Oft-mispronounced words
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my nick???
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hmm...
tare = the weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight
Originally posted by tare:my nick??? -
Tar-Ray?Originally posted by tare:my nick???
As in when you I go eat roti-prata, I always order Teh Tar-Ray...
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I think they pronounce it 'One-duh' in that movieOriginally posted by Wanda:I have ab-ser-lute-ly no i-dear, darrr-leng! Need to go watch A Fish Called Wanda again to find out.
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must u mention weight??!!!Originally posted by the Bear:hmm...
tare = the weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight
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correct! but u cannot order me lah...Originally posted by I_am_PeTe_Parker:Tar-Ray?
As in when you I go eat roti-prata, I always order Teh Tar-Ray...
got ppl call me "tear" or "tar" or "ta-ri"
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girl (i have a right to say that )
you are NOT fat (i have a right to say that too!)
Originally posted by tare:must u mention weight??!!! -
U muz put dis up den pple will know wats a tare mah!Originally posted by tare:correct! but u cannot order me lah...
got ppl call me "tear" or "tar" or "ta-ri" 
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actually, what is a tarepanda supposed to be?
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it's a japanese cartoon character....Originally posted by the Bear:actually, what is a tarepanda supposed to be?
Tare Panda, also known as " Xiong Mao Pa Pa" or "Pa Di Xiong"(pa-dee-shiong) in chinese. Pa Pa, meaning lying around and also very flat .Xiong Mao, meaning panda. As for Tare Panda, it literally means Panda looking listless or lazy panda in Japanese. -
Aye, it's pronounced as GLOSS-ter.Originally posted by Wanda:What about the other "...ster" word - "Glocester" (sp?) or something like that? I think it's pronounced as "Gloster", right? -
More cities in Blighty:
Middlesbrough - MID-dels-bruhr
Edinburgh - ED-IN-buhr
Plymouth - PLEE-meth
Bournemouth - BURN-meth
Exeter - EX-ter -
Another common mistake I encounter is pronouncing 'their' as 'di-ah' rather than 'there'.
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Another 'brugh' for you Mr Baba - Loughborough - Lar-, Lair- or Lor- brugh?
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lol just thought of this. Whore pronounced as hore silent W
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Why is 'cordon' pronounced as 'cor-dnn', and not 'cor-don'?
Why is 'condone' pronounced as 'con-don' and not 'con-dan' (as in 'done').
Why is 'come' not pronouced as 'comb' (as in 'home'), but as 'calm'?
Why, why, why? So complicated. Will add more of these later. -
japanese - Jab Pern niece, or Jer Pan niece
lieutenant - lieu tear nant or left ter nant
fuselage - fuse lagg or fuse sir large or fuse large
porsche - por share or por shear or posh
renault - reno or renaught
marine corp - cor or cop
marijuana - maree joo anna or maree wana
Juan pablo montoya - huan or joowan
reconnaissance - ree con nee sance
Jean Todt - jon thot
Jean Yip - Jean Yip
sean connery - shawn
stationAry - cAr is not moving
stationEry - pEns, pencils
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I Borrow $1 from you (person who receives - borrows)
and You lend me $1. (person who gives - lends)
its not I lend from you $1
and you borrow me $1. -
what the hack..
made my tongue tied.. heh...
Anyway, what i wanna do is get rid of my singlish lah, le, lor..
haa...
maybe i should keep my singlish away and use it only in the right place and person..
Hopefully i can do so.. Kinda use to the singlish..
what the fish.. -
In Latin, 'excelsis' is pronounced as ex-chel-sees.
The 't' in 'often' is silent, as is the 'b' in 'subtle'. -
"often" is often mispronounced as "oft-ten" when it should be "offen"