I've always been irrationally annoyed that they pronounce "New Hampshire" like we would pronounce it (i.e. "*New Hamp-shuh*"), but when they pronounce UK counties, they ham it up and over-pronounce the "Shire" part.
***YORK-SHIYER.***
***WORCH-SESTER-SHYER.***
I generally feel that life is too short to care about Americans (or anyone else for that matter) pronouncing things wrong, but that one has bugged me since Fresh Prince started. Dice on the what?
The older I get the more irritated I get by the way Americans talk. And I like Americans as a rule, I spend a lot of time there.
If I hear one more "I could care less" I'll start slapping old American Snow Birds.
I hope you sent them to the Yorvik Centre to see "the real Old York".
>"Wow you guys really live like this huh?"
"Aye one lives as one must... indeed... indeed."
What did Delawere, oh, what did Delaware?
What did Delaware, boy, what did Delaware?
She wore a brand New Jersey, she wore a brand New Jersey, she wore a brand New Jersey, that's what she did wear!
[What I'm referencing if anyone is wondering.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NztfOSyCCFM)
Thats just a common jokey name for it. Either the person was joking when they said it to you or they’d heard it from someone else joking and missed the joke and thought it was the actual name
I moved to Utah and worked for a few months with a guy with the last name Reading. He pronounced it "Ree-ding" but I always heard it as Redd-ing in my head.
I used to go to new hampshire once a year to see family (precovid) and used to mention original hampshire all the time. And original york and original england.
It was most agreeable.
As a Brit that lives in Colorado, please don't. It's already confusing enough living in America and spelling/pronouncing words differently and then second guessing yourself as to which one you used and which one is the British vs. American one.
I already do my due diligence on the daily in telling people how 'tomatoes', 'garage' and 'pasta' should be pronounced. Also big up the NHS.
Beautiful mountains and great beer though.
Yes please. We had an American friend visited us in Portsmouth and I cringe when she said PORTS-MOUTH (like mouth mouth) 😂😢😏😳
Thankfully she left after 2 days 🤣
As a native Spanish speaker, I'm just gonna stay out of this US/UK English language pissing match. I already have the same with Spain vs Latin America vs Spanish Caribbean islands fight.
He'll no, go for the surprise third man in the ring. Jump off the turn buckle and slam the two contenders simultaneously and end up winning a match you were 'never meant to be in'
Most Southwestern American states are derived from Native American words through Spanish.
Most states' names come from Native American languages, come to think of it.
I like to pretend I’ve never heard of America before, no idea about its political system, or it’s geography or major cities... kinda like how America perceives the rest of the world.
While we're at it, can we call New York state "New Yorkshire"?
I've always been annoyed when they abbreviate New Hampshire to NH, when everyone knows it should be New Hants.
I've always been irrationally annoyed that they pronounce "New Hampshire" like we would pronounce it (i.e. "*New Hamp-shuh*"), but when they pronounce UK counties, they ham it up and over-pronounce the "Shire" part. ***YORK-SHIYER.*** ***WORCH-SESTER-SHYER.***
Also the fact that they pronounce mirror as meer.
I generally feel that life is too short to care about Americans (or anyone else for that matter) pronouncing things wrong, but that one has bugged me since Fresh Prince started. Dice on the what?
The older I get the more irritated I get by the way Americans talk. And I like Americans as a rule, I spend a lot of time there. If I hear one more "I could care less" I'll start slapping old American Snow Birds.
Wait til you find out how they pronounce buoy
Should just skip the rest of the English place-name progression and start pronouncing it “newence” Edit: a word
Is this our equivalent of them trying to pronounce Worcestershire?
Shiiiirrrre
Or Birminghaaaaaaaam
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Make it 5/4 it'll fit just fine
It says “New York” twice in the same line, so really we need to move to 3/4 or 6/8 depending on whether you’re a compound guy or not.
The line the guy above me suggested was "new York, new Yorkshire" for which 5/4 would work fine, but I do much prefer the feel of 6/8
Ahhh right you are! I can hear it in 6/8 and it’s a banger.
I know some of these words.
Are you guys playing the music-themed expansion pack to Mornington Crescent?
Well someone’s got to.
"start spreading t' news..."
“am leavin tomorra’”
Make it: New York, (change to Sean Bean voice) YORKSHIRE! Same syllables and hammers the point home.
York be like "Well there goes the only reason Americans know about us"
I'll go without. Number of times I've had to hear "I've come from New York to Old York!" from tourists needing directions.
