The pronunciation thread

Wuss-ter? you’re a wuss! :wink:

Who ever decided you should pronounce it that way?

It’s like Leicester… Lay-sess-ter, right? (Or even Lay-chess-ter or Lay-kess-ter)
Wrong! Less-ter or something like that, apparently…
If they weren’t on the sport news for having won something in football last year, I would never have known.

Is it like Lace? Lace-ster?

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:white_check_mark:

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No matter what, even if I know I’m dead wrong, I’ll always say “lay-chess-ter”. I’m Italian, for *beep*'s sake :stuck_out_tongue:

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That reminds me! @Ema, don’t forget to finish your Italian pronunciation rules sometime! :smiley:

And you and Kate give us your North Vs South pronunciaton comparison finally! Pretty please…

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@PiecesOfKate, let’s think of some phrases! :smile:

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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

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I think she´s got it! By George she´s got it!

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Yeah, baby she’s got it… :notes: … Ahem. Sorry.

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My fair lady - The disco years

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and then we’re back to this one

Don’t laugh at my giraffe having a bath.

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de kat krabt de krollen van de trap (rolling RR)

de meid snijdt scheef en de knecht snijdt recht

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Why not?

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That’s a good one for our contrasting As :grin:

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That may well be the only main difference between our two accents, as mine isn’t very Northern :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I thought that was a family guy reference…

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Don’t be daft! if you laughed, he would craft a raft with a mast, and leave fast!

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Ha! Eher zogen zehn Ziegen zehn Zentner Zucker zur Zeche Zollern Zwei!

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