Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[Pulcinella]

If it doesn't irritate you and doesn't irritate him, why bother? Language will evolve no matter who that irritates. One can objectively notice these changes; one may find explanations for them; but at some point during our (long) lives we have all unconsciously adopted neologisms. Interesting or irritating? We can refuse to adopt the coinages that we don't like, but - King Canute and all that.

I don't want folk to think I'm not intelligent!

[french frank]

I don't want folk to think I'm not intelligent!

They'll probably just think you're younger than you are!

[Pulcinella]

They'll probably just think you're younger than you are!

They certainly do at the primary school where I help out: they were encouraging me to get tramlines in my latest haircut.

[teamsaint]

They certainly do at the primary school where I help out: they were encouraging me to get tramlines in my latest haircut.

Get a really good stylist and they might be able to add a tram station design.

( I agree with you, train station is fine. I prefer railway station , but ,you know, it works great ……)

[gradus]

Featured in this evening's classical concert on BBC4, 'Devorak' according to the BBC continuity announcer. At least they say it correctly on R3.

[Russ]

'leverage' is one of my current urrgghh words.

[Serial_Apologist]

It's strange that we never hear people speak of Janruary, even though many say Febuary - I suppose it's possible they spell it that way.

Now we have an American voice presenting a new TV ad pronouncing it as Febuary! Back in the 1950s American voices and actors were used as a permissibility conduit for male role model(l)ing and free market abundance; but why do "they" still use Americans today for selling product values in the age of Trump? "You know it makes sense"

[oliver sudden]

Featured in this evening's classical concert on BBC4, 'Devorak' according to the BBC continuity announcer. At least they say it correctly on R3.

Do they really say Dvořák correctly on Radio 3? That would be most impressive. Even some Czechs can’t manage the ř sound. (There were a couple of presidents in a row who couldn’t (Havel being one!), giving rise to the joke that being able to pronounce it disqualified one from the post.)

[Pulcinella]

Now we have an American voice presenting a new TV ad pronouncing it as Febuary! Back in the 1950s American voices and actors were used as a permissibility conduit for male role model(l)ing and free market abundance; but why do "they" still use Americans today for selling product values in the age of Trump? "You know it makes sense"

Special team points at the primary school where I help out for pupils who get both Wednesday and February correct when they write the date in their 'literacy' books. There's one such coming up tomorrow!

[oliver sudden]

Please don’t tell me that you lot on the sceptred isle who pronounce all the letters in February do the same for Wednesday…

[Pulcinella]

Please don’t tell me that you lot on the sceptred isle who pronounce all the letters in February do the same for Wednesday…

Wensday or Weddunsday?
It's the spelling they need to get right if they're of the Wensday brigade.
I do try to be more Wednusday myself, ha ha!

[Roger Webb]

Do they really say Dvořák correctly on Radio 3? That would be most impressive. Even some Czechs can’t manage the ř sound. (There were a couple of presidents in a row who couldn’t (Havel being one!), giving rise to the joke that being able to pronounce it disqualified one from the post.)

Easier for BBC presenters to get correct, but they never do, are '...berg' endings in Scandinavian names, Lindberg, Atterberg, et al. BTW it's ....bery, so Atterbery, Lindbery, etc.

[vinteuil]

Please don’t tell me that you lot on the sceptred isle who pronounce all the letters in February do the same for Wednesday…

... it's /wenzdi/ .

My mother wd say that only governesses pronounce it /wednezday/ ....

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[smittims]

In my experience it's always been quite common for English speakers to say 'weddensday'. I've always said 'wensday'.

[gradus]

Lerner and Loewe/GBS had it right: '... the moment he opens his mouth he makes some other Englishman despise him ...'