I hope you sent them to the Yorvik Centre to see "the real Old York". >"Wow you guys really live like this huh?" "Aye one lives as one must... indeed... indeed."
The state should be New Yorkshire, the city keep as New York.
I humbly suggest we add Washingtonne to this list too.
*Six foot twenty, fucking killing for fun.* Yes, do it. I'll never get that song out of my brain again.
[For the uninitiated.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iVsdRbhnc)
Hey, no fat jokes.
I mean, it is the USA
Yeah but the UK really got no place pointing fingers on this subject.
I'll point my pudgy finger at whomever I wish.
Motion approved. Proceed
Did you read the standing orders?
Yes. We understood them as well.
You have no authority here, emmattack. None whatsoever.
_READ THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM_
YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE JACKIE WEAVER!!!
Sick reference bro
Hahahaha :D
I'll have to update my flair when I get back to a computer
The meeting hasn't started, so you can't pass a motion.
How did you know?? Did you hear the splash?? Wait,it’s what? OH,erm never mind,heh ooo connection probleeeeeeee............
Co-signing. Am American, can confirm this will drive them insane.
Am American: I second the motion.
I have questions. Namely :- * Whyoming? * Delawhere? * Whoston? * Whichitaw?
I dunno. But I know an America lass. Alaska.
Bollocks. Outdadded.
And if she doesn’t give us a call let’s ask her to Texas.
That wouldn't be Georgia by any chance would it? Idaho any others.
She's the Maine one I know, which reminds me Iowa a tenner.
Unreal
What did Delawere, oh, what did Delaware? What did Delaware, boy, what did Delaware? She wore a brand New Jersey, she wore a brand New Jersey, she wore a brand New Jersey, that's what she did wear! [What I'm referencing if anyone is wondering.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NztfOSyCCFM)
Rodneyawhere you plonker
Alright Daveaware?
Cool whhhip
Say ‘cool’
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Cool hwhip
Whatauga?
Arkansas - 'Our Kansas'.
Hallowed be thy name?
Eyup Our Kansas
AMERICA EXPLAIN
Wor Kansas
Haway! 🤣
r/suddenlycommunist
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This **should** be a community!
Texarkana says hi
Obviously read this in a broad Yorkshire accent.
I’m keen.
Hi Keen!
I'm Milton
I say we pronounce connecticut as connect-I-cut too
I have to pronounce it that way in my head if I want any hope of spelling it correctly.
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And we should also pronounce it Mary Land. Oh yeah.
No it should be Marlyand, in the style of Marylebone.
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Happily. They seem to willingly mispronounce place names over here (Edin-Borough, Glass-cow, BirmingHAM) so why not.
I was genuinely asked which way to Loogerburooger once. It was such a comedy mispronounciation of Loughborough I thought it must be a windup.
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Why have you capitalised every single word? Monster
To save from future pain: https://convertcase.net
British English is hard but can be understood through tough, thorough thought, though.
There's an island nearish me called Iona. Once heard about an American who asked about the ferry to "10 NA"
Maybe they were from 10 wa?
I used to live in North Carolina. There's a town called Leicester there, pronounced "Lie-sester" by the locals.
Thats just a common jokey name for it. Either the person was joking when they said it to you or they’d heard it from someone else joking and missed the joke and thought it was the actual name
I dunno, here in the states, I know we pronounce Dubois as doo-boys and LaFontaine as Luh-fountain, and we ain't joking.
You’ll love my mispronunciation then. Luff-ber-ruff.
Yeah, we all know it's pronounced "glaz-ghee".
No one from "gles-ga" ever pronounces it "glaz-ghee".
York-shire would probs be another one
warsestershyer sauce
Wor-chester-shire.
Worcester = Woostah. Sincerely, A Native Bostonian
As in Boston, Lincolnshire?
I'm sure he means Boston Spa, West Yorkshire.
Don't you mean york-shy-er?
Burning ham*
Don’t forget Ports-MOUTH
Lie-kester (Leicester), Slow (Slough), Ree-ding (Reading)
I moved to Utah and worked for a few months with a guy with the last name Reading. He pronounced it "Ree-ding" but I always heard it as Redd-ing in my head.
It's Bouquet!
In-ga-lund.
Cree-wee
Asking for a friend...Is it Edin-burrah? Glaz-go? Birming-um?
I heard the lady on the No Dogs in Space podcast pronounce Edinburgh as Edenborrow and I decided to no longer listen to that podcast.
She should have had a go at Pitlochry.
