People so say "Haich"... i dont get why they have to say it like that. anyone got an explanation aside from stupidity or lack of education?
I was not aware there was more than one way it was pronounced.
Please do enlighten us on the correct pronunciation.....
"haych"?
Select to expand quoteSubsonic said..
I was not aware there was more than one way it was pronounced.
Please do enlighten us on the correct pronunciation.....
"haych"?
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What about people who pronounce 6th "sikth" not "siksth"? They're up there with murderer's and rapists in my books.
I have aksked this myself. Haitch is now common enough to be acceptable by the Macquarie dictionary but I still reckon aitch is more proper and more Englandish like.
Select to expand quoteWanga F One said..
I have aksked this myself. Haitch is now common enough to be acceptable by the Macquarie dictionary but I still reckon aitch is more proper and more Englandish like.
Proper I agree with, but Englandish....?
I dunno. Ask a POME to pronounce an H and you'll get some weird, eighhch, sound.
"Poop" makes me want to murder. That seppo p on the end just makes me irrationally angry.
others
I "et" it. No, it is "I ate it"
"I shouldn't of done it". No, it is "I shouldn't have done it", and we shorten to shouldn't've. The double shortening is probably a no-no, however saying "shouldn't of " shows a lack of understanding about that the apostrophe denotes (missing letters) same as can't or don't. Yes it could sound a bit like "of" when spoken but when written it simply is have.
Select to expand quotedirtyharry said..
What about people who pronounce 6th "sikth" not "siksth"? They're up there with murderer's and rapists in my books.
hee hee - a murder's what? dangerous topic......
I knew a kid in primary school that pronounced 'off' as 'orf'. Didn't hear it for years, until I recently met someone at work that did the same thing. Where does that come from, some part of Australia? Drives me bonkers!!
Anyone else get people saying "arks" instead of "ask"...makes me see the red mist!!!
There's something that's been driving me mad lately, but I forget what it is.
Oh yes the AH people are putting on the end of words, like here-ah and year-ah. Is it an imitation of how Germans say Porsch-ah?
And there's the old windsurfing one, where people say cavitation when they mean ventilation
WOW, I hope I dont whinge this much about anything and everything when I'm old and grumpy.
There has to be more things in life you guys could put your time and effort into?? Instead of crying how you get sooooo stressed out about how someone pronounces a word.lol
This topic makes facebook look cool.
A hardcore water sports forum, with its old senior citizens topics complaining about pronunciations and spelling???? How embarrassing.
No wonder the teens dont want to get into windsurfing when this is what you guys talk about.
Select to expand quotelotofwind said..
WOW, I hope I dont whinge this much about anything and everything when I'm old and grumpy.
There has to be more things in life you guys could put your time and effort into?? Instead of crying how you get sooooo stressed out about how someone pronounces a word.lol
This topic makes facebook look cool.
A hardcore water sports forum, with its old senior citizens topics complaining about pronunciations and spelling???? How embarrassing. No wonder the teens dont want to get into windsurfing when this is what you guys talk about.
BTW it is "don't "
There should be an apostrophe in there.
Now, how old are you again.....? Do tell
that's what tv has come too, people laughing at people "hypothetically" killing each other. the punchline being... OMG THAT IS SO DRAMATIC LIKE OMG THAT'S FUNNY HA HA HA
lame 
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..lotofwind said..
WOW, I hope I dont whinge this much about anything and everything when I'm old and grumpy.
There has to be more things in life you guys could put your time and effort into?? Instead of crying how you get sooooo stressed out about how someone pronounces a word.lol
This topic makes facebook look cool.
A hardcore water sports forum, with its old senior citizens topics complaining about pronunciations and spelling???? How embarrassing. No wonder the teens dont want to get into windsurfing when this is what you guys talk about.
BTW it is "don't "
There should be an apostrophe in there.
Now, how old are you again.....? Do tell
Perfect example.
LOL, how embarrassment for u.
DHPOL
Select to expand quotelotofwind said..>>>
Perfect example.
LOL, how embarrassment for u.
DHPOL
Well another great example, people who say embarrassment instead of embarrassing
Select to expand quotelotofwind said..
WOW, I hope I dont whinge this much about anything and everything when I'm old and grumpy.
There has to be more things in life you guys could put your time and effort into?? Instead of crying how you get sooooo stressed out about how someone pronounces a word.lol
This topic makes facebook look cool.
A hardcore water sports forum, with its old senior citizens topics complaining about pronunciations and spelling???? How embarrassing. No wonder the teens dont want to get into windsurfing when this is what you guys talk about.
This is the second time someone has mentioned older people in a negative way recently and it is highly offensive .So keep in mind we are not stupid, just older . Same people we were when we were young, just older .
^^^ rockmagnet, he thinks it is funny. Only got one "joke" and its always the same crap
And yet you took the trouble post something on this forum, a forum discussing the correct pronunciation of a word in the english language. Strange as it sounds like this type pastime is beneath you. We post on here for a bit of fun and sometimes it's like being out in the surf, it only takes one d/head to screw it up for everyone.
Odd that such an innocuous subject brings out the troll in some people.
Select to expand quoteNorthernKitesAUS said..
In Spanish, we call Aussies - los gringos
Depending on where you are from, you probably call all 'white skinned/fair haired' people gringos, or anyone who has ojos claros.
Its not even an insult as far as I can tell, just an observation. Made all the more difficult when there are a lot of mixed people in latin american countries.
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..
I knew a kid in primary school that pronounced 'off' as 'orf'. Didn't hear it for years, until I recently met someone at work that did the same thing. Where does that come from, some part of Australia? Drives me bonkers!!
Queenslanders. They all do it. Dead giveaway as to where they grew up.
Ask your workmate if they've spent any time in Queensland.
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova said..NorthernKitesAUS said..
In Spanish, we call Aussies - los gringos
Depending on where you are from, you probably call all 'white skinned/fair haired' people gringos, or anyone who has ojos claros.
Its not even an insult as far as I can tell, just an observation. Made all the more difficult when there are a lot of mixed people in latin american countries.
Or red haired Gingos
Select to expand quoterockmagnet said..
And yet you took the trouble post something on this forum, a forum discussing the correct pronunciation of a word in the english language. Strange as it sounds like this type pastime is beneath you. We post on here for a bit of fun and sometimes it's like being out in the surf, it only takes one d/head to screw it up for everyone.
Odd that such an innocuous subject brings out the troll in some people.
This was aimed at some one who has deleted their post
Didn't realise I was reading the words of such tophs ! ....... Well laaaaadeeeee foo king daaaaa
