USC - What English Word does your SO mispronounce most often?

[thongd4me 69]

My Thai wife: SKAH-DL for "schedule"

[thongd4me 69]

Definitely not a crowd-pleaser in NYC - "JEW-ICE" for juice.

Now if she said "Italian Ice"...

[Captain Oates 910]

She calls Warwick 'War - wick' instead of 'worick'

I hope to take her to Towcester (toaster) one day. I will stop a mile short and get her to ask directions

I have yet to find a USC that can do 'Edinburgh'

It's usually edin - bo - ro

It should be 'edin-bruh'

Last week she discovered that England has a Boston and wondered why it had been named after an American City

Despite pronunciation, she has deciphered much Yorkshire Tyke so my private conversations are private no longer.

eg 'Whistle atter look sharp'

[thongd4me 69]

She calls Warwick 'War - wick' instead of 'worick'

I hope to take her to Towcester (toaster) one day. I will stop a mile short and get her to ask directions

I have yet to find a USC that can do 'Edinburgh'

It's usually edin - bo - ro

It should be 'edin-bruh'

Last week she discovered that England has a Boston and wondered why it had been named after an American City

Despite pronunciation, she has deciphered much Yorkshire Tyke so my private conversations are private no longer.

eg 'Whistle atter look sharp'

I loved the Guy Ritchie movie with Brad Pitt as an "unlicensed Pikey boxer" - they had subtitles under his kisser for the Pikey slang.

Edited October 12, 2010 by thongd4me

[thongd4me 69]

It took about 5 min. last night to figger out what she was saying, because she omitted the context.

When I heard the context, what I realized that she was trying to say was....

MANDATORY!

She was talking about an upcoming staff meeting at one of her jobs.

She was also at the "Boar's Head" website, practicing

"mortadella & prosciutto"

for her job at the deli counter.

[ChristyAndJim 0]

I'm the USC and my husband (JimandChristy) has several words that drive me nuts!

Nicaragua (Nee-kaar-AAG-YOU-waa)

Nissan (nehss-in)

Fajita (faa-GEE-ta)

And WHY do Brits have to overelaborate certain food terms? Like we can't have Spaghetti, we have "Spaghetti Bolognaise."

and "Chili Con Carne" and never just Chili.

But that accent...oooh...

[thongd4me 69]

Food items:

This is probably #2 to "noo-don" for noodle: "jew-ice" instead of 'juice."

[slim 1,514]

I don't know if this word is mispronuounced most often, but it's probably one of my favorites (correct or otherwise.)

Pooooooosee.

[thongd4me 69]

I don't know if this word is mispronuounced most often, but it's probably one of my favorites (correct or otherwise.)

Pooooooosee.

My wife says "PUSH-SHEE"

[jundp 191]

Any word that begins with a "v"... Wacuum, walley, west (vest), Wirginia, etc.

Or that begins with a "w"...veird, vest (west), volf, etc.

I love it.

[thongd4me 69]

Any word that begins with a "v"... Wacuum, walley, west (vest), Wirginia, etc.

Or that begins with a "w"...veird, vest (west), volf, etc.

I love it.

Yawol, I hear ya.

With Thais (among other Asians) it''s usually the "L's" & "R's"

[Captain Oates 910]

I loved the Guy Ritchie movie with Brad Pitt as an "unlicensed Pikey boxer" - they had subtitles under his kisser for the Pikey slang.

Heck I never heard of 'Pikey ' though I ran into a lot of Irish 'Travellers' when I was working for the Queen 1968 to 1974. I doubt any actor could capture how feral those guys are.

Quote: 'Don't send me to jail sir, I have a job starting Monday working for O'Donell'. They did bare knuckle fighting for fun and were not to be messed with ! That was just the women.

[thongd4me 69]

Heck I never heard of 'Pikey ' though I ran into a lot of Irish 'Travellers' when I was working for the Queen 1968 to 1974. I doubt any actor could capture how feral those guys are.

Quote: 'Don't send me to jail sir, I have a job starting Monday working for O'Donell'. They did bare knuckle fighting for fun and were not to be messed with ! That was just the women.

Before I saw "Snatch" I never heard the term "caravan" used for "trailer."

Hmm. I wonder if the Dodge Caravan is marketed under that name in the UK....

[slim 1,514]

Perrywinkle blue. It's for me ma.

His maaaaaa!

[Captain Oates 910]

Before I saw "Snatch" I never heard the term "caravan" used for "trailer."

Hmm. I wonder if the Dodge Caravan is marketed under that name in the UK....

I though 'RV' was a Yiddish exclamation.

Never a day goes by without my Mrs and I learn a new word from English or American (usual old English words that have survived here). It's like a trip back to 1776.

A tow bar is a trailer hitch. I saw 'I had my car toed away' online yesterday, but I don't think it's regular American.

At my Naturalization interview I was asked about my Mrs and I said I met her in Milwaukee and she was a Packer fan. The interviewer sat up straight and said "She is from Pakistan ?????"

What I need is voice recognition software (Yorkshire edition) that writes the words on the TV screen when she is watching HLN. 'Nathen are lass - whistle atter look sharpish or us snap 'll be cawd'. What could be plainer than that ?