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Things that are not pronounced as written

glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
edited 2011-05-07 22:20:13 in General
Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
And yes, this includes many pictographs in pictographic languages.

Comments

  • DonZabuDonZabu

    Really, the less division there is between written language and spoken language, the better.

    Speaking of which: fuck you, Worcestershire sauce.

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Logogrammatic writing systems don't count in this case. Neither do syllabaries. 

    Only alphabets do.

    Also, this is apparently a problem with English mainly.
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-05-07 23:21:28
    ^^ Honestly, I'd be more confused if Worcestershire was pronounced the way it was written.  Not that I'm not confused already, but at least the "Worcester" part is easy enough.
  • DebossDeboss
    I agree.
  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.
    Worcestershire = Wuss-tershire.
  • DYREDYRE
    Well, yeah.  Except that "shire" doesn't have an obvious pronunciation so that doesn't help even a little bit.  It's apparently like "sheer" except I intuitively would think it'd be "shy-er."
  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.
    It's either sheer or shur. 

    I personally say wuss-ter-shur sauce, which shows my midlands heritage.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    woostershurr sauce
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    wust-hurrr-shurrr surrrrrse
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    wuss herp share sauce?
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    A Hooey Zottol

    Ahuizotl.
  • DebossDeboss
    I've also heard it as wooster shower.
  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    It's just as sensible a pronunciation as Gloucestershire! ...Which is, to say, not at all.
  • TheConductorTheConductor
    Greenwich in London, doesn't need the "w".
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2011-05-09 22:29:09
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    or the extra e, apparently.

    No, actually, the second e is pronounced like an n.
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