hk blues Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 minute ago, kennie makevin said: Pedentary I know but Canadians(and indeed Mexicans) are as American as people in the United States in the same way that Italians are as European as Germans. But certainly Nova Scotians should know how to pronounce Mackay. Canadians and Americans are North American in the same way as Italians and Germans are European, surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 minutes ago, kennie makevin said: Pedentary Pedantic I know but Canadians(and indeed Mexicans) are as American as people in the United States in the same way that Italians are as European as Germans. But certainly Nova Scotians should know how to pronounce Mackay. FTFY. Pedantic, I know...................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 14 minutes ago, hk blues said: Canadians and Americans are North American in the same way as Italians and Germans are European, surely? Yep, I thought that's what I wrote ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 17 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: FTFY. Pedantic, I know...................... No you didn't...look it up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 7 minutes ago, kennie makevin said: Yep, I thought that's what I wrote ? You said American, not North American. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 18 hours ago, CambieBud said: Heard an advert repeatedly on some Florida radio station for Hoondy. Took me ages to realise it was for Hyundai. Also Geetarr ffs Hyundai changes UK pronunciation of its name to follow global norm | CAR Magazine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 21 hours ago, Big Rider said: Van Go (although everyone makes an arse of this) Aye it's Fan Hoch. Another one we have gotten wrong for years is the great number 14 Johann Crowff (pronouncing the "ow" as in crowd). Anyway, I'm sure there's a thread on the Dutch equivalent site for all such pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 52 minutes ago, velo army said: Aye it's Fan Hoch. Another one we have gotten wrong for years is the great number 14 Johann Crowff (pronouncing the "ow" as in crowd). Anyway, I'm sure there's a thread on the Dutch equivalent site for all such pish. Words Americans Try to Have Us Adopt thread for this pish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Courgette (Zucchini) Sorry (never) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 4 hours ago, Fullerene said: Hyundai changes UK pronunciation of its name to follow global norm | CAR Magazine That's a year old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Possibly apocryphal, but someone I knew at work reported being stopped by an American tourist and asked for directions to Loogyboroogy. They wanted to go to Loughborough... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 21 minutes ago, Forest_Fifer said: Possibly apocryphal, but someone I knew at work reported being stopped by an American tourist and asked for directions to Loogyboroogy. They wanted to go to Loughborough... Then there's the one about the American tourist asking the bemused member of staff at the Oban CalMac office how to get to Ten N A. Turns out, he was asking how to get to IONA. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Dynasty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 If something is very warm it's hAt. Maybe that's a Ch-kaaaa-go thing. On the other hand I have one of my stepdaughters that now uses the words "numpty" and "arse" appropriately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 7 hours ago, Raidernation said: If something is very warm it's hAt. Maybe that's a Ch-kaaaa-go thing. Considering there's a fair few aulder Scots who say "het" I think we'd be better just not commenting on that one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 16 hours ago, Loonytoons said: Considering there's a fair few aulder Scots who say "het" I think we'd be better just not commenting on that one. Not worth getting het up about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 24/01/2024 at 03:22, velo army said: the Dutch equivalent site for all such pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 23/01/2024 at 13:58, Darren said: Mum Dad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Skworl- for squirrel jars with me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Situation = 'Sid-yew-a-shun' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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