F-UnitMad Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said: How on earth can anyone think Ypres is pronounced Wipers Quite easily - it's a 'Y' to start with, and 'pres' could be pronounced 'pers' in a similar way to how "centre" is pronounced, despite the location of the 'r'. The American spelling of 'center' makes more sense. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: The English are good at mispronouncing foreign place names. Not just the English. Think how the French pronounce London and they even spell it wrong. And they don't even call us English. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, grahame said: Not just the English. Think how the French pronounce London and they even spell it wrong. And they don't even call us English. That's contrary to my experience. Welsh, Scots and Irish are all "Anglais" to the French. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: The English are good at mispronouncing foreign place names. The second city of the Herault Departement is often rendered as "Buzeers". Professions too. Chocolatier is rendered, even on TV adverts, as "chocolateers". I blame Dumas (or his translators). Which leads us nicely to 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Quite easily - it's a 'Y' to start with, and 'pres' could be pronounced 'pers' in a similar way to how "centre" is pronounced, despite the location of the 'r'. The American spelling of 'center' makes more sense. But regardless of the spelling, the r is not pronounced. It could just as easily be spelt "senta". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 36 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: That's contrary to my experience. Welsh, Scots and Irish are all "Anglais" to the French. Exactly. Anglias isn't the correct pronunciation, or spelling, of English. And I guess they can't tell the difference between the various UK nations, which is odd as they have specific words for Scottish, Welsh and northern Irish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) I learnt everything I know about foreigners from Allo Allo and now I'm fluent in French, German and Italian. As for Wipers. Wasn't the phrase coined by soldiers in something like the East Lancashire Regiment? Who probably weren't fluent in foreign languages.... Jason Edited June 21, 2020 by Steamport Southport 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: I learnt everything I know about foreigners from Allo Allo and now I'm fluent in French, German and Italian. As for Wipers. Wasn't the phrase coined by soldiers in something like the East Lancashire Regiment? Who probably weren't fluent in foreign languages.... Jason Or even English! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, jcm@gwr said: Or even English! A'll have thee know. We can speak t' Queen's English proper. Al'reet? Mizzling - A word used to describe a very specific type of rain. Used when it is spitting or drizzling. Thrutch - To physically strain of stretch oneself - especially when you're really giving it some. Baggin time - The time of the day when work stops and you can finally clock off to go home. Longerted or cottered - When something is particularly and irritatingly tangled. Larrup - The action of giving someone a hard smack or a bit of a wallop. Skit - To mock someone or make fun of them. Braggarting - When someone is going on and on about something, they are braggarting. Thronged - A word to be used when you are very busy indeed. Probably related to the word 'throng', used to describe a tightly packed area or crowd. Witchett - The dreadful feeling of finding yourself absolutely wet through from the rain. Brosen - A person or an animal that is chubby or plump looking. In some areas this could also mean the feeling of eating until you are fit to burst. Moidered - When you feel particularly worried. Petty - The toilet. Dree - Another weather word, used to describe a different type of rain. When the rain is coming down steadily and monotonously, it is 'coming down dree'. Noddy or goffy - Someone who is considered foolish or stupid. Fratching - To argue or quarrel with someone. Feart - A word to be used when you are particularly scared or frightened. Baggin - A small snack to be eaten between meals. Esshoil - An incredibly specific term to be used when the ash drops into the fireplace. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) I thought they only had one type of rain. Torrential downpour. Getting back to funny stuff. I know it's an oldie. Ahh. I thought we were in the signs section.... Edited June 21, 2020 by Steamport Southport Blame autocorrect. Some reason it keeps changing words. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, RFS said: But regardless of the spelling, the r is not pronounced. It could just as easily be spelt "senta". Speak for youself (see what I did there?). Those of use with rhotic accents DO pronounce the r - and probably argue about whether it is sentar, sentor or senterrrr. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: As for Wipers. Wasn't the phrase coined by soldiers in something like the East Lancashire Regiment? Who probably weren't fluent in foreign languages.... Probably bastardised from Ieper, which is the Flemish for Ypres, which is the more commonly used in historical documents 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, RFS said: But regardless of the spelling, the r is not pronounced. It could just as easily be spelt "senta". If you pronounce 'centre' as "senta that's just your accent. Spelt the American way, the 'r' is pronounced in 'center'. But the English are quite capable of destroying their own language; note the common use these days of "could of", "should of" etc, instead of the correct "could have", "should have" & so on. Is this still the Jokes Thread???!!! Must be the longest drift off-topic, to try & explain a 100-year-old joke!!! 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: If you pronounce 'centre' as "senta that's just your accent. Spelt the American way, the 'r' is pronounced in 'center'. But the English are quite capable of destroying their own language; note the common use these days of "could of", "should of" etc, instead of the correct "could have", "should have" & so on. Is this still the Jokes Thread???!!! Must be the longest drift off-topic, to try & explain a 100-year-old joke!!! It is still, relevant, in that the recent subject matter has concerned the, laughable, rules governing various forms of our language many of which have more variations than the rule. I informed all my classes that, English language is far more difficult than the "perceived" problematic subject of Mathematics: on the grounds that Maths questions have a provable answer. English questions, when answered merely provoke a discussion, which never has a provable solution. Maths, on the other hand is about providing a logically provable reply, ie. you know when the answer is right. Julian Edited June 21, 2020 by jcredfer 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Gibbo675 said: Only if presented by the Daleks ! Or the Borg.... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sarahagain said: Or the Borg.... Hi Sarah, Just shewing my age, from behind the sofa ! Gibbo. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) We are the Borg... You will be assimilated. Your physical and technological differences will be added to our own. Resistance is futile! Well, some thing like that. We are the Daleks.... You will obey! Exterminate.... Exterminate....Exterminate... Or something like that! Edited June 21, 2020 by Sarahagain more added 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Are you confessing to having seen the original Quatermass? That made the Daleks look like plastic toys!! Julian 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post newbryford Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) On a Dalek theme. Edited June 21, 2020 by newbryford 1 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Quatermass... That would be the one with the 'blob', that was the crew of a returning space mission? I liked the wiring up of the scaffolding in Westminster Abbey to the output of Battersea Power Station... "Ok, take it away Battersea"...and a number of large 'knife switches' being put in, and meters shewing lots of volts! Quatermass and The Pit was also good, and had some Railway in it! Edited June 21, 2020 by Sarahagain clarification... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Sarahagain said: Quatermass... That would be the one with the 'blob', that was the crew of a returning space mission? I liked the wiring up of the scaffolding in Westminster Abbey to the output of Battersea Power Station... "Ok, take it away Battersea"...and a number of large 'knife switches' being put in, and meters shewing lots of volts! Quatermass and The Pit was also good, and had some Railway in it! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 2 hours ago, newbryford said: ...snip... Larrup - The action of giving someone a hard smack or a bit of a wallop. ...snip... I have heard that used over here occasionally. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Sarahagain said: We are the Daleks.... You will obey! Exterminate.... Exterminate....Exterminate... O I asked my friend if he knew where the Daleks were from. He replied "Exeter, mate" 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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