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Scotland can even top itself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonner_kebab

I read somewhere that the US Marines also pronounce it Leftenant.

Can anyone confirm?

Kilkrazy wrote:I read somewhere that the US Marines also pronounce it Leftenant.

Can anyone confirm?

As I understand it Leftenant is a navel term, which became used in the UK because, basicly, we are a nation of vikings, pirates and smugglers bound to the sea.

No, I can verify that the USMC does NOT pronounce it that way lol

I agree that Britain does the above well, but French Food? I'm afraid I could whip anything up in my kitchen that looks and tastes better than whatever that is! What is that anyways? a burnt turd wrapped in a sock and smothered with snot? lol

Seriousy though, US Midwest grown, prime beef tastes better than anything in the world, I promise. They may have invented the Filet, but we have made it an art.

@ filbert: Bob Ross! one of my favorite Americans, from right here in Indiana RIP!

KingCracker wrote:I llike how they pronounce Hyundai. High-un-die. Makes me smile every time they say that on TopGear

How do Americans pronouce Hyundai??

And as Howard a Treesong points out, why An-arctica. Wheres the first T gone?? TELL ME!!! WHERE IS IT??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

RatBot wrote:Darn British... just speak English, like the rest of the world!

The British also speak Welsh.
Depending on where you are...

dsteingass wrote:

@ filbert: Bob Ross! one of my favorite Americans, from right here in Indiana RIP!

Bob Ross? Oh, you must mean God. Yeah, God is awesome.



In fact... Yeah, feth it, I'm changing that to my avatar right now.

Happy painting, and God Bless

Brother Azul wrote:How do Americans pronouce Hyundai??

The right way: "Hun-Day"

Although the Koreans say "Heun-day" (a pretty subtle difference to my ear).

Brother Azul wrote:And as Howard a Treesong points out, why An-arctica. Wheres the first T gone?? TELL ME!!! WHERE IS IT??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I wasn't aware that Americans pronounced Antarctica as "anartica," I've always heard "Ant-arctic-a"

Maybe most people don't just enunciate the first T enough.

Only George W. Bush (or other uneducated morons that always get on TV) pronounces Nuclear and Antarctica improperly. lol

dsteingass wrote:Only George W. Bush (or other uneducated morons that always get on TV) pronounces Nuclear and Antarctica improperly. lol

You must be a Harvard grad.

I will say that i quite enjoy some of the british "swear" words, and slang uses of many words...


getting blagged sounds much cooler than robbed, or mugged

Also, the use of the word bollocks (sp?).. how it can be something very bad, or indeed, can be the dogs bollocks.

The Americans deep fry things as much as anyone, I had a deep fried Oreo at LA county fair.

It was a steady fething snack like.

Since pronunciation doesn't follow any sort of pattern in English whatsoever (see "ough") you can pronounce pretty much anything pretty much any way. But you'd still be wrong.

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Also, the use of the word bollocks (sp?).. how it can be something very bad, or indeed, can be the dogs bollocks.

I like how they bleep out "bollocks" but not 'balls"..what's the difference?

dsteingass wrote:

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Also, the use of the word bollocks (sp?).. how it can be something very bad, or indeed, can be the dogs bollocks.

I like how they bleep out "bollocks" but not 'balls"..what's the difference?

Bollocks is a curse.

dsteingass wrote:

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Also, the use of the word bollocks (sp?).. how it can be something very bad, or indeed, can be the dogs bollocks.

I like how they bleep out "bollocks" but not 'balls"..what's the difference?

because watching a base**** game, or a foot**** game, or basket**** game would be ridiculous... Golf would be more entertaining though: "And Tiger stroked his **** nicely into the cup, for a birdie"

If you bleep out "balls", then you have to universally bleep it, and therefore wipe out a TON of vocabulary for a generic 'everyday' item.


And what trollpie said.

dsteingass wrote:

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Also, the use of the word bollocks (sp?).. how it can be something very bad, or indeed, can be the dogs bollocks.