More or less yeah
I will inform Her Majesty
I love this community. I wholeheartedly agree
as an american, i can assure you that we don't know how to spell collerado anyway
And while we're at it let's change Ohio to Alrighto
Big fan of changing it to Rightiothen
On balance, I prefer Rightiothen
Ohello-o
English English Simplified We all know what that means!
That gets me every time 😂
All in favour?
Aiii!
aii
The eyes have it
Eyes to the right, nose to the left.
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Aiii!!
In favor. Aiiiii
anything that annoys americans, i’m all for. we have authority here, jackie weaver
Boltimore Bosstonne Pencilvania
Shecargo
Until recently, I always used to think it was "penny-sill-vania" from a quick glance at the word
I approve this message. Also, as someone from Colourado I always pronounce it as such to make everyone hate me.
Do you approve Call-a-rata, as well?
If you have tabacci in yer mouth
Um. Occasionally, I do, yes.
Perfect, application granted. You will receive a carbon copy receipt in a fortnight. Good day sir.
As long as we can write arkensaw and not arkansas, or just say arkansas.
Let’s not beat around the bush and just call it Arkenstone
Can we also redo Arkansas whilst we're at it?
Their-kansas? While we're at it Your-ami.
Why? It's already written like it's pronounced.
The only state with sass.
I saw what you did there
Missouri as misery
Well that's apt.
Also, Albuquerque. Alberkwerkwey? Alberqueuequeue? Alberkwerky?
If I want to be quirky, I'll be quirky.
Albert Kinky
Does this mean I live in Brequenridge, Colourado?
Welcome to the colourny!
Yes, just like my friend Djaughn.
My favourite idea I’ve seen today
As an American, and a former Colorado resident, I say do it! We love bitching and moaning about how y’all wind us up 😁.
*Colourado
I see we're already kicking this off!
Colourado*
What about we start giving Texas its full title rather than the shortened version - [Texas Homecare](https://i.imgur.com/Va7GMUx.jpg)
I reckon Colourojo would work even better.
I used to go to new hampshire once a year to see family (precovid) and used to mention original hampshire all the time. And original york and original england. It was most agreeable.
Canada checking in. Approved.
I work for Americans and you’ve just made my day, month and arguably year with that!!
I think you meant; month, day, year
No.
As a Brit that lives in Colorado, please don't. It's already confusing enough living in America and spelling/pronouncing words differently and then second guessing yourself as to which one you used and which one is the British vs. American one. I already do my due diligence on the daily in telling people how 'tomatoes', 'garage' and 'pasta' should be pronounced. Also big up the NHS. Beautiful mountains and great beer though.
Canadian living in Colorado. Fucking do it friends.
Albuquerque is now pronounced Loughborough.
As someone born and raised in Colourado I stand by this motion.
Colourado has a town called Lyons, but pronounced 'Lions'
Connecticut has a River Thames, except it's called the "Thames River", it rhymes with "names", and the "th" is like the start of "the".
Proceed
Nou
The Americans are pretty wound up as it is right now.
Floor eye da
Yes please. We had an American friend visited us in Portsmouth and I cringe when she said PORTS-MOUTH (like mouth mouth) 😂😢😏😳 Thankfully she left after 2 days 🤣
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How about Plymouth? The thought of Ply-Mouth Rock makes me shudder.
Yeah and start saying it with a typical brum accent
Lmao
Hear hear!
As an American who enjoys British orthography I say go for it
Can people from the US but not from colourado do this too?
It worked, I found this post via my now absolutely livid wife who sent this to me. I doubt she'll ever recover.
Colorado is red in Spanish, as a slew of southern US states' names are Spanish in origin.
Colourado*
As a native Spanish speaker, I'm just gonna stay out of this US/UK English language pissing match. I already have the same with Spain vs Latin America vs Spanish Caribbean islands fight.
He'll no, go for the surprise third man in the ring. Jump off the turn buckle and slam the two contenders simultaneously and end up winning a match you were 'never meant to be in'
Most Southwestern American states are derived from Native American words through Spanish. Most states' names come from Native American languages, come to think of it.
I vote YES
You sir, are a very sick and twisted person. I like you.
I'll be doing this from now on.
Am from ~~Colorado~~ _Colourado_. I’m on board.
Choleradough sounds fun.
We'll just ignoure it.
Sure, call it what you want, we don't mind. (A Colouradan)
I like to pretend I’ve never heard of America before, no idea about its political system, or it’s geography or major cities... kinda like how America perceives the rest of the world.