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How exactly do you pronounce 'Brexit'?
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![]() 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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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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Google didn't show any similar threads to this.
Some people pronounce "exit" as "eggsit". I imagine it's related. Happy to help. |
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Leave me your phone number i'll show you. lol..
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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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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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Some people pronounce "exit" as "eggsit".
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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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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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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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Not something I've ever thought about...........until now !
I'm with the Scottish newsreader.........Bregzit Exit is Egzit |
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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'.
Presumably that's why some words make for better eggsamples of eggsaggerated punnage? Quote:
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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brick-shit
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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? |
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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.
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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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Adenoidal Ignoramuses!
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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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The OED has both "eksit" and "egzit" as acceptable (or at least recognised) pronunciations of "exit".
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Breaks it
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"Freedom!"
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I pronounce EXIT as EGZIT but BREXIT as BREKSIT.
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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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If it's not 'exit' with a 'Br' in front of it then what the **** is it?
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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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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?
