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Pronounciation of the letter H

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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    It was nugget when I were a lad, only becoming posh noogar much later on.  If we are using the French, or other nationality, pronunciation of products from foreign countries, why isn't Paris Paree, Munich Munchen etc.  They changed Keenya to Kenya after all.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    When I first met my future in-laws they thought I was terribly posh because I didn't speak with a local accent.  The lack of local accent may have been something to do with not being born locally, but I didn't want to confuse them (particularly the future mother-in-law) by saying that.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    fair enough about Pa-ree but words like chu rit zo to me sounds daft.
  • HeliosHelios Posts: 232
    edited January 2022
    Chu-ree-tho? But then, if asking for something, is it best to pronounce it ‘properly’ and risk not being understood?
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It's a good question.
  • HeliosHelios Posts: 232
    Maybe just search for whatever it is in a supermarket and if you can’t see it on the shelves, do without😀. No pronunciation necessary.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I reckon churreetho makes one sound like a pretentious prat.   Sometimes you know how the word would have been pronounced but in English we steal, borrow and adapt. Good manners might preclude one from sounding educated.
    Talking of pretentious, has anybody read the last few food supplements in The Observer?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • HeliosHelios Posts: 232
    No, so please enlighten us😊 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718

    I heard a good definition of a Foodie a while back - somebody without any hobbies.

    Yup, I agree about pretentiousness in that supplement.
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Recipes with stuff you've never heard of even if you have a more than passing interest in food. Amazing chefs doing amazing things with amazing ingredients that you'd be amazed by  if you experienced them
    I may be doing the supplement an egregious disservice but I flicked and binned. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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