Pronunciation - Page 3

MargaretR · 06-04-2015, 21:46

Another irritant similar to 'like' is 'you know'.

I listen to radio four every day. Sometimes the people being interviewed have such irritating speech habits that I switch off.

Another speech irritant I find is many women from USA have such screeching voices that I either switch off literally or mentally (so I don't understand what they say).

DaveinGermany · 07-04-2015, 04:58

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Also 'like'. 'I think, like, I can't come up with a whole sentence in one go, like'.

You do realise you've just alienated yourself to the majority of the denizens of Liverpool & environs.

Studio25 · 07-04-2015, 08:17

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

I hate listening to someone who at the end of every sentence goes UP on the last word. It makes every sentence sound like a question. You end up not listening to what they say, just waiting for each last word. Is it a South if England THING?

I pretty sure it's a whole of New Zealand thing. That and the way they pronounce "pen" and "ten" are the easiest way to tell them apart from the Aussies.

And speaking of Poy Rot, my mother-in-law pronounces Dalziel exactly the way it's written.

Gordon Booth · 07-04-2015, 08:26

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

You do realise you've just alienated yourself to the majority of the denizens of Liverpool & environs.

Surely not the majority?
Only the ones who can read?

Actually I didn't realise it was a Liverpool thing, more just young folk.

yerself · 13-04-2015, 14:49

Who's this Laura Norder that southerners keep going on about, is she the one who does drawerings?

Accyexplorer · 15-04-2015, 17:04

There's a embarrassing video of me on the interweb using incorrect words etc...

....to make matters worse,it's gone virus....

....jacket please

Barrie Yates · 15-04-2015, 21:56

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

denizens of Liverpool & environs.

Seems to me to be a very apt description

MargaretR · 16-04-2015, 22:49

It may be an 'age thing' but I get irritated by people who speak so fast that their vowels seem inaudible, causing the need for extreme concentration to follow what they are saying.

I am only aware of this when listening to the radio - maybe that is because there are no other signs such as body language to assist in following meaning.

More and more often I find myself switching between channels just to find a human voice that is comfortable to listen to.

Since the advent of TV, how a presenter looks seems to matter more than how they sound, when for me sound matters most. A pretty face that cannot express itself properly says nothing worth listening to.