gasband SG my fren tell me during world cup long time ago, eh u got watch Bulgaria vs Nee-Girl-Rah? (Nigeria)
Kuali Baba SG Commonly mispronounced words... Wednesday should be 'WENS-day' Medicine should be 'MEDD-sin' Grand Prix should be 'Gron Pree' Football.....'FOOT-bol' (not 'SOK-ker')
Meia Gisborn SG Over here, George W. is often heard pronouncing nuclear as new-kew-ler. I've heard ministers in Singapore pronouncing opportunity as o-POUR-tunity and often as of-TEN during political speeches.
Kuali Baba SG Leisure can be pronounced as ‘LÄ-zhur’ or ‘LEE-zhur’. The latter’s an old-fashion pronunciation.
rainee SG Originally posted by Meia Gisborn: Over here, George W. is often heard pronouncing [b]nuclear as new-kew-ler. I've heard ministers in Singapore pronouncing opportunity as o-POUR-tunity and often as of-TEN during political speeches.[/b]how to pronounce opportunity and often then?
rainee SG depends on which game he is talking about...american football is a totally different game from the football/soccer we are used to watch...
Chin Eng SG had an argument with a colleague once.... GENTING. is it gern-thing or jan-ting????? he went for gern-thing and I went for jan-ting.... rationale: GENTLEMAN ---- is it jan-ter-man or gern-ter-man????
Chin Eng SG ...in another occasion, at a Jack's Place restaurant, a mother, attempting to sound sophisticated, tried to order: S CAR GOT (pronounced the way this is spelt)...... all my family can do is to stop ourselves from laughing too loud.
Chin Eng SG then there is this guy who when into the Hyundai showroom and attempted to test drive the TUCKSON….. the name of car Tucson, is prounounced as Two-sun, a real place in Arizona, USA.
Chin Eng SG and of course the entire island of Singapore who'd pronounce our national flower as VANDA MISS JOE-KIM (JOAQUIM)..... wherein the actual pronounciation is Hua-kim. Joaquin Phoenix is Hua-kin Phoenix. ... that's all... sorry, really bored after lunch...
