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12 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

How does one pronounce 'Nisa' (as in the corner shop chain)?

Nice-ah (like a play on nicer)? Niece-ah?

I used to work at one of their franchises, and it was always pronounced 'Nice-ah".

They were also the only franchise owner in Scotland who refused to sign up to the remarkably lax guidelines for storage and sale of sandwiches (had to be constantly stored at a certain temperature and sold within three days, IIRC). Environmental Health at the council warned me that they regularly sampled sandwiches containing unacceptable levels of nasty bacteria in chilled foods that originated from their warehouse, and Nisa knew about it but couldn't have given less of a shit.

Food for thought (or skitters).

12 hours ago, Loonytoons said:

Yacht

I think you'll find it's pronounced "Throat Wobbler Mangrove".

2 hours ago, Boghead ranter said:

Adi-DAS, not a-dee-das.

It was named after Adolf Dassler, so Ah-Dee-DASS is objectively correct. f**k you Americans, with your Ah-DEE dass shite.

Like everyone involved in manufacture a century ago, Adi was a Nazi, although apparently not enough of a Nazi for his brother Rudolph, who left to form his own Nazi shoe company, Puma. Apparently the two companies hated each other, with employees of either side looking at each others' shoes to decide whether someone was worth talking to.

(thanks to the invaluable @TxRover bot for research on this post)

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12 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

But if someone calls a spanish sausage "chorr itt zo" i will kill. 

My unofficial mother-in-law pronounces Prosecco as 'pro-shecko'.  

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1 minute ago, Hedgecutter said:

My unofficial mother-in-law pronounces Prosecco as 'pro-shecko'.  

 

 

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Just the mention of Prosecco should be warning enough.

Hopefully you've been living, laughing, and loving enough when visiting her home.

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2 hours ago, TxRover said:

Such an ambiguous role definition, open to a multitude of interpretations, bravo, Sir!

"What are you doing, unofficial mother-in-law?"

The birth of a new genre.

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On 21/10/2023 at 09:22, Hedgecutter said:

I'm always torn with the Adidas & Nike thing.  On one hand I know that it should be ahdee-das and nigh-kee, but on the other hand don't want to be on the receiving end of...

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Eta: Same with ah-SINT (emphasis on the 2nd syllable) for Assynt.

How do you pronounce Assynt because it definitely should be first syllable emphasis.

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3 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said:

On the subject of how to pronounce brand names, over the last year or so Skoda have been putting heavy emphasis on it being pronounced "Sh-koda" in their adverts, which they must know they are on a hiding to nothing as nobody is going to start saying it like that.

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24 minutes ago, GordonD said:

I remember when Nestle's was pronounced 'Nessels'. Then they started insisting it be 'Nes-lay'. Result - everybody still pronounces it 'Nessels'.

Unsure if this was a joke or not but I’ve never heard anyone say ‘Nessels’.

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26 minutes ago, GordonD said:

I remember when Nestle's was pronounced 'Nessels'. Then they started insisting it be 'Nes-lay'. Result - everybody still pronounces it 'Nessels'.

Maybe in the D household, but no one else has ever pronounced it "Nessels". Ever. 

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28 minutes ago, GordonD said:

I remember when Nestle's was pronounced 'Nessels'. Then they started insisting it be 'Nes-lay'. Result - everybody still pronounces it 'Nessels'.

My granny used to call it Nessels but that should in no way be used to support your theory based on how she (mis)pronounced many things.

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3 hours ago, Swarley said:

Maybe in the D household, but no one else has ever pronounced it "Nessels". Ever. 

It was always pronunced Nessels........Nessels Milk...Nessels Cofe Mate

When did Nestlé change pronunciation?
 
 
The exact date of the change is a matter of debate. Until the 1980s Nestlé was pronounced “Nestles” on Milkybar television advertising, but “Nestlé” on advertising for other Nestlé products.
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