Word pronunciations that piss you off

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Word pronunciations that piss you off

HJB: Feb 16, 2011; I can't get enough of are Dan

Gouda. Americans can't say gouda, at all. Brits can't say it either, but they're less wrong.

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HJB: Feb 16, 2011; I can't get enough of are Dan

a bone to pick posted:

How is it pronounced? I always pronounce it "Goo-Dah"

Like "how-da", as in "Gouda hell do Americans get it so wrong????"

# ¿ Feb 16, 2017 18:10

HJB: Feb 16, 2011; I can't get enough of are Dan

Crimson Harvest posted:

Every British pronunciation of foreign words is dumpster-speak.

This but Americans and European languages.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 10:23

HJB: Feb 16, 2011; I can't get enough of are Dan

Corky Romanovsky posted:

Here is a pair that I hate the correct pronunciation:

Boatswain
Gunwale

These are the worst, the pronunciations got lazier over time but nobody ever fixed the spelling to compensate. This is why I don't get mad over how Americans say lieutenant, like proper British Brits do.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2017 17:19

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