markzz SG 1) Coporal Proper: Corp - pearl- ral SG: Copler 2) MRT Proper: M- ARH- Tea SG: M- AH-RER-TeE 3) Grand Prix Proper: Gron-Pree SG: Grand Prix 4)Singapore Proper: Sin-ger-pore SG: Sing-gar-por 5)Lieutenant Proper: Liu- teh-nent (I heard this often in war movies ) SG: Letter-nent 6)Jean paul Proper: John Paul sg: Jean PAul 7)WWE Proper: Double- U, Double-U, E SG: Tub-dew,Tub-dew, E Renault Proper: Reh-knott SG: Re-knott 9)peugeot Proper: Per- shure SG: Pi-geot 10)Photography Proper: fo- thor-grer-fee SG: Photo- gra-fee Anymore words to add to this list?
rathcycle SG Can u use the correct pronounciation in pronounciation symbols, cuz u type lidat i also dunno how shld i pronounce….
dahliamorie SG Originally posted by markzz: 10)Photography Proper: fo- thor-grer-fee SG: Photo- gra-fee Anymore words to add to this list? [/b]Fer tor gra fee
nismoS132 SG buei hiao mai kek lao jiao. lef-te-nent is british pronounciation. lu-teh-nant is american pronounciation.
EXCO SG Common Singaporean spelling mistakes: CORPORAL. Lieutenant is pronounced Left-ter-nant in UK. Singapore follows this pronounciation. You have been watching all US war movies right...
sabaisabai SG Some mispronunciations and misused words: * Salmon. Should be pronounced 'sammon', but instead pronounced 'sal-mon' * Almond. Should be pronounced 'armond', but instead pronounced 'al-mond' * Fruits, as in 'we're going to get some fruits'. Should be 'we're going to get some fruit' * Using the word Canoe to mean Kayak and Kayak to mean Canoe. (check the dictionary) There must be more!
d3rF SG 11) Croissant Proper: Kwa-song SG: Cross-ont 12) Handsome Proper: Hand-sum SG: Ham-son The one that irritates me the most is IRREGARDLESS, versus REGARDLESS.. C'mon, we have this in our pledge, and still people say IRREGARDLESS instead of REGARDLESS...
ditzy SG 1) Sorry Proper: Sore-ree SG: Sol-ly 2) Please Proper: Pleese SG: Preese 3) Explain Proper: X-plain SG: S-prain 4) 66.6 Proper: Not good enough SG: Strong mandate
finoq SG [quote]Originally posted by markzz: [b] 3) Grand Prix Proper: Gron-Pree SG: Grand Prix 9)peugeot Proper: Per- shure SG: Pi-geot this one i dunno leh. i always say the cantonese equivalent for spare ribs (pai-guat) I once had a friend who said Pee-fat anyways, more here... http://evil.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=169998&page=0[/url]
monoslayer SG alrite! how many noe how to pronounce these words wifout checking dictionary or google? "RENDEZVOUS" "LINGERIE"
