Lerwick/Lerick

[tjh290633]

Even local villages in Sussex like; Cuckfield, Slaugham, Hortsted Keynes and Ansty are almost always pronounced wrongly by those not in the know. I guess it happens everywhere. It's one of many reasons why the UK is such an interesting place.

MM

You forgot Ardingly.

TJH

[tjh290633]

Ah Lemmster, land of my fathers (my grandfather's parish was near Leominster)

Home of Bengry's Primrose Motors, of blessed memory.

I used to pass through on my way to Market Drayton, Midland Red from Hereford to Shrewsbury, then onward by them alighting at Hodnet, when I was returning to camp at RAF Stoke Heath.

TJH

[PinkDalek]

Even local villages in Sussex like; Cuckfield, Slaugham, Hortsted Keynes and Ansty are almost always pronounced wrongly by those not in the know. I guess it happens everywhere. It's one of many reasons why the UK is such an interesting place.

MM

You forgot Ardingly.

You forgot Burpham.

[Dod101]

This is just part of a wider process whereby speakers who use a word a lot over time will possibly tend to shorten the vowel sounds so War-wick becomes "warrik" and Leo-minster becomes "lemnster" and Wor-ces-ter becomes "wuster".

I have noticed this year a move from Co-vid with a long "o" to "covvid" with a short "o", just makes it quicker and easier to say I suppose.

John

In Scotland, I have never noticed Covid with a long ''o'' at any time. Must be the influence of our Nicola. Anything England does, we do differently.

Dod

[swill453]

I have noticed this year a move from Co-vid with a long "o" to "covvid" with a short "o", just makes it quicker and easier to say I suppose.

In Scotland, I have never noticed Covid with a long ''o'' at any time. Must be the influence of our Nicola. Anything England does, we do differently.

Eh? Nicola Sturgeon pronounces covid with a long 'o'.

Scott.

[servodude]

I have noticed this year a move from Co-vid with a long "o" to "covvid" with a short "o", just makes it quicker and easier to say I suppose.

In Scotland, I have never noticed Covid with a long ''o'' at any time. Must be the influence of our Nicola. Anything England does, we do differently.

Eh? Nicola Sturgeon pronounces covid with a long 'o'.

Scott.

Can I just check..
this would be the difference between:
C- oh- VID
and
C- aw -VID
?

Cos we've only ever used the former here in the antipodes.. perhaps the new Kent variant is pronounced different (not surprising given my experience of Kent) ?

If it's about brevity can everyone get to grips with glottal stopping and we'll just all call it C-ugh-VI' (with added "the plamff" fer emfassis)

-sd

[swill453]

Can I just check..
this would be the difference between:
C- oh- VID
and
C- aw -VID
?

Yes that's my take on it.

Covid as in cove is a long 'o'.
Covid as in bother is a short 'o'.

Scott.

[redsturgeon]

Can I just check..
this would be the difference between:
C- oh- VID
and
C- aw -VID
?

Yes that's my take on it.

Covid as in cove is a long 'o'.
Covid as in bother is a short 'o'.

Scott.

Not really hearing C-aw-vid would that be the same as c-or-vid?

Yes, to Scott's examples and exactly what I hear.

John

[servodude]

Can I just check..
this would be the difference between:
C- oh- VID
and
C- aw -VID
?

Yes that's my take on it.

Covid as in cove is a long 'o'.
Covid as in bother is a short 'o'.

Scott.

...ooh! as in "cover up"?

Ugh what's that? Stop, don't... argh
<fades to weeble/>

-sd

[servodude]

Can I just check..
this would be the difference between:
C- oh- VID
and
C- aw -VID
?

Yes that's my take on it.

Covid as in cove is a long 'o'.
Covid as in bother is a short 'o'.

Scott.

Not really hearing C-aw-vid would that be the same as c-or-vid?

Yes, to Scott's examples and exactly what I hear.

John

More aw as in naw
- as in "naw it's not corvid.. yon's a craw"

English speakers forever being divided under a common language
- even in their choice of phonetics
-sd

[Dod101]

I have noticed this year a move from Co-vid with a long "o" to "covvid" with a short "o", just makes it quicker and easier to say I suppose.

In Scotland, I have never noticed Covid with a long ''o'' at any time. Must be the influence of our Nicola. Anything England does, we do differently.

Eh? Nicola Sturgeon pronounces covid with a long 'o'.

Scott.

She has a funny West of Scotland accent. She can't help it.

Dod

[GrahamPlatt]

I was in Cardiff, an Australian tourist was asking for directions to Loobaroo. Stumped me. Oh, you mean Loughborough.

[swill453]

I was in Cardiff, an Australian tourist was asking for directions to Loobaroo. Stumped me. Oh, you mean Loughborough.

"I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?

Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, lough and through?"

Scott.

[servodude]

I was in Cardiff, an Australian tourist was asking for directions to Loobaroo. Stumped me. Oh, you mean Loughborough.

"I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?

Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, lough and through?"

Scott.

You'll have heard the story about the American exposing how they'd fixed that aspect of English
- and the tourist pointing out Kansas and Arkansas

--sd

[bungeejumper]

I was in Cardiff, an Australian tourist was asking for directions to Loobaroo. Stumped me. Oh, you mean Loughborough.

Our satnav once directed us to head for Follkey-Stone. Mind you, it was also the one that had advised us to take the third roundabout exit toward Double Yew Wick. (The map service provider having evidently read the abbreviated lane marking on the road rather than the signpost.)

The cricketer Alec Stewart once told me of a gag that Phil Tufnell had tried on his team. He'd discovered a fantastic new bistro, he said, and they should all meet up, after training, at Al Baroni. Some of them were already directing their taxi drivers by the time the penny dropped.

BJ

[unperplex]

Someone once told me of a school trip many years ago to,I think it was, Cirencester .
When they got there, people sat in the minibus, perhaps eating their sandwiches, and the conversation turned to how you pronounce the town name.
Was it “Sisster” or “Syrensester” or what ?
To settle this, someone got out and asked a man who looked like a local, saying “excuse me, what do you call this place ?”
The reply, after a short hesitation and a puzzled look was “This be the Municipal Car Park.......”

[gryffron]

Or Wick......?

Should that be pronounced "Ick"? Bet that would wind the locals up

Gryff