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Deffo begins with a H
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Deffo begins with a H


Deffo begins with a D.
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just pronunciation surely?
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I was taught to say 'haitch'

People who say 'aitch' annoy me
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I was taught to say 'haitch'

People who say 'aitch' annoy me


why does it annoy you? its the correct way.
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Whoever taught you was a mong.
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You can't speak proper England
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Aitch - normal folk

haitch - posh folk
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO_u-EkJZ8E
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My Engelund is poar. Am soree. I brought maself an engulish boock to help maself lern better so u arint anoid by my pronunciashions
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Blindly believing what was taught in primary or even high school isn't a good idea.
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Even when it's right?
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Worth finding out if it is right or not. Quite often it isn't.

It's the initiative to check if it's right or not that's more important than the final answer.
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Originally posted by Tomnova16
i say hotel too


Another phonetic here When I worked in a call centre I used to take the piss out of the foreign people who really couldn't grasp the letters I was saying, so I'd say Q for cucumber, And N for gnome
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Whoever taught you was a mong.

*whomever

PS - I'm not being a cunt for no reason - the point I'm trying to make is that no matter where you feel you are on the 'proper English' scale (to include spelling, punctuation, grammar and pronunciation), there will always be someone who falls below your standards, and you yourself will fall below someone else's standards at some point.

Hope that clears up why I've been more of a twat than usual in this thread (or less, depending on your opinion of me!)

Your annoyance is aitch/haitch, but even if you think you've attained a mastery of 'teh Englands' you probably say something at least once a day that provokes someone else's language OCD. The moral of the story is: if you could understand what they meant, it's not worth getting annoyed about. Have a nice day!
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quote:
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I'd say Q for cucumber, And N for gnome

That's brilliant!
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Originally posted by Tomnova16
i say hotel too


I used to take the piss out of the foreign people who really couldn't grasp the letters I was saying


TBF, most people in the world wouldn't have a clue what you were saying anyway
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I says ate fez bet.
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You won't get better spoken English than a proper spoken Scot imo.
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Which I am not, deffo not a ned but I mean Scottish newsreaders and the like
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A for eye.
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Originally posted by Chrissy
This annoys the fuck out of me too. Along with using F in place of Th.


For some reason, I am unable to pronounce my th's. As hard as I try all I can say is f.

My wife is a teacher, and she can't get me to say it. It's not that I'm lazy and don't want to say it, but I can't.
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Think it's a speech therapist you need and not a teacher.
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I used to say sckhnoopy instead of snoopy. Few days off school over a period of weeks to a speech therapist cured it

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