Weird things about the English

[SerenityNigh]

*This is a thread for the non-English members of Grand Old Team Forum to participate, so if any English members would kindly watch from the sidelines, thank you.*

What are some weird things you've observed about the English that you wish to share? Please elaborate as much as necessary.

Personally I get confused when I hear them pronounce "6th" like they've got a throat swollen full of mucous. They can typically pronounce 6 [ siks ] correctly but when you convert this number to its ordinal all sense of normalcy in pronunciation goes away. For reference, proper pronunciation of 6th is [ siksth ].

 

[JLW]

Firskkkt

 

[JLW]

*This is a thread for the non-English members of Grand Old Team Forum to participate, so if any English members would kindly watch from the sidelines, thank you.*

What are some weird things you've observed about the English that you wish to share? Please elaborate as much as necessary.

Personally I get confused when I hear them pronounce "6th" like they've got a throat swollen full of mucous. They can typically pronounce 6 [ siks ] correctly but when you convert this number to its ordinal all sense of normalcy in pronunciation goes away. For reference, proper pronunciation of 6th is [ siksth ].

This should be interesting!

 

[Buckers]

No it’s not it’s sixth.

 

[Nymzee]

*This is a thread for the non-English members of Grand Old Team Forum to participate, so if any English members would kindly watch from the sidelines, thank you.*

What are some weird things you've observed about the English that you wish to share? Please elaborate as much as necessary.

Personally I get confused when I hear them pronounce "6th" like they've got a throat swollen full of mucous. They can typically pronounce 6 [ siks ] correctly but when you convert this number to its ordinal all sense of normalcy in pronunciation goes away. For reference, proper pronunciation of 6th is [ siksth ].

You only speak English because of us.

 

[SerenityNigh]

You only speak English because of us.

Funny, I've heard quite a few Yanks say the same thing.

 

[Hackbread]

Its all just bad German anyway

 

[Nymzee]

Funny, I've heard quite a few Yanks say the same thing.

That you only speak English because of us? Well then they'd be correct yanks for once.

 

[ChesterBlue]

You only speak English because of us.

As an Irish person, yes we do and we resent it quite a lot

 

[chicoazul]

Scousers he said not English, so please contribute as you wish. Thank you.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Scousers he said not English, so please contribute as you wish. Thank you.

can we get a mispronunciation map? that would help sort out who is allowed to post in this thread. I see a lot of queue jumpers...

 

[chicoazul]

Wow just wow.

 

[DualityNSNO]

can we get a mispronunciation map? that would help sort out who is allowed to post in this thread. I see a lot of queue jumpers...

Here's a comprehensive map of people that pronounce towns, names and regions wrong:


Birming-ham ffs

 

[IrishBlue2022]

Hash browns on a fry.

 

[Kurt.]

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Neck tattoos and XL bully’s