OH (and my MinL) who say 'salid' I prefer to eat salad.

Jules