Select to expand quotedrift said..
Anyone else get people saying "arks" instead of "ask"...makes me see the red mist!!!
Its worse when they say it as 'aks'. 'I will go aks him'. 
For some reason that brings to mind 'everyone loves Raymond' where I am sure they used it all the time.
^^ nah thats the wanna be rapper
I go aks all mah dawgs if they wanna go out tonite
Raymond was always after a cup of "cawfee" lol
I was sitting down for a tasty BBQ lunch at a trendy grill joint recently and overheard a woman state to her table of friends
"I think it's time to order a beverajjjj" .
She pronounced it as in Raj, the Indian term.
I wish I had the pistol with silencer. 
Select to expand quoteSandS said..
Didn't realise I was reading the words of such tophs ! ....... Well laaaaadeeeee foo king daaaaa
Toffs surely 
Select to expand quotelotofwind said..
hook, line and sinker
lol. Nice try. I like your optimism.
Select to expand quotedecrepit said..
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
I'm trying to put you in the worst mood-ah,
P1 cleaner than your church shoes-ah,
Mill point 2 just to hurt you-ah
All red lamb just to tease you-ah.
...
I was brought up speaking "RP", the accent and vocabulary used by BBC announcers of the day. This means that I am always right in such questions.
Of course not. Language needs to be regulated enough to make it mutually comprehensible and diverse enough to embrace new concepts and add a little spice.
Be tolerant of linguistic diversity. And, remember, when one is typing on a smartphone keyboard, there will be the odd blunder.
Cheers
Bristle
Lose and loose and the subsequent use of each one in the wrong place .... drives me mad!
Select to expand quoteAdriano said..
I was sitting down for a tasty BBQ lunch at a trendy grill joint recently and overheard a woman state to her table of friends
"I think it's time to order a beverajjjj" .
She pronounced it as in Raj, the Indian term.
I wish I had the pistol with silencer.
Ha ha.
This was always a self-aware, jokey pronunciation in our family and was poking fun at the perceived inconsistencies in English.
Since garage is "correctly " pronounced "ga raj, then "bev er ridge" should be "bev ver raj".
If you pronounce yoghurt the way most Australians do, apply the same to frog or dog.
In the UK we have the town of Shrewsbury and the word scone. In each case everyone is convince that they use the only possible correct pronunciation. However, exactly half do it one way and half the other.
We particularly like Americans saying the town of Bicester (bi- sester to them). Actually, it's "bister" rhyming with sister.
So, probably not a crime worthy of the shooter.
Cheers
Bristol (pronounced "bristle" where I come from )
Funny how ppl were brainwashed to say that weird German word instead of "cab"..Farken hurts just trying to pronounce it
Select to expand quotenebbian said..Harrow 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.
Ha, yep, he's from Brissie.
The H thing is ok compared to replacing TH with F ,,now that pisses me off...mainly poms.
Ferty = thirty
Free= three
Finking= thinking
wif = with
Fought = thought
Fings = things
furra = thorough
I'm finking Fats Ferty free fings fat give me a fumping headache.
What's with the W instead of R crew, usually trying to sound refined. End up sounding like pwoper poncy pwicks instead.
Select to expand quoteThinkaBowtit said..
What's with the W instead of R crew, usually trying to sound refined. End up sounding like pwoper poncy pwicks instead.
"Welease Wodga"
Select to expand quoteCobra said..
The H thing is ok compared to replacing TH with F ,,now that pisses me off...mainly poms.
Ferty = thirty
Free= three
Finking= thinking
wif = with
Fought = thought
Fings = things
furra = thorough
I'm finking Fats Ferty free fings fat give me a fumping headache.
My middle child did that until he was about 5. Then when he corrected it he changed all the "f"words he knew into "th"s. "Fun" became "thun". "Finger" became "thinger" etc.
Select to expand quoteThinkaBowtit said..
What's with the W instead of R crew, usually trying to sound refined. End up sounding like pwoper poncy pwicks instead.
That's a physical speech impedement. There's nothing refined about it. Some can't make the "r" sound. Many asians who are not native English speakers have difficulty with it too.
Select to expand quoteCobra said..
The H thing is ok compared to replacing TH with F ,,now that pisses me off...mainly poms.
Ferty = thirty
Free= three
Finking= thinking
wif = with
Fought = thought
Fings = things
furra = thorough
I'm finking Fats Ferty free fings fat give me a fumping headache.
You'd hate that old lube mobile ad with the kid singing "Furteen Furty Furty-Freee"
Select to expand quoteNotWal said..ThinkaBowtit said..
What's with the W instead of R crew, usually trying to sound refined. End up sounding like pwoper poncy pwicks instead.
That's a physical speech impedement. There's nothing refined about it. Some can't make the "r" sound. Many asians who are not native English speakers have difficulty with it too.
Sometimes. And I'll always make allowances for people using English as a second language. A mate's mum used to do it, but only when she was trying to impress people, apparently.
Select to expand quoteNotWal said..
That's a physical speech impedement. There's nothing refined about it. Some can't make the "r" sound. Many asians who are not native English speakers have difficulty with it too.
Craw, not craw !!!
Select to expand quotekiteboy dave said..Cobra said..
The H thing is ok compared to replacing TH with F ,,now that pisses me off...mainly poms.
Ferty = thirty
Free= three
Finking= thinking
wif = with
Fought = thought
Fings = things
furra = thorough
I'm finking Fats Ferty free fings fat give me a fumping headache.
You'd hate that old lube mobile ad with the kid singing "Furteen Furty Furty-Freee"
Correct.
If Australians want to get shirty about the way ENGLISH people pronounce ENGLISH (yep, the clue is in the name), is it time they got their own language? (meant in a humourous way before anyone trolls me)
Cheers
Bristle
Select to expand quoteBristolfashion said..
If Australians want to get shirty about the way ENGLISH people pronounce ENGLISH (yep, the clue is in the name), is it time they got their own language? (meant in a humourous way before anyone trolls me)
Cheers
Bristle
Haha own language Bristol best you ask that question to the traditional land owners,,um they don't speak English and they have their own flag,,so why do the rest of us speak ENGLISH The clue is in the Australian flag Top left corner.
Totally agree, there are so many people who don't have a clue about correct pronounciations. It gets even worse when you come from NZ. Here is a help page.
Select to expand quotebillykiter said..
Totally agree, there are so many people who don't have a clue about correct pronounciations. It gets even worse when you come from NZ. Here is a help page.
I hurt myself reading thet. Thinks!
My well educated friend Arrold ates it when orrendous use of 'Haitch' is used.
E finds it indicative of poor breeding and education..
Yet e cannot seem to find a single word that is spelt with the rugby goal letter (H) that actually has the 'Aitch' sound at the start of the word.
Ow about that then Arry? 
For the record why wouldn't you call it Haitch when that is precisely the sound it makes in use.. anything else is elitist ye olde English snobbery if you hask me.
Select to expand quoteNotWal said..ThinkaBowtit said..
What's with the W instead of R crew, usually trying to sound refined. End up sounding like pwoper poncy pwicks instead.
That's a physical speech impedement. There's nothing refined about it. Some can't make the "r" sound. Many asians who are not native English speakers have difficulty with it too.
True. Indian dude at work always referred to my mate Dave as Dawid.
However there are many poms what have attended the likes of Eton who use it incessantly, I am sure because the egotistical pwicks think that it is a sign of being cultured. I ran across it frequently in Hampshire when working on rivers with river keepers. Generally drove Land Wovers and wore Barbour jackets.
The insertion of "Like" into every phrase and the use of "Absolutely" as the first response to a question drive me mad
