Wait, I would say "caf" as short for "cafeteria".
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 26 May 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link
This girl I knew ordered a half caf
Sounded pretentious tbh and was a scene
― California scheming (Ross), Saturday, 26 May 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
ahhh maybe it’s caf for cafeteria, that lines up
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Saturday, 26 May 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
What other words do UKers pronounce less Frenchly than USers?
Renaissance
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 26 May 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
(xp) No, it's caff for cafe,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGJy2WXDUo
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 May 2018 23:40 (five years ago) link
UKers say lingerie more Frenchy.
Americans say lieutenant more Frenchy (marginally)
― Josefa, Saturday, 26 May 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link
And brassiere.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 May 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
Well in BrE it’s “lefftenant” which is outrageous
― valorous wokelord (silby), Sunday, 27 May 2018 00:00 (five years ago) link
Only if you're posh or actually in the army.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
No-one ever called Lieutenant Pigeon Leftenant Pigeon.
Another one, "depot"?
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
Another one for the UK, "premiere". But one for the US possibly, "debut"?
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
Citation needed. Really? I have never heard a British person say lootenant instead of leftenant.
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 27 May 2018 00:40 (five years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say leftenant irl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRPK425wLuQ
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
^ Now that's untranslatable
― Josefa, Sunday, 27 May 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
what in blazes
― valorous wokelord (silby), Sunday, 27 May 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
You mean to say it wasn't a hit in the US.........
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 01:03 (five years ago) link
two peoples, separated by a common language indeed
― valorous wokelord (silby), Sunday, 27 May 2018 01:05 (five years ago) link
A spin-off from an experimental music band Stavely Makepeace,[1] the group was fronted by Rob Woodward and managed by him and drummer Nigel Fletcher. Other members included bassist Stephen Johnson.[2] The group's sound was dominated by a heavy honky-tonk-style piano played by Woodward's mother, Hilda.
Their 2001 release "Opus 400" is a 35-minute single composed of separate sections.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 01:15 (five years ago) link
I say leftenant, ha.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 27 May 2018 01:25 (five years ago) link
louis-tenent
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 May 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
I say leftenant but Lt Pigeon are lootenant, you're right.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Sunday, 27 May 2018 05:52 (five years ago) link
Me too, and I can't really explain this. I wonder if it's because I didn't realise they were English until quite recently.
― Alba, Sunday, 27 May 2018 06:04 (five years ago) link
Based on the above video, what else could they possibly be?
― valorous wokelord (silby), Sunday, 27 May 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
I know. But I never saw what they looked like until recent TOTP repeats. I just heard the tune on the radio as a child and I think I subconsciously thought they were from the Caribbean!
― Alba, Sunday, 27 May 2018 06:10 (five years ago) link
I've accidentally brought this thread back on topic.
― Alba, Sunday, 27 May 2018 06:11 (five years ago) link
I saw the band, and judging from previous thread history immediately thought “oh, a contemporary act of Slade”
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Sunday, 27 May 2018 06:13 (five years ago) link
I definitely have learned a lot about enigmatic English novelty (?) bands from this thread.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Sunday, 27 May 2018 06:19 (five years ago) link
Have never thought of them as not being Leftenant Pigeon
― A good "sexy time " album (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 27 May 2018 07:09 (five years ago) link
my dad was a flight lieutenant in the RAF, and we've always said leftenant. definitely leftenant pigeon for me
― chant down basildon (NickB), Sunday, 27 May 2018 07:26 (five years ago) link
I’ve always pronounced it lieutenant cause not having any interest in the military growing up I’d have only seen it written down or heard in American films I think. The standard Brit way of saying it is still the most bonkers pronunciation/spelling mismatch to me
― Elonio Grimesci (wins), Sunday, 27 May 2018 07:35 (five years ago) link
http://www.thecholmondeleys.org/cholmondeleys.gif
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 27 May 2018 08:34 (five years ago) link
Yeah there are a few proper names like that (st John & Magdalene are milder examples) but I’m racking my brains trying to think of another word that’s analogous to lieutenant conjuring up an f out of nowhere; usually when English does the “I’m gonna just say a different word to what’s written here thanks” thing it’s more like weskit, blaggard where letters are elided, not added in
― Elonio Grimesci (wins), Sunday, 27 May 2018 08:52 (five years ago) link
There's no R in colonel.
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 27 May 2018 09:09 (five years ago) link
True! I guess because many Brits (the ones who don’t say the r on the end of a word) say it “cuh-nel” I was counting it as one of the missing-letters-out set
― Elonio Grimesci (wins), Sunday, 27 May 2018 09:18 (five years ago) link
that even people from the British government used to refer to Australia as New Holland right up to the mid 19th century.
― calzino, Sunday, 27 May 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
wait until you hear about this new South Wales I found
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
just learned in last year that there are finger plastic things that help you flip through paper super fast and these are now essential with magazine reading for ease of use
― California scheming (Ross), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
rotgutt blew my mind re open sesame, never knew that
― California scheming (Ross), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
I'm pretty sure you still don't
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
xxxp sic
Can't we deport the Manic Street Preachers there pls? I was just surprised the British government was still referring to it as New Holland in official correspondences almost a century after they had claimed the continent.
― calzino, Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
it's been 200 years for NSW but I'm still keen for a better name
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Sunday, 27 May 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
as long as they don't name it after one of the current conga line of apparently invincible right wing fuckholes i don't care what they call it tbh
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 27 May 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
New South Brexitlandia
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Sunday, 27 May 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
New South Fucking Milton Keynes of Death!
― calzino, Sunday, 27 May 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
I get places like "New England" or "New York/New Amsterdam", but I never got "New South Wales".
I understand there's a region called South Wales, but why not have just named the state "New Wales"? It'd be akin to some guy from Nebraska landing on Mars and calling the area "New Midwest America".
― pplains, Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
The people of New Rees-Mogg expressed surprise when, after dynamiting the links to the nearby landmass, they did not start to float away off.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
In his original journal covering the survey, in triplicate to satisfy Admiralty Orders, Cook first named the land New Wales, however, in the copy held by the Admiralty, he revised the wording to New South Wales.
― Number None, Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
Christ, who would want to live in New Wales, the old one is bad enough.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Sunday, 27 May 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYQb3FtJfm0
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 27 May 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link