Pronunciation of words

[Kalis]

When I was new to WoW and didn't speak much English, I'd pronounce "rogue" as "Roog" (rhyming with droog)

I always thought it was pronounced roojsh, because of how everyone spelt it in general.

[PACOX]

A pet peeve of mine is people who insist that certain pronunciations supersede others. If you know what the person is saying then drop it. Any particular language is made up of tons of dialects and vernacular. Then you have to account for ones own voice and vocal range. Critiquing someones pronunciation when its not an actual issue is just a way to make your meaningless life look better.

[goldwarmachine]

girl. Gif.

The creator is wrong, and doesn't understand english. Period.

Gin /10char

[AeneasBK]

Gin /10char

The "G" in GIF stands for "Gin"??

How drunk was this guy when he came up with them??

[Vouksh89]

The oddest one for for me is Glaive. Mostly because I'm dyslexic, and the first time I read it, I saw "Glavie", so it sorta wedged in my mind as "Glah-Vee" instead of "Glayv". I have to stop/correct myself every time.

[belfpala]

Gin /10char

English doesn't have rules. French, Latin, Germanic, and more are all involved, plus whatever time and location did to it. Edit: And I'll add that when spellings were standardized, it didn't necessarily conform to every accent or dialect.

An excerpt from a somewhat well known poem... "Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word..."

[Kalis]

One of my old guildies was so excited that his bin-ding dropped in Molten Core, that was mildy amusing at the time.

[goldwarmachine]

The "G" in GIF stands for "Gin"??

How drunk was this guy when he came up with them??

The G in GIF doesn't stand for "Girl" either... your point??

[Rixis]

The guy who created it said you pronounce it like the peanut butter, jiff.

To which the internet said "fuck off".

[goldwarmachine]

English doesn't have rules. French, Latin, Germanic, and more are all involved, plus whatever time and location did to it. Edit: And I'll add that when spellings were standardized, it didn't necessarily conform to every accent or dialect.

An excerpt from a somewhat well known poem... "Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word..."

Not sure if this is an argument for or against the pronunciation of GIF as "jif."

[DrMcNinja]

Worcestershire is always a fun one.

[Kalis]

The G in GIF doesn't stand for "Girl" either... your point??

It stands for graphics, so the natural tendency would be a hard 'g' sound, rather than a soft one.

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Worcestershire is always a fun one.

It is easy if you are British.

Similarly Leicester Square often trips up tourists.

[Rixis]

One of my old guildies was so excited that his bin-ding dropped in Molten Core, that was mildy amusing at the time.

We have a warlock who still callers Tier pieces Tyre pieces.

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It is easy if you are British.

Similarly Leicester Square often trips up tourists.

Keswick, Warwick, Berwick too.

[belfpala]

Not sure if this is an argument for or against the pronunciation of GIF as "jif."

It's hard G, as the G is for Graphics, and it just makes sense.

Worcestershire is always a fun one.

Hey grab me the Wookorchestrachoir sauce... fuck it, grab me the L&P. Thanks.

[Kalis]

Keswick, Warwick, Berwick too.

Sometimes we just fuck with people, e.g. Gillingham in Kent and Gillingham in Dorset are pronounced differently, a soft 'g' for the former and hard for the latter.

My favourite is Trottiscliffe, pronounced troz-lee, just because.

[fluffhead]

It stands for graphics, so the natural tendency would be a hard 'g' sound, rather than a soft one.

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It is easy if you are British.

Similarly Leicester Square often trips up tourists.

Or if you're from Massachusetts. I think the biggest qualification to be a news anchor here is being able to pronounce Worcester. Damn you brits and your naming of towns that already exist.

[belfpala]

Sometimes we just fuck with people, e.g. Gillingham in Kent and Gillingham in Dorset are pronounced differently, a soft 'g' for the former and hard for the latter.

My favourite is Trottiscliffe, pronounced troz-lee, just because.

The city in Texas is Hew-stun, the street in NYC is How-stun. Same spelling. Gotta love it.

[goldwarmachine]

Ok, how do you all pronounce the "GMO" acronym? Hard G or soft G?

[belfpala]

Ok, how do you all pronounce the "GMO" acronym? Hard G or soft G?

Jee Em Oh. Genetically is a soft G. (Also, GMO is an initialism, not an acronym, and isn't meant to be said as a word.)

[Kalis]

The city in Texas is Hew-stun, the street in NYC is How-stun. Same spelling. Gotta love it.

The New York way makes more sense to me, it is how I would pronounce it if I did not know it. Of course New York has a lot of British place names, so the naming conventions are similar.