Who said Mirror weirdly?

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  brillopad Posts: 3,226

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  15/12/10 - 00:53 #2

  duffduffs wrote: »

  I remember there being an advert or something where they said Mirror weirdly. I thought it was caprice, but im not sure...
  any ideas?

  
  All Americans say 'Mirror' weirdly.

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 672

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  15/12/10 - 01:31 #3

  yanks say it like "Meer"..

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  zounds Posts: 10,730

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  15/12/10 - 03:16 #4

  brillopad wrote: »

  All Americans say 'Mirror' weirdly.

  Imploding Voice wrote: »

  yanks say it like "Meer"..

  Meer and Mirror
  
  OP - what was the ad about?

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  j4Rose Posts: 5,482

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  15/12/10 - 03:18 #5

  zounds wrote: »

  Meer and Mirror
  
  OP - what was the ad about?

  
  How rude! :eek::p

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  The 12th Doctor Posts: 4,338

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  15/12/10 - 11:48 #6

  Some Geordies say "mirro" instead of "mirror." They also say eye-tilly for Italy and eye-ran for Iran. And keen-ya for Kenya.
  
  And Geordie humour consists of haw-hawing at the idiocy of their own stupid accent. BTW, I live, indeed grew up, in Northumberland, so none of that "have you ever been to the north????" rubbish, please.

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  jsmith99 Posts: 20,382

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  15/12/10 - 15:32 #7

  The 12th Doctor wrote: »

  Some Geordies say "mirro" instead of "mirror." They also say eye-tilly for Italy and eye-ran for Iran. And keen-ya for Kenya.
  
  And Geordie humour consists of haw-hawing at the idiocy of their own stupid accent. BTW, I live, indeed grew up, in Northumberland, so none of that "have you ever been to the north????" rubbish, please.

  
  More "mirra" than "mirro", I'd have thought. Whatever happened to Bobby Thompson? He was marvellous: "the dole is my shepherd, I shall not work", delivered in a broad Geordie accent. Fantastic.

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  kimindex Posts: 68,250

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  15/12/10 - 15:49 #8

  Some Cornish people say 'mrurr' for mirror.

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  Andrue Posts: 23,366

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  15/12/10 - 15:55 #9

  kimindex wrote: »

  Some Cornish people say 'mrurr' for mirror.

  What - they pass the self awareness test?
  
  
  
  Foot note:I used to live in Plymouth so it's almost a requirement that I take the wee-wee out of the Cornish.
  
  Sorry.

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  kimindex Posts: 68,250

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  15/12/10 - 16:11 #10

  Andrue wrote: »

  What - they pass the self awareness test?
  
  
  
  Foot note:I used to live in Plymouth so it's almost a requirement that I take the wee-wee out of the Cornish.
  
  Sorry.

  They use mirrors to look behind to see who's eating their pasties. Pasty awareness is vital!

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  Rubrical Posts: 2,715

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  15/12/10 - 16:23 #11

  Don't forget the Irish accent too. It's a bit like "Murr"

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  15/12/10 - 16:28 #12

  I say Mirr-uh

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  oldhag Posts: 2,539

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  15/12/10 - 16:32 #13

  Here in Lancs it's mirrah.

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  cjsmummy Posts: 11,079

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  15/12/10 - 16:34 #14

  My 8 year old says mirra. Also calls on onion an ungyun. I'm forever correcting her!:mad:

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  tongs ya bass Posts: 731

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  15/12/10 - 16:36 #15

  Growshereez

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  artnada Posts: 10,113

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  15/12/10 - 16:36 #16

  It was Caprice. And she got the ad after Johnny Vaughn took the mick out of the way she said Mirror in the silly American way, while she was presenting with him on The Big Breakfast.

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  Tombstone Posts: 2,578

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  15/12/10 - 16:40 #17

  kimindex wrote: »

  Some Cornish people say 'mrurr' for mirror.

  
  
  When I lived in Cornwall the Cornish grunted to say hello, so 'mrurr' is an advance in the last 30 years.
  
  
  'Right will?'
  
  'Ez. You?'
  
  'Right'.
  
  'Good'.
  
  
  The buggers demand that Cornish be a recognised language - one syllable at a time lads.

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  sodavlac Posts: 10,607

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  15/12/10 - 16:42 #18

  Imploding Voice wrote: »

  yanks say it like "Meer"..

  
  The Fresh Prince's taxi driver had dice in his meer, IIRC.

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  Hugh Jboobs Posts: 15,316

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  15/12/10 - 17:12 #19

  artnada wrote: »

  It was Caprice. And she got the ad after Johnny Vaughn took the mick out of the way she said Mirror in the silly American way, while she was presenting with him on The Big Breakfast.

  
  ^^This.
  
  She was guest presenting with him and it was when they were doing the newspaper reviews. I believe the Mirror ran a bit of a story about it the next day.
  
  I used to love Big Breakfast!

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  _ben Posts: 5,758

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  15/12/10 - 17:58 #20

  jsmith99 wrote: »

  More "mirra" than "mirro", I'd have thought.

  
  I know someone who pronounces it 'mirrow', like the painter.

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  15/12/10 - 18:21 #21

  sodavlac wrote: »

  The Fresh Prince's taxi driver had dice in his meer, IIRC.

  
  True. It wouldn't have rhymed with "near" otherwise, for a start.

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  Glen Posts: 12,076

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  15/12/10 - 18:49 #22

  stoatie wrote: »

  True. It wouldn't have rhymed with "near" otherwise, for a start.

  It's more like merr (same as myrrh) than meer.
  

  The 12th Doctor wrote: »

  Some Geordies say "mirro" instead of "mirror." They also say eye-tilly for Italy and eye-ran for Iran. And keen-ya for Kenya.
  
  And Geordie humour consists of haw-hawing at the idiocy of their own stupid accent. BTW, I live, indeed grew up, in Northumberland, so none of that "have you ever been to the north????" rubbish, please.

  What's the difference between a kangaroo and a kangaroot?

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