Things others point out about your speech that you had no clue about

CaptainObvious_ · 04/10/14 - 22:44

Apparently I say 'dayte' and 'playte' instead of 'date' and 'plate' and I've probably been inserting random y's in other similar words too. I had never noticed it before until a new friend pointed it out.

I swear I can't hear myself properly.

Have you ever been told something about your speech that you've never realised before?

lemoncurd · 04/10/14 - 22:47

I was told that I said "buzz" instead of "bus" many years ago. I don't do it now.

[Deleted User] · 04/10/14 - 22:51

I have a slight lisp, yet i didn't find out until i was 13 when a friend told me

i also apparently say cinemaS and asdaS, which im told is annoying?

maggie thecat · 04/10/14 - 23:26

I pick up other people's accents without meaning to. I can't *do* accents purposefully, but if I'm with someone who has one and if I'm not careful about maintaining my own speech patterns ...

Rachael. · 04/10/14 - 23:32

VM123 wrote: »

I have a slight lisp, yet i didn't find out until i was 13 when a friend told me

i also apparently say cinemaS and asdaS, which im told is annoying?

I just came on here to post the exact same thing! The first part not the second part. I'm one of those who get annoyed by the Asdas, Tescos thing

:D

CaptainObvious_ · 04/10/14 - 23:32

lemoncurd wrote: »

I was told that I said "buzz" instead of "bus" many years ago. I don't do it now.

See, that's the thing, I've tried saying 'date' or 'plate' another way but I can't >:(

but when I say 'dayte' on purpose, it sounds so different to what I'm saying. So how does it sound like that to others?

Can you tell I'm paranoid about the way I speak/sound?

kitty86 · 04/10/14 - 23:33

I say Dezember, it was only pointed out to me recently. I also say wore instead of were.

CaptainObvious_ · 04/10/14 - 23:37

VM123 wrote: »

I have a slight lisp, yet i didn't find out until i was 13 when a friend told me

i also apparently say cinemaS and asdaS, which im told is annoying?

I think I have a slight lisp too

cinemas, that's one I've never heard before. I hear Asdas and Tescos quite a lot though. Not that annoying to me really

Rachael. · 04/10/14 - 23:37

kitty86 wrote: »

I say Dezember, it was only pointed out to me recently. I also say wore instead of were.

I say Dezember. Think it might be a Scottish thing though.

Rachael. · 04/10/14 - 23:39

CaptainObvious_ wrote: »

See, that's the thing, I've tried saying 'date' or 'plate' another way but I can't >:(

but when I say 'dayte' on purpose, it sounds so different to what I'm saying. So how does it sound like that to others?

Can you tell I'm paranoid about the way I speak/sound?

I'm kind of confused by this lol.

Do you mean you say it with a 'y' sound in the middle. Like 'day-yit' play-yit'? If that makes sense

Schmiznurf · 04/10/14 - 23:42

My wife told me that I mumble a lot, as though my mouth is full of cotton.

Born lippy · 04/10/14 - 23:44

maggie thecat wrote: »

I pick up other people's accents without meaning to. I can't *do* accents purposefully, but if I'm with someone who has one and if I'm not careful about maintaining my own speech patterns ...

Is so funny when people come back from holiday casually dropping insertcountry-isms in! "gee I enjoyed a great yoh-ghurt this morrnin"

People always point out that I act out whatever im saying really graphically with my hands. I never noticed. So embarrassing but can't help it

netcurtains · 04/10/14 - 23:53

I'm still coming to terms with the fact that book doesn't rhyme with duck from a thread earlier in the week. Apparently I and everyone I have ever met in the past 43yrs has been saying it wrong according to that thread!

Obviously most of what I say is the norm around here but when I visit the in laws in Essex they still snigger at the r's I insert into words like five and nine, they become farve and narne, though I do point out that they insert r's into words like bath so it all evens out.

chloeb · 05/10/14 - 00:01

I'very been told that when I swear I still sound posh ..lol

nuttytigger · 05/10/14 - 00:07

maggie thecat wrote: »

I pick up other people's accents without meaning to. I can't *do* accents purposefully, but if I'm with someone who has one and if I'm not careful about maintaining my own speech patterns ...

Same, I'm from Lanarkshire but when I spend the day with my friend from Edinburgh I end up speaking like him.

[Deleted User] · 05/10/14 - 00:28

Rachael. wrote: »

I just came on here to post the exact same thing! The first part not the second part. I'm one of those who get annoyed by the Asdas, Tescos thing :D

Haha i suppose i can kind of understand why its annoying.. I have a friend who refers to Matalan as mataland, and that does irritate me a bit.

lemoncurd · 05/10/14 - 01:18

Rachael. wrote: »

I just came on here to post the exact same thing! The first part not the second part. I'm one of those who get annoyed by the Asdas, Tescos thing :D

Better than round here, where people say "I have an ideal! But I need to go to Asdal first"

Whedonite · 05/10/14 - 01:38

CaptainObvious_ wrote: »

Apparently I say 'dayte' and 'playte' instead of 'date' and 'plate' and I've probably been inserting random y's in other similar words too. I had never noticed it before until a new friend pointed it out.

I swear I can't hear myself properly.

Have you ever been told something about your speech that you've never realised before?

I actually have the same speech thing as you. I remember I first became aware when I told my friend she had lost "weyt" and she told me I always add y's to certain words. I hear it when I do it now, but it's a hard habit to break.

Hogzilla · 05/10/14 - 02:02

lemoncurd wrote: »

Better than round here, where people say "I have an ideal! But I need to go to Asdal first"

Something to do with ending with a vowel sound. Bristol must originally have been 'Bristow', as '-stow' is an Anglo Saxon word for 'place'. Looks like that adding '-l' to a word ending with a vowel sound must be a very old Bristol thing indeed.;-)

venusinflares · 05/10/14 - 09:36

I say the u sound in bury/buried/burying and have been laughed at for it. Apparently it should sound like 'berry/berried/berrying'. I haven't changed the way I say it.

Rachael. · 05/10/14 - 11:07

VM123 wrote: »

Haha i suppose i can kind of understand why its annoying.. I have a friend who refers to Matalan as mataland, and that does irritate me a bit.

I've heard this a few times

Rachael. · 05/10/14 - 11:08

lemoncurd wrote: »

Better than round here, where people say "I have an ideal! But I need to go to Asdal first"

I think you mentioned this in another thread where I had a moan about people saying Asdas. Not sure if it was you but someone did. I've never heard that in my life, thank God I think it would tip me over the edge

RebelScum · 05/10/14 - 11:45

I've been told I pronounce my v as b.

Hollie_Louise · 05/10/14 - 12:26

Apparently I can't say February properly.

[Deleted User] · 05/10/14 - 12:29

I live in England and do not have any form of an English accent. Ergo, people point out how I say things a lot. Sometimes they repeat them back to me, like a sad, grey parrot and I don't know how to react. Other than did you understand what I was saying? Yes. Then don't be an asshole.