General Chat

Agree with all the above,but the one that currently irks me is the morning presenters saying "Thisssmorning" in one long word.

PRONOUNCIATION by readers. Sorry, my son always tells me off for saying 'pronunciation' x

I particularly like the New Zealand accent although I have a special regard for the Welsh one too - but, I'm not telling you lot why!

Being totally pedantic now. I think it is Himalaya with no S.

I may be wrong but I don;t remember harassed being pronounced with the emphasis on the second syilable before 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'.

Secretary is the one that annoys me. Why do they have to pronounce it seckertree....it's sec-re-tary.

Have to agree with most of the posts, in particular the letter H.

Regarding the pronunciation of Himalayas...my mum told me as a child that when her teacher was talking about the subject that it was always referred to as Himarrrrlyas.Perhaps that was how it was pronounce a hundred years ago and now it has done full circle.

My irksome word is President Sarcosee (Sarkozy) iz this ze newz reporrrrter's way ov speekin Anglais?-jl

I also agree with all the above,especially the "HARPAST" !

There was a comment in the Radio Times recently about the deterioration in the diction of actors, with particular reference to the recent "Birdsong"

Although I expect that would be "enunciation" really

And I thought it was my hearing that was going :-)

Something? Somethink surely.

All those mentioned irritate me as well.
One that really gets to me is when they leave out a "t" in the middle of a word.....And I often wonder why everything has to be....well basically.....
Completely superfluous.....or should that be.....superflUous???

Maggiewinchester I have, also when something is said it is said with a questioning tone.

On radio 4 - someone said deelegate, instead of delegate, and I hate it when the word decade is pronounced (usually by MP's) as decayed.

Has anyone else noticed, when answering a question, a lot of people begin their answer 'So'?.................

......Why?

A Londoner who pronounced their 'r's'? :-0

How do you pronounce it Geordie?

And when did Romania become Roooomania!

we got it the first time ShelleyRose, no need to keep repeating it :-D

There use to be a news reader on STV who had a lovely light Scottish accent, but the one thing that use to get me, was when he read the weather,

He use to say shars instead of showers. grrrrr. :-P :-S

There use to be a news reader on STV who had a lovely light Scottish accent, but the one thing that use to get me, was when he read the weather,

He use to say shars instead of showers. grrrrr. :-P :-S

There use to be a news reader on STV who had a lovely light Scottish accent, but the one thing that use to get me, was when he read the weather,

He use to say shars instead of showers. grrrrr. :-P :-S

There was a chef on Ready Steady Cook who seemed to have somebody elses lips.

I can't remember a lot of the things he said no that used to make me turn the programme off but he did used to cannonize sugar.

We watch Flog it, but Paul Martin irritates me when he says'Welcome ter Flog it. I shout TOO at the television.

Nothing to do with how to pronouce words, cos I aint no good at henglish lol, but it is when I see ties crooked or with a cup bit instead of it being rounded that is what drives me nuts. Our School head mistress would give us a right telling off for being scruffy.