I remember hearing that pronunciation quite a lot years ago (many years...). I believe it was an attempt to sound 'posh' ("I know how to pronounce it properly"), a sort of Hyacinth Bucket syndrome.
Which made me think to check underly in a USA source. To find people thinking it an alternative spelling of underlie and/or underlay.
In message , Arfa Daily writes
There is a famous video advert by MTH Electric Trains, an American manufacturer trying to break into the UK market. The videos are presented by the lovely Taylor (only Americans would call their daughter Taylor), who tells us about famous trains running from London to Edinburgh, carefully pronounced Eden-berg. I kid you not. Presumably someone, somewhere checks this stuff, FFS.
Funnily enough, their entry to UK and Europe has not been a huge success. They just assumed that a standard US item, dressed up as British or European, would be an instant hit. No market research.
Killo-METERS. As in Centi-METERS, not Centimitters.
At one time, we lived in Edinburgh Drive, Dublin, Ohio, much to my mother-in-law's confusion. We finally settled down in Tottenham Drive, then later in Putney Mews, both in Birmingham, Michigan. Wimbleton Drive was a couple of streets away. And just over the Border was Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
I had always thought that 'upcoming' was a word used only in adverts, until I actually heard somebody use it in conversation. It still sounds horrid.
In message , Davey writes
In message , Davey writes
Unfortunately, km is almost universally mis-pronounced these days (and probably always was) - even by people who should know (much) better. This is undoubtedly because of the analogy to - and association with - speedometer. But just try quoting dimensions in centimitters and millimitters, and you'll get some extremely funny looks!
'Remeber' has been a bane for me too. :-(
A diversion from that thought; our Thermodynamics lecturer liked to use the Furlong/Ferkin/Fortnight measurement system, to see if we were awake. Now that would have baffled the Americans!
That's more or less what I said. :-)
I hate 'instore'.
In article , News scribeth thus
Could be worse someone I know who's surname is Taylor has a "Jenny" for a daughter;!...
In message , tony sayer writes
ROFL! I hope the poor daughter insists upon being addressed as Jennifer :-)
Seen on a bunper sticker in California many years ago "Have a nice day but f**k off and have it somewhere else"
I heard it in Mythbusters.
I like their "sirs" and "Ma'ams" ... seems to strike just the right degree of respect, which we don't really have in the UK. "You" seems a tad overly familiar ("Would you like to see the menu ?") and "mate" ("Excuse me mate, can I help you ?") is a tad casual.
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Only in North America.
kilo-meters are 1000 meters eithe relectric or gas for DIY ;-)
the corect unit of measurement is the Metre .
a fousand of um would be a kilameetah :-)
In article , Tim Streater scribeth thus
Soz guv!, got a 'ead full od snoz at the mo and am on a lot of dullin dawnn drugs and the vouce sawnds a lot wurse!...
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