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Old 02-12-2016, 15:20
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This does my head in on the beginning of the show EVERY WEEK!

It's a QUARTER million, not CORTER million!










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Old 02-12-2016, 15:56
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I commented on that too; I guess some people pronounce it like that.
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Old 02-12-2016, 16:03
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Be glad the 't' got pronounced. Too many people use a glo!!al stop nowadays We need a special le!!er for the glo!!al stop; can't keep using !! for tha!!, i!!'s too confusing. Too many peopaw also can't pronounce a finaw 'l' any more, so i!!'s not pronounced glo!!al, i!!s pronounced glo!!aw. And don't ge!! me star!!ed on 'f' instead of "th"; I 'a!!e tha!!!

And when we do get a candidate who speaks Received Pronounciation, he or she gets mobbed for 'talking posh'.
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Old 02-12-2016, 16:30
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Some of the contestants on the show have terrible grammar and pronunciation. My personal hate is "You was" and "We was" and not using "is" and "are" correctly.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:10
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This does my head in on the beginning of the show EVERY WEEK!

It's a QUARTER million, not CORTER million!










Rant over.
He'll be talking about RE-ZOO-MAYs again soon too.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:10
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Some of the contestants on the show have terrible grammar and pronunciation. My personal hate is "You was" and "We was" and not using "is" and "are" correctly.
Of which Sir Alan is the biggest culprit.
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Old 02-12-2016, 21:22
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Should of, could of
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Old 02-12-2016, 23:00
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We often see these (and 'would of') in fora, even in such august fora as Digital Spy. Other 'popular' mistakes are confusion of there, their and they're; we're, weir, where and wear; your and you're (yaw and yore being fairly rare); and, of course, its and it's. Woe betide anyone who remarks upon such a mistake, for they will immediately be shot down in flames, the perpetrator or his/her defenders often making accusations of insensitivity towards dyslexics.

As Professor Higgins said (or sang): "Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?"
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Old 05-12-2016, 11:19
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Jessica's website, The Prodigal Fox, is peppered with English errors. There's a spelling or grammar mistake in practically every sentence, unforgivable in this age of spell checks.
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Old 05-12-2016, 12:52
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It's been a 'corter' on the apprentice for years. Almost as annoying as people who say sicth instead of sixth. Idiots.
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Old 05-12-2016, 13:40
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Thank you so much for bringing this up!

Around 5 years ago I started to notice that virtually every TV bod, including news presenters were pronouncing it 'corter', so much so that I actually questioned whether this was in fact the correct pronunciation!

It makes me physically wince every time they get their lazy lips on it.

STOP IT, JUST F*CKING STOP!!!

<breathe>
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Old 05-12-2016, 15:39
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It annoys me too. The kestion I want answered is: does he pronounce other "qu..." words like that, or does he revert to the Keen's English? Perhaps I'm kibbling.
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Old 06-12-2016, 04:02
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You have to wonder how he gets work as a voice over artist.
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Old 06-12-2016, 09:07
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AnythinK and BreGZit.
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Old 06-12-2016, 10:10
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AnythinK and BreGZit.
I'm never sure about the correct pronunciation of Brexit (stupid made up word anyway). I suppose it depends on how you pronounce exit - eksit or eggzit?

A hard Breksit or a soft Breggzit, in fact.
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Old 06-12-2016, 12:30
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A CORTER million pounds.
Isn't it A CORTER MILLIUN PAANDS?
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Old 06-12-2016, 12:44
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Thank you so much for bringing this up!

Around 5 years ago I started to notice that virtually every TV bod, including news presenters were pronouncing it 'corter', so much so that I actually questioned whether this was in fact the correct pronunciation!

It makes me physically wince every time they get their lazy lips on it.

STOP IT, JUST F*CKING STOP!!!

<breathe>
I've noticed it too (though I'm not quite so agitated about it ) . I also wondered whether I'd been pronouncing it wrong all these years!

Anyone remember Angela Rippon's somewhat eccentric pronunciation of guerrillas? Apparently it was to distinguish it from gorillas...
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Old 06-12-2016, 12:54
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A hard Breksit or a soft Breggzit, in fact.
Lol! I am enjoying your posts
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Old 06-12-2016, 14:30
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I've noticed it too (though I'm not quite so agitated about it ) . I also wondered whether I'd been pronouncing it wrong all these years!

Anyone remember Angela Rippon's somewhat eccentric pronunciation of guerrillas? Apparently it was to distinguish it from gorillas...
It does bother immensely.

Double checked and we are indeed pronouncing it correctly, Emma seems to know her stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3KdItP3DYY
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