How do you...
Andy
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Pronounce the word 'Kilometre'?
I say 'kilometre' but a lot of people say it like 'kilometre'
How about you guys?
I say 'kilometre' but a lot of people say it like 'kilometre'
How about you guys?
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just like you, i say 'kilometre'0
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Do mean people like me who pronounce it kilametre as in the second syllable is "la" not "lo"???Santa Cruz Chameleon
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Say what? I use miles, yards and chains
if I do say it I pronounce it correctly, like so
kill-omm-it-a0 -
^ that
but killermeter if it crops up0 -
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gazderry wrote:
kill-omm-it-a
I forgot to say however, this is also how I spell it :shock:0 -
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bails87 wrote:.blitz wrote:And don't get me started on 'Marin'.bails87 wrote:What about Commencal?
is it karl or sarl on the end?And Lezyne. Lee-zi( 'i' as in 'high')ne or Leh-zeen0 -
ok then, what about SRAM, is it S-ram or is it Schraam la la Borat genitals?0
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Think it's pronounced sh*te0
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I'm in a portakabin right now.
and with Lezine, I like the sound of Lezzin
Another often mispronounced word is the word yes, a lot of women I know pronounce it as no0 -
I dont see how partakabin gets mispronounced though?
my big mispronounciation is putting a w in anything with double o, example, food becomes foowood0 -
gazderry wrote:I dont see how partakabin gets mispronounced though?
my big mispronounciation is putting a w in anything with double o, example, food becomes foowood
It's amazing how many people have no idea what you're talking about when you say por-TAKA-bin as opposed to POR-ta-KABIN.
Gaz: You're not that bad for a wolverhamptonian! Not like the guy I overheard at Cannock: "Whur am ya? Oim on tha foya roward"0 -
bails87 wrote:gazderry wrote:I dont see how partakabin gets mispronounced though?
my big mispronounciation is putting a w in anything with double o, example, food becomes foowood
It's amazing how many people have no idea what you're talking about when you say por-TAKA-bin as opposed to POR-ta-KABIN.
Gaz: You're not that bad for a wolverhamptonian! Not like the guy I overheard at Cannock: "Whur am ya? Oim on tha foya roward"
i've got a brummy mate who's married to a welsh girl. he speaks pretty good welsh in a brummy accent..it's fookin hilarious0 -
its not me is it? I speak random welsh phrases with an awful accent0
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