Pronounciation of horsey things

Just remembered, there was a woman on my yard years ago whose grasp of Roman numerals was not all it could have been, she swore by "5 horse" products! Was very difficult keeping a straight face when she was telling us of her latest purchases! lol
 
Fransurrey said:
Now I have the Latin verb table of 'to be' going through my head. All together now:

eo
is
it
imus
itis
eunt

Scarred. For. Life.
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I had a latin teacher who would jump out at us randomly and "BAAAAAAAA" like a sheep until we completed the imperfect "bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant".

She would also ask you to recite the future but before you started she would interrupt with "BO! the future is always surprising" :D

Just thought I'd share the trauma. She was nothing compared to the French teacher who made us recite endings under the desk though :confused:
 
I love reading some of these! I am a chaaarff person rather than chaff.

But a few of my biggest bug bears...

Mollichop for Mollichaff (I know mollichop exists but WE SELL MOLLICHAFF!)
Joppers instead of jodhpurs...
Dengie when people call it den-gey when it’s pronounced den-jie. I always give people a blank look in the shop when they ask for den-gey lite. Erm? Alfa A Lite or Hi-Fi and it’s DEN-JIE!!!!!
Another one here for the ménage/manege debate it annoys me how many people call it a menaaaarj. ;)
Roeckl I've always says row-kul although it appears I am wrong though! :D
Has anyone yet heard of doobin? No? Dubbin – for the posh SErs. ;)
I even had a Hobson and Dorrel yesterday. :D
 
Is all this talk of latin verbs making anyone else giggle with memories of the Monty Python Life of Brian scene?

The graffitti Romans Go Home....

*scuttles off giggling to find the quote*
 
Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
Brian: Er, er, "Romani" !
Centurion: [Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use...?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
 
Zerotolerance said:
How about schedule and De Gogue?
I say sked yule (based on the way school, scheme, schizophrenia etc are pronounced) and de gogg (based on synagogue, pedagogue etc) but I know lots of people use shed yule and de go je. Still not really sure if I'm correct! Can remember some snotty saleswoman in a posh saddlery when I asked for a "de gogg" pretending not to understand me and then say oh you mean a de go je....
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The "gue" of Gogue would indicate a hard "g" pronunciation. From where does the soft "je" sound come? The so-called Americanisation of words like schedule and lieutenant are actually correct in terms of their root origins.
 
Kat said:
Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
Brian: Er, er, "Romani" !
Centurion: [Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use...?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
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^^^LOVE it!!!!!
 
JFTD said:
I had a latin teacher who would jump out at us randomly and "BAAAAAAAA" like a sheep until we completed the imperfect "bam, bas, bat, bamus, batis, bant".

She would also ask you to recite the future but before you started she would interrupt with "BO! the future is always surprising" :D

Just thought I'd share the trauma. She was nothing compared to the French teacher who made us recite endings under the desk though :confused:
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My Latin teacher was a tiny fierce elderly Scot who used to throw bunches of keys or the blackboard rubber (the type with the wooden back) at us if we got anything wrong. He had served in both wars and liked telling us about the warhorses and how so many of them were shot (like the scene in Atonement) in graphic detail. Most of us gave up Latin at the earliest opportunity, but I bet we all know how to pronounce Latin words :rolleyes:
 
Waffles said:
marrrsturrr I think.... Thought I'm from cardiff where it's "maaaasta"
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Yerr but, no but.. We don't put the 'r' int middle o words like toffs do. We add um on to the ends, afterrrr. Where they're supposed to be. Innit.

Like, We say baff for bath, not barrrrrrrrrrrrth. Because, 'th' is sad 'ff'.
 
I've got a friend who calls flexion tests, flex-aaaaa-tion tests. It really annoys me, as at every oppourtunity (when talking about the subject) I do try to emphasise it is quite simply flexion, but she has never picked up on the hints!

I say chaff, masssta, plasster, massster. School or arena, as I can never remember the correct french term!
 
JenHunt said:
nooo.... surely its
Sack
Row (as in row the boat)
Ill
ee
Ack
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I also say say-crow-ill-ee-ack, though I've heard both. Always heard sacrum pronounced say-krum, not sack-krum.

Similar with brachiocepalicus (bray-key-oh-se-fal-icus, or bray-key-oh-ke-fal-icus) and longissimus (long-iss-i-mus or lon-Gis-i-mus).

I also say lamin-ay, have heard that far more than lamin-eye.

Anatomy seems to be a bit of a minefield!
 
Try

Cavallo = ca val lo or c vallo

Pikeur - pee kur ot pi kur

Gersemi - Jer semi or Ger semi

Eqyss - ???????
 
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