Gotta Talk more Gooder English

xoxoxoBruce · 12-17-2019, 11:55 PM

The way those uncouth colonials butcher the Queen's English is abominable.
The service should send Steed and Mrs Peel to make them conform.

Griff · 12-18-2019, 07:12 AM

Terpsichore? It's all Greek to me.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-18-2019, 10:16 AM

Oh, I had to look it up to catch that pun.

Happy Monkey · 12-18-2019, 10:51 AM

The only one that I know I got wrong was ague, which I thought rhymed with plague, rather than plague you.

Gravdigr · 12-18-2019, 03:57 PM

I've been pronouncing it uh-gyoo.

Ay-gyoo, huh?

Harrumph.

Griff · 12-18-2019, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh, I had to look it up to catch that pun.

We're even then. I had to look it up to make the pun.

Gravdigr · 12-18-2019, 09:54 PM

Hah!

Pardon me, I'm in quite an advanced state of refreshment; to paraphrase our dear Carruthers.

Carruthers · 12-19-2019, 12:29 PM

To add to the above...

Gloucester

Leicester

Bicester

Worcester*

*Residents of Pennsylvania are excused this one.

Thanks for the name check Mr G.

Rhianne · 12-19-2019, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carruthers

To add to the above...

Gloucester

Leicester

Bicester

Worcester*

*Residents of Pennsylvania are excused this one.

Thanks for the name check Mr G.

I'm told that Looga-Barooga, sorry Loughborough, is the one visitors from across the Atlantic struggle with most.

As for 'ague' - you should keep up with your Shakespeare and 'Twelfth Night' (season appropriate) featuring the pale and blond Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

Undertoad · 12-19-2019, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

Worcester*

*Residents of Pennsylvania are excused this one.

We have a Worcester Township in Pennsylvania, and it's pronounced incorrectly. But in Worcester, Massachusetts, it's pronounced properly.

Carruthers · 12-19-2019, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

We have a Worcester Township in Pennsylvania, and it's pronounced incorrectly. But in Worcester, Massachusetts, it's pronounced properly.

My mistake. I was relying on memory (not a good idea) and got things arse about face.

Undertoad · 12-19-2019, 05:29 PM

Ah, you know, I only mentioned it because I'm always annoyed that the people of Worcester Township are somehow saying it wrong.

It makes them sound like county bumpkins, and they live in $5,000,000 homes.

captainhook455 · 12-19-2019, 07:32 PM

Horse and worse got me after saying horse then worse about made my bottom plate fall out.

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xoxoxoBruce · 12-20-2019, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Ah, you know, I only mentioned it because I'm always annoyed that the people of Worcester Township are somehow saying it wrong.

It makes them sound like county bumpkins, and they live in $5,000,000 homes.

When you live in a half million dollar home you're entitled to say it any way you want. Just ask them.

Clodfobble · 12-20-2019, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhianne

I'm told that Looga-Barooga, sorry Loughborough, is the one visitors from across the Atlantic struggle with most.

(K and an E and a T and a T, E and an R and an I-N-G...)

12-17-2019, 11:55 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gotta Talk more Gooder English The way those uncouth colonials butcher the Queen's English is abominable. The service should send Steed and Mrs Peel to make them conform. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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12-19-2019, 12:29 PM	#8
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	To add to the above... Gloucester Leicester Bicester Worcester* *Residents of Pennsylvania are excused this one. Thanks for the name check Mr G. __________________

12-19-2019, 05:29 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Ah, you know, I only mentioned it because I'm always annoyed that the people of Worcester Township are somehow saying it wrong. It makes them sound like county bumpkins, and they live in $5,000,000 homes.

12-19-2019, 07:32 PM	#13
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