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Old 18-09-2016, 19:57
renard gris
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Warning - Pedant alert!

So, I was watching Sky News the other day and the newsreader (Scottish guy, can't remember his name) pronounced 'Brexit' as 'Bregzit'. I've also heard a few others on the TV use this pronunciation as well. Has anybody else noticed this, or is it just me? I pronounce 'Brexit' with the 'x' sound.

Apologies if there's already a similar thread, but the search function on here is cr*p and Google didn't show any similar threads to this.
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:01
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BRE (as in the first three letters of "breakfast") add on the X (BRE X) then IT

Adding the G is just wrong on so many levels.
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:02
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Crazy, huh? It's a real hot-button issue.

Some people pronounce "exit" as "eggsit". I imagine it's related. Happy to help.
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:02
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Leave me your phone number i'll show you. lol..

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Old 18-09-2016, 20:04
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I don't see how anyone would pronounce it as anything other than 'exit' with a 'br' stuck on the front.

Did these people also pronounce 'want' as 'wunt'? Because annoying too...
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:04
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I've noticed this too. It wasn't so noticeable before the vote but now we'll be leaving, obviously it's being used a lot more. It's making me more and more annoyed that so many people can't say Brexit without sticking a G in the middle of the word!
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:05
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Some people pronounce "exit" as "eggsit".
That's either a hatchery term or a badly-planned omelette.
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:05
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I was gonna come up with a jokey answer to this.... But i dont think i could with pages and page of other peoples whinging....
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:07
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I pronounce it like I'm feeding kids porridge.

Here's your Ready Brek SIT!!! Just the last two words, and without the sass.
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:10
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Doesn't it rather depend how you pronounce the word 'exit'?

Usually reading the letter 'x' triggers the 'hard c' phoneme followed by the 's' phoneme, such as in the words 'exercise', 'excellent', 'execute'.

But some words can also take on different pronunciations for the 'x', for example 'example', 'exonerate', 'exam'. 'Exit' is one of those. Sometimes the initial 'e' changes too, to be an 'i' (but not in the case of 'exit').

I have heard 'exit' as:

Ecsit, Eczit, Egzit (most common)

and 'exam' as:

Ecsam, Eczam, Egzam, Igzam (most common)

Come to thing of it I think I say 'Egzit' but 'Brecsit'....the English language is nothing if not inconsistent!
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:15
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Not something I've ever thought about...........until now !

I'm with the Scottish newsreader.........Bregzit

Exit is Egzit
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:23
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Usually reading the letter 'x' triggers the 'hard c' phoneme followed by the 's' phoneme, such as in the words 'exercise', 'excellent', 'execute'.
I think it's dependent on which syllable is getting the emphasis - the 'ex' in these examples gets the emphasis whereas the emphasis in 'example' is in the 'ahm' after the 'egs'.

Presumably that's why some words make for better eggsamples of eggsaggerated punnage?

Come to thing of it I think I say 'Egzit' but 'Brecsit'....the English language is nothing if not inconsistent!
Pronouncing 'exit' as 'egzit' just seems terribly non-committal without any emphasis anywhere, is the portal of departure such a trivial thing that it does not deserve this recognition?
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:27
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:38
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I think it's dependent on which syllable is getting the emphasis - the 'ex' in these examples gets the emphasis whereas the emphasis in 'example' is in the 'ahm' after the 'egs'.

Presumably that's why some words make for better eggsamples of eggsaggerated punnage?


Pronouncing 'exit' as 'egzit' just seems terribly non-committal without any emphasis anywhere, is the portal of departure such a trivial thing that it does not deserve this recognition?
Interesting. In 'egzit', I put the emphasis on the 'eg'. Then you have words like 'connection' that some older people still spell as 'connexion', which is a nightmare in terms of phonetics to determine how the 'csh' sounds are made - the 'c' presumably is made by the 'x' and the 'sh' presumably by the 'x followed by i'.
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Old 18-09-2016, 20:53
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(Scottish guy, can't remember his name) pronounced 'Brexit' as 'Bregzit'. I've also heard a few others on the TV use this pronunciation as well.
Were you watching Histor's Eye?
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Old 18-09-2016, 22:03
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Maybe more importantly (or, indeed, not), how is everyone pronouncing the more mangled "breadxit" of #breadxit Great British Bake Off social media malarky?
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Old 18-09-2016, 22:19
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Adenoidal Ignoramuses!
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Old 18-09-2016, 22:37
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If it's not 'exit' with a 'Br' in front of it then what the **** is it?
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Old 18-09-2016, 22:50
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The OED has both "eksit" and "egzit" as acceptable (or at least recognised) pronunciations of "exit".
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Old 18-09-2016, 22:54
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Breaks it
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Old 18-09-2016, 22:55
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"Freedom!"
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Old 19-09-2016, 09:50
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I pronounce EXIT as EGZIT but BREXIT as BREKSIT.
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Old 19-09-2016, 09:58
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Crazy, huh? It's a real hot-button issue.

Some people pronounce "exit" as "eggsit". I imagine it's related. Happy to help.
Haha
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Old 19-09-2016, 09:58
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If it's not 'exit' with a 'Br' in front of it then what the **** is it?
It's madness I tell you, madness
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Old 19-09-2016, 10:57
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I've noticed most English people she 'eck-sit' and therefore 'breck-sit', while Scots tend to say 'eg-zit and therefore 'breg-zit'. All are correct.
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