I like how they bleep out "bollocks" but not 'balls"..what's the difference?

Swear words only have weight in their associated culture. They don't bleep out 'have sex with' but do bleep out the F word. Same thing.

So, yeah, what Trollpie said. Damn his speedy response.

biccat wrote:

Brother Azul wrote:How do Americans pronouce Hyundai??

The right way: "Hun-Day"

Although the Koreans say "Heun-day" (a pretty subtle difference to my ear).

Heun-die is also a proper way according to my Korean friends.

The "Hun-day like Sunday" thing is due to different dialects.

Kilkrazy wrote:I read somewhere that the US Marines also pronounce it Leftenant.

Can anyone confirm?

No its pronounced Lance Corporal. Just kidding there, different ranks and all.

But as far as I know all of my marine buddies say "lewtenent" and not "leftenant". Of course they also say that the air force and army are not branches of the military and if you say that they're part of the Navy they get mad.

halonachos wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:I read somewhere that the US Marines also pronounce it Leftenant.

Can anyone confirm?

No its pronounced Lance Corporal. Just kidding there, different ranks and all.

But as far as I know all of my marine buddies say "lewtenent" and not "leftenant". Of course they also say that the air force and army are not branches of the military and if you say that they're part of the Navy they get mad.

lol....yes, and neither will they admit that they have had their thinking conditioned that way either

halonachos wrote: and if you say that they're part of the Navy they get mad.

Technically, they aren't part of the Navy, they're part of the Department of the Navy in the civilian leadership structure. They are held as a separate branch under military leadership.

In so far as the military concerns, they are NOT part of the Navy. So they have every right to get mad, because you're wrong.

Marines: My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment Sir!

Their checks are signed from the Department of the Navy, regardless of military structure.

All of the Navy bases in the area around me have Marine Corp barracks as well as Navy barracks, yet these are still Naval bases.

Marines get the naval variant of the Medal of Honor.

The majority of the Marine Air Corp are funded, tested, and acquired via the Navy. The Marine Corp doesn't train noncombatants and the Navy provides them. Marine Corp drill instructors train Naval Officer Cadets. The Marines started out as Naval Infantry and will always be naval infantry.

They both work for the department of the Navy, plain and simple.

Kilkrazy wrote:I read somewhere that the US Marines also pronounce it Leftenant.

Can anyone confirm?

Nope, my brother is a Marine, and he thought that was REALLY weird


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Brother Azul wrote:

KingCracker wrote:I llike how they pronounce Hyundai. High-un-die. Makes me smile every time they say that on TopGear

How do Americans pronouce Hyundai??

And as Howard a Treesong points out, why An-arctica. Wheres the first T gone?? TELL ME!!! WHERE IS IT??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Firstly, I pronounce the T anyways

Secondly in Michigan anyways its pronounced Hun-day, like the y is silent. The commercials even tell me its that way

I pronounce Hyundai as Kia

dsteingass wrote:I pronounce Hyundai as Stealing American Jobs.

Fixed it for you.

/joke /sarcasm

I love my Kia, much better than the crap cars built here for the same money. Detroit pissed away those jobs, not Korea.

Slight tangent, what is with Americans giving objects different names?

Biscuit = Cookie
Jam = Jelly
Jelly = Jello
Trousers = Pants
Trainers = Sneakers

... what is with this?

dsteingass wrote:I love my Kia, much better than the crap cars built here for the same money. Detroit pissed away those jobs, not Korea.

Interesting anecdote. When we were shopping for a car my FIL insisted we purchase an "American Made Car". I liked the comparable Honda model, my wife the Chevy. Obviously, the Chevy won out.

The Honda was produced in Ohio, the Chevy in Canada (Ontario I think).

Juvieus Kaine wrote:
Jam = Jelly

We HAVE Jam. Also, Jelly and Preserves. They're different things, ya silly Brit.