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I've noticed most English people say 'eck-sit' and therefore 'breck-sit', while Scots tend to say 'egg-zit' and therefore 'bregg-zit'. All of these are correct.
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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 don't pronounce it at all. It's a horrible word.
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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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if we brexit, and Scotland enter then will we have Scentry?
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I say bregzit and egzit, but never megzigo or segz.
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I've noticed most English people say 'eck-sit' and therefore 'breck-sit', while Scots tend to say 'egg-zit' and therefore 'bregg-zit'. All of these are correct.
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It's wouldn't that's often pronounced as wunt.
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Landlubbin' Brexiteers, is what we pirates call'em.
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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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The 'g' has all but disappeared from length and strength, I was wondering where it went.
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There probably never was a 'g' in length and strength, except in the spelling.
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I suppose if you've a dog called Breg and you are training it then it's fine.
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I bet it was Niall Paterson, he's got quite a thick and hard sounding Scottish accent and tends to over-accentuate lots of words. I can't really explain what I mean by "hard sounding", but if you know his voice then you will hopefully get what I mean.
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I don't pronounce it at all. It's a horrible word.
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Some people (especially Americans it seems) pronounce ex as eggs, as in luggshury instead of luxury. I don't know why and I wish they wouldn't.
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Eggsit or ecksit; Brecksit.
It's whichever pronunciation flows most easily and naturally and for me, that's it. |
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Some people (especially Americans it seems) pronounce ex as eggs, as in luggshury instead of luxury. I don't know why and I wish they wouldn't.
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I pronounce it as Br-eks-it and I never understand the use of "eggs". Would anyone when speaking the alphabet aloud, pronounce the letter "X" as "Eggs"? I hope not!
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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. Personally, although I hate the word, I say Brex-itt, or Brecksitt. Possibly the Americans say Bregsit, as they also pronounce exit as eggsit. Going off on a tangent, they often call eggs, aygs, or aigs. |
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I've never really thought about it before, but I supposed I use "egg-zit" as a verb and "ex-it" as a noun.
[Edit] I used to make exit signs (of the emergency lighting variety). What a life I've led, eh!
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If you want a real Worm in your Ear, listen out for Dubai being pronounced Jew-bye
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If you want a real Worm in your Ear, listen out for Dubai being pronounced Jew-bye
Give me shtrength!
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Brecksit - how else?
AKA disaster for the UK
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Or any words with 'str' in them being pronounced as "shtr".
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It's like when people say Vimptoe. Drives me nuts. It's VIMMMMMMM-TOE
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