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OK, I've been watching some You tube videos recently, and I listen to a lot of audiobooks, sometimes the pronunciation of certain things either tickles me or really winds me up.

The two latest are: peripole -periopal and (central) sulcus - sulkus (with a hard k)

I found the "periopal" extremely distracting, to the point I couldn't watch the entire video.


Anything drive you nuts recently?
 
I've never heard sulcus with a soft C! and I am confused by which you think is correct for periople? Further explanation required please :)


generally nothing beats cushions :p
 
Casey76 said:
OK, I've been watching some You tube videos recently, and I listen to a lot of audiobooks, sometimes the pronunciation of certain things either tickles me or really winds me up.

The two latest are: peripole -periopal and (central) sulcus - sulkus (with a hard k)

Anything drive you nuts recently?
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What is peripole? I always thought sulcus was pronounced sulkus - how do you pronounce it?
 
Yes essentially it is sulkus and periople I also say much like periopul, well or periople, how it is spelt anyway!
 
Jo1987 said:
I'll be honest, I don't know how to pronounce ergot... Is the T silent?!
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Don't worry too much. The letter T is rapidly disappearing from the spoken language. I listen to entire conversations where the letter T is non existent though it is in the written word. RIP the letter T. And yes it does get my go (which once upon a time was pronounced goat)
 
I would also worry it would get confused with ergo, and my horse might say ergo what? ;) we could all be wrong of course :D

neue schuele is always a good one isn't it :D. There is definitely a few that I go oh, it was supposed to be like that, who knew :D because you have always seen it written down.

Just to lightly amuse but still on topic as on a farrier site someone said 'Geez Louise' an Aussie was looking for a commentor called Louise and thought comments must have been deleted :D
 
Pikeur - Pee Cure?
Cushings - cushions

American pronounciation. (My USA relatives)
Peugot - Pew-show
Oregano - "oh reg oh no" instead of "orrygarno"
 
I'm another who would pronounce sulcus with a hard K. Can't think of any that really annoy me but I'm sure there are loads
 
Casey76 said:
OK, I've been watching some You tube videos recently, and I listen to a lot of audiobooks, sometimes the pronunciation of certain things either tickles me or really winds me up.

The two latest are: peripole -periopal and (central) sulcus - sulkus (with a hard k)

I found the "periopal" extremely distracting, to the point I couldn't watch the entire video.


Anything drive you nuts recently?
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I'm a little confused. Do you mean periople was pronounced peripole, and sulcus was pronounced sulsus - because if it's the other way round, you're the one pronouncing them incorrectly!
 
ester said:
I would also worry it would get confused with ergo, and my horse might say ergo what? ;) we could all be wrong of course :D

neue schuele is always a good one isn't it :D. There is definitely a few that I go oh, it was supposed to be like that, who knew :D because you have always seen it written down.

Just to lightly amuse but still on topic as on a farrier site someone said 'Geez Louise' an Aussie was looking for a commentor called Louise and thought comments must have been deleted :D
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I've always pronounced Ergot with the T. Neue Schule is easy for me, being German, but try saying it properly in front of Aussies :D Always get blank looks! I must confess "Sulcus" has a soft c with me, never knew it was "Sulkus". Luckily I don't need to use that word often :D I can see how Geeze Louise would confuse, it's a pretty common saying :P
 
I pronounce sulcus with a hard 'c'.

Not horsey, but keep hearing nuclear pronounced on tv as nukerler...drives me mad.
 
Arzada said:
Don't worry too much. The letter T is rapidly disappearing from the spoken language. I listen to entire conversations where the letter T is non existent though it is in the written word. RIP the letter T. And yes it does get my go (which once upon a time was pronounced goat)
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I was fence judging at an event once and radioing in which riders were clear at our fences for the commentators. The requested format was "number x clear at fence y". The girl judging at fence 13 was driving me nuts. "Number four'een clear ah fence thir'een" I texted my friend who was judging the adjacent fence and said "do you want to tell that girl there's a 't' in thirteen?" To my horror, my friend did! I think the anonymity of the radio made her brave - I did notice her put a slight Scottish accent on to do it, a cunning disguise :D
 
Auslander said:
I'm a little confused. Do you mean periople was pronounced peripole, and sulcus was pronounced sulsus - because if it's the other way round, you're the one pronouncing them incorrectly!
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Just what I was thinking!

The letter c sounds 'k', rather than 's' when followed by a or u, in just about every word I can think of.
 
completely unrelated to horses but cutlery was always known to my grandparents as cuttle-ry and now I don't know which is right! The odd time it was called "irons" so that's probably easier ;)
 
moleskinsmum said:
completely unrelated to horses but cutlery was always known to my grandparents as cuttle-ry and now I don't know which is right! The odd time it was called "irons" so that's probably easier ;)
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Good plan. You don't have to worry about the Ts either with irons. I quite like the option of knives, forks and spoons.
 
another i came across recently was an equipe saddle being pronounced as e-quwip instead of e-keep. Don't think I'm wrong...?
 
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