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- Hilary the Touched
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Really? My middle name is Denise and none of my English relatives have ever pronounced it "DENeez".
Nor have I heard Morris substituted for the name Maurice. Perhaps it's a regional thing?
But for the most part I concur. I've never understood why there are such disparate differences between the spelling and pronunciation of the word "aluminum".
Nor have I heard Morris substituted for the name Maurice. Perhaps it's a regional thing?
But for the most part I concur. I've never understood why there are such disparate differences between the spelling and pronunciation of the word "aluminum".
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I'm enjoying the analysis but I think it's the fact that some people just can't spell. If I played a lose-loose drinking game whilst browsing the internet, I'd be permanently sozzled.
I, myself, have a problem with the pronunciation of the names Niamh and Caoimhe. I see no Vs anywhere. Absurd.
I'm having The Royle Family flashbacks.Gillian wrote:Really? My middle name is Denise and none of my English relatives have ever pronounced it "DENeez".
I, myself, have a problem with the pronunciation of the names Niamh and Caoimhe. I see no Vs anywhere. Absurd.
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One word for ya: Featherstonhaugh.
(Apparently it's pronounced "Fanshaw". What the hell is that all about??)
Here, thanks to our ubiquitous friend YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oMkykK ... re=related. Go to about 1:53, and you'll hear the title character, Maurice, pronounce his own name quite poshly.
(Apparently it's pronounced "Fanshaw". What the hell is that all about??)
Here, thanks to our ubiquitous friend YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oMkykK ... re=related. Go to about 1:53, and you'll hear the title character, Maurice, pronounce his own name quite poshly.
And Worcestershire is Woostersheer.
Crazy mixed up language of ours designed to make foreigners sound daft.
I also love that there are regional ways of pronouncing things. In Western Australia, we pronounce Derby "durbee" instead of "darbee" and Albany is pronounced "al-bah-nee" instead of "awl-bun-nee" etc.... It helps distinguish us from those from the UK as well as from other Australian states.
Crazy mixed up language of ours designed to make foreigners sound daft.
I also love that there are regional ways of pronouncing things. In Western Australia, we pronounce Derby "durbee" instead of "darbee" and Albany is pronounced "al-bah-nee" instead of "awl-bun-nee" etc.... It helps distinguish us from those from the UK as well as from other Australian states.
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I'm gonna have to come back through this thread with an industrial vacuum cleaner . . . (*confesses to being biggest perpetrator*)
ANYWAY--Here's IndieWire's review:
http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2009/01 ... bad_2.html
"Played vociferously by the excellent Jason Isaacs (who's best known for his performance as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, here without the pretty hair), Maurice is a Jew, and where once both friends could share a few beers and lob a few barbs at Hitler, times have changed. As Maurice puts it, with something of an awkward anachronism: 'I'm a Jew; you're a Nazi. End of story.'"
(Excellent idea, Char!)
ANYWAY--Here's IndieWire's review:
http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2009/01 ... bad_2.html
"Played vociferously by the excellent Jason Isaacs (who's best known for his performance as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, here without the pretty hair), Maurice is a Jew, and where once both friends could share a few beers and lob a few barbs at Hitler, times have changed. As Maurice puts it, with something of an awkward anachronism: 'I'm a Jew; you're a Nazi. End of story.'"
(Excellent idea, Char!)
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