lapal_fan Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, bickster said: Yanks get Adidas completely wrong in retaliation A-deed-ass noun; someone who's a dickhead about house deeds and wants me to pay for his new fence. "Malcolm? He's a-deed-ass - he can **** off if he thinks I'm paying for his shit fence" Or, in Scotch; "Malcum? He's a-deed-ass if I canae get me haands on im'" similar; knob-face, cum flap, cock-whisperer, busy body, boomer Edited March 12, 2021 by lapal_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Sarah Everard, the poor woman. And her friends and family. Please tell me that her killer, because of the nature of his crime and that because he's a cop, he will have a very hard time in prison. Edit: just seen he's already been attacked in jail. He has to be a suicide risk. Edited March 13, 2021 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 12 hours ago, lapal_fan said: A-deed-ass noun; someone who's a dickhead about house deeds and wants me to pay for his new fence. "Malcolm? He's a-deed-ass - he can **** off if he thinks I'm paying for his shit fence" Or, in Scotch; "Malcum? He's a-deed-ass if I canae get me haands on im'" similar; knob-face, cum flap, cock-whisperer, busy body, boomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 18 minutes ago, maqroll said: Edit: just seen he's already been attacked in jail. He has to be a suicide risk. From what I can gather he was alone in the cell, so the head injury was self inflicted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 12 hours ago, Genie said: In the UK we still generally go with Nike, as spelt, whereas in America its Nikey. I KNOW that it’s Nikey and always has been, but I can’t bring myself to say it infront of other incorrect English people. Same with Porsch-er. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, a m ole said: From what I can gather he was alone in the cell, so the head injury was self inflicted. Hmm, I wouldn't be so sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2021 7 hours ago, maqroll said: Hmm, I wouldn't be so sure. My thoughts exactly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2021 8 hours ago, a m ole said: I KNOW that it’s Nikey and always has been, but I can’t bring myself to say it infront of other incorrect English people. Same with Porsch-er. People who say Porsch-er need punching in the balls tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) When I was a kid Nike was always pronounced Niyk. Now it's morphed into Niykee. Where did that come from? Were we always saying it wrong before or is it an Americanisation or just people being dicks? Oops. Just seen this is already covered Edited March 13, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: When I was a kid Nike was always pronounced Niyk. Now it's morphed into Niykee. Where did that come from? Were we always saying it wrong before or is it an Americanisation or just people being dicks? Nike is the Greek Goddess of Victory and as much as it grates with me, the correct pronunciation of her name is Nikey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, bickster said: People who say Porsch-er need punching in the balls tbh Where do you draw the line? Joe Mercer used to call Johann Cruyff "Joanne Cruff", which made me cringe. By and large, I feel we should try and pronounce non-English words (particularly people's names) correctly. Although there is an issue with how far you go with laying on an accent with a trowel. It does sound pretty daft if you speak with your normal accent, but in the middle of a sentence you come out with an overdone attempt at authenticity. So, from an English speaker : "Fredrick Gilbert" - bad "Fredereek Gilbair" - acceptable "Frrred-airr-eekh Geel-bairrrh-uh" - bad Works the other way, too. I have no problem with a French speaker saying "Tiron Mings" or "Zshack Grealeesh". FWIW I usually say Porsh-er, so I'm donning the cricket box. Edited March 13, 2021 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2021 We're British, we conquered the world. We pronounce things how we see fit. It's their fault they didn't have a proper flag 200 years ago so it's up to us to decide how things are pronounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: Where do you draw the line? Joe Mercer used to call Johann Cruyff "Joanne Cruff", which made me cringe. By and large, I feel we should try and pronounce non-English words (particularly people's names) correctly. Although there is an issue with how far you go with laying on an accent with a trowel. It does sound pretty daft if you speak with your normal accent, but in the middle of a sentence you come out with an overdone attempt at authenticity. So, from an English speaker : "Fredrick Gilbert" - bad "Fredereek Gilbair" - acceptable "Frrred-airr-eekh Geel-bairrrh" - bad Works the other way, too. I have no problem with a French speaker saying "Tiron Mings" or "Zshack Grealeesh". FWIW I usually say Porsh-er, so I'm donning the cricket box. I think my hatred of the Porsch-er pronouncers is the impression that I get that most of them are copying Jeremy Clarkson and not some deep seated desire to pronounce things correctly because they all say the -er bit really strangely, totally forced making it sound completely wrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, sidcow said: When I was a kid Nike was always pronounced Niyk. Now it's morphed into Niykee. Where did that come from? Were we always saying it wrong before or is it an Americanisation or just people being dicks? Oops. Just seen this is already covered It wasn't really, no one asked why and what was the actual correct pronunciation, just US vs UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2021 This conversation provoked me into trying to find an old Nike advert where they actually say the company name at any point, to see if there was a UK ad campaign where they indeed said “Nike” instead “Nikey”. Not found one yet, I’m slightly surprised to see so many adverts where they don’t verbalise either the company name or the “just do it” slogan. They’ve just left it as a visual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I think IKEA is another commonly said wrong. What we say eye-kia What the ad says ick-ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) The Nor/Swe I is the English E. I pronounced like E-vil. E scandinavian is more like Eh for you lot I guess, or how you say E in Eric. And A more like Ah. As in Car. K is less kay and more Keh. So IKEA = E(vil) - Keh - Eh - Ah. Or E-Keh-Ah As you might have guessed I'm not a language teacher Edited March 13, 2021 by KenjiOgiwara 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 10 hours ago, maqroll said: Hmm, I wouldn't be so sure. Quote Mr Couzens, of Deal, in Kent, was taken to hospital for a second time in 48 hours on Friday for treatment to another head injury suffered in custody, before he was discharged and returned to a police station. He was previously treated in hospital for a separate head wound on Thursday, also sustained in custody when he was alone in his cell. From the BBC, sounds to me like the word removed is head butting the wall, I’d say suicide risk is unbelievably high. Very odd situation, something does seem unusual with this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2021 32 minutes ago, a m ole said: From the BBC, sounds to me like the word removed is head butting the wall, I’d say suicide risk is unbelievably high. Very odd situation, something does seem unusual with this story. At the very least, the police vetting procedure must have been pretty slack when they employed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Ordered a TV last week from Curry’s, to be delivered on Friday 8-5:30. 6pm came, no TV so I went onto their live chat to enquire... “TV is out of stock and we don’t know when it will be in stock so we’ll have to cancel the order”. Now that’s annoying as they didn’t bother to tell me until after it was due for delivery and I chased it up. The thing that pissed me off (but maybe shouldn’t) was that the cancellation email from them said they’d cancelled the order at MY request. Cheeky bastards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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