I used to say 'fillum' when growing up in Glasgow. I now say 'Film'. Don't know why it changed!
What does get on my wick is, Bruvver for Brother and Muvver for Mother :eek::mad:
The idea that the pronunciation "film" is somehow purer than "fillum" is inherently flawed. It's not even the case that "film" became "fillum", it was the other way around. In Romeo and Juliet, which was of course written before standardised spelling, "film" was spelled "philome", meaning that the two syllable pronunciation is the older of the two.
One thing that always stuck in my mind is years ago i was in the crowd at some event the Queen was at...............might have been the Silver Jubilee..............:eek:
Anyway...........there was some Irish people behind me shouting Long Live The Quee-urn.................:p
that's over 30 years ago and I still remember it...........:eek:
Good God, we've got bombs going off in various parts of the world, people lining up at food banks, disabled people topping themselves after being declared 'fit for work' and all some people can do is whinge about how some people pronounce a certain word.
Smoking Smeggers, when I read some of the petty, provincial sh*t certain people get upset about on here, I don't know whether to just laugh or to bang my head on the sodding keyboard.
Because the English language is always changing often because nobody corrects a person for pronouncing a word wrong and it spreads because other people hear the word think it's cool or funny and start saying it as well.
One that annoys me is the correct word used to be "slippery" as in "be careful it's slippery", but now more and more people including TV presenters, I've heard a newsreader pronounce and weather reporters are really bad for it, prononcing it as "slippy."
My friend said it doesn't matter but it does. Employers have said that the level of English isn't as high as it used to be. I know if I had an application form in front of me and it had words like "slippy" and other incorrect words. I would think twice whether I would bother inviting them for an interview.
Because some people write how they speak, apparently I do. You get mistakes. I have seen cover letters for jobs that they have written "you know," "innit" and "ok" at the end of a sentence.
A few years ago I got a surprise when I was at a UK wrestling show talking to a guy I had never met before. He asked my name and I told him. After chatting for a bit he asked if I use that promotion's forum . I said yes and he asked are you "Imknackerd" on there? I said yes how do you know. He said because I talk and write exactly the same. I had no idea.
I'm glad that I have a reasonably decent vocabulary and speak without using words as punctuation as it's opened doors for me as they believe I'm smarter and more capable than I actually am. Whilst saying "slippy" and "fillum" may be cool and comical it can also be a negative as it makes you look a bit stupid or even just plain thick.
I agree with the person that said 'movie' is a lot more annoying over here. I like America and enjoy going over there but do not like people over here copying the language etc. drives me mad.
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What does get on my wick is, Bruvver for Brother and Muvver for Mother :eek::mad:
I do hate people saying Pry-mark though, it was created in Ireland and we say Pree-mark!
they also say "oor", when they mean "R" - as in RSPCA, or RUC
Oh yeah Mark Cousins said "fillum" in The Story of Film.
Anyway...........there was some Irish people behind me shouting Long Live The Quee-urn.................:p
that's over 30 years ago and I still remember it...........:eek:
Me too!
this is an old post, but its irony
nu-killer
jamaicans say flims
whites say films
I was bought up to say chimley but I know say chimney - I used to say samwidge too instead of sandwich.
My DIL (and a lot of other folks) says hospical - that irritates me no end.
Just thought I'd share that
Smoking Smeggers, when I read some of the petty, provincial sh*t certain people get upset about on here, I don't know whether to just laugh or to bang my head on the sodding keyboard.
...cos they are from newcastle and they cant help it?
One that annoys me is the correct word used to be "slippery" as in "be careful it's slippery", but now more and more people including TV presenters, I've heard a newsreader pronounce and weather reporters are really bad for it, prononcing it as "slippy."
My friend said it doesn't matter but it does. Employers have said that the level of English isn't as high as it used to be. I know if I had an application form in front of me and it had words like "slippy" and other incorrect words. I would think twice whether I would bother inviting them for an interview.
Because some people write how they speak, apparently I do. You get mistakes. I have seen cover letters for jobs that they have written "you know," "innit" and "ok" at the end of a sentence.
A few years ago I got a surprise when I was at a UK wrestling show talking to a guy I had never met before. He asked my name and I told him. After chatting for a bit he asked if I use that promotion's forum . I said yes and he asked are you "Imknackerd" on there? I said yes how do you know. He said because I talk and write exactly the same. I had no idea.
I'm glad that I have a reasonably decent vocabulary and speak without using words as punctuation as it's opened doors for me as they believe I'm smarter and more capable than I actually am. Whilst saying "slippy" and "fillum" may be cool and comical it can also be a negative as it makes you look a bit stupid or even just plain thick.
I always thought that Fillum was a Dublin accent, I used to work with some Dubliners who spoke like that, they also said Cair for car.
In Nottingham they used to say things like gree un and schoo ul, and I've noticed that Americans do it as well.
Yes, it's definitely a North East thing. I grew up there and it is the standard pronunciation.
I tend to use both depending on how southern or regional I'm speaking.