Americanisms...is it just me that finds them irritating?

Gloomendoom

Mojisola wrote: »

I've never heard it pronounced 'toona' in this country, only 'choona'. The first syllable of Tuesday is pronounced the same.

It does depend on the local dialect. In some parts of the the UK, Tuesday is pronounced Toozdi.

pollypenny

Mojisola wrote: »

I've never heard it pronounced 'toona' in this country, only 'choona'. The first syllable of Tuesday is pronounced the same.

You mean that you say 'Chewsday'!

No way! Never heard that in real life or on TV, just like 'choona'.


The initial letter is 't', followed by 'u'!

Arachne_2

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I always pronounce Tuna 'choona' and have hardly ever heard it pronounced 'toona' apart from in America of course!

Me too. Oh, and it's "Choosday" where I live as well

coolcait

Locally, I think people generally say 'tyoona' rather than 'choona'.

And 'Tyoosday' rather than 'Choosday'.

Gloomendoom

pollypenny wrote: »

You mean that you say 'Chewsday'!

No way! Never heard that in real life or on TV, just like 'choona'.


The initial letter is 't', followed by 'u'!

So how do you pronounce 'u'?

'You' or 'ooh' ?

You can hear the difference between the common UK and US pronunciations of Tuesday here...

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/tuesday

andygb

We live in the UK (England for me) and we speak English, and I think that we have to preserve our own language, and not let it be taken over/diluted by "Americanspeak".
I don't want English people saying that they are - "going for a comfort break", when they actually mean they are going to the loo, or hear someone saying - "I will be with you momentarily" - Yeuuuurgh!

Georgiegirl256

pollypenny wrote: »

You mean that you say 'Chewsday'!

No way! Never heard that in real life or on TV, just like 'choona'.


The initial letter is 't', followed by 'u'!

I say Tuesday pronounced like 'chewsday', not 'twosday' But then again, I am from Cumbria!

seven-day-weekend

Tropez wrote: »

With regards to flat/apartment, I've found that some people (not all) have negative associations with the word "flat" viewing the word as referring to dwellings in the ugly tower blocks that were often constructed in the brutalist style of architecture that sprouted up in post-war Britain as a functional means of cheap, mass housing.

Possibly due to American cultural influence from the 1990s onward through television shows such as Friends, Frasier, Sex and the City etc. the word "apartment" seems to have attracted more glamourous associations and is often used in conjunction with the more aesthetically pleasing developments that have been constructed in recent years, particularly along the London riverside, or as part of regeneration projects in towns and cities across the UK.

This is merely an observation of people's attitudes that I have encountered and I don't imagine it is the same throughout the country. However, given that I live in and around an area where both brutalist-style mouse housing and more lavish towers have been constructed I have noticed a trend, including among those who have lived in both types of home, to refer to the older buildings as flats and the newer as apartments.

Quite true. When I worked in Town Planning, an application came through to demolish a disused club and replace it with fifty flats. The neighbours' objections came in barrowloads. The application was withdrawn and then re-submitted with a few minor changes and referring to the development as 'luxury apartments' (they were virtually the same as on the first application). The amount of objections fell by two-thirds and there were an equal number of letters of approval .

The application was approved.

claire16c

pollypenny wrote: »

I've never heard tuna pronounced in any other way than 'toona'!

'choona!' Never.:cool:

Whereabouts do you live?

I've never heard an English person say 'toona' only Americans.

seven-day-weekend

claire16c wrote: »

Whereabouts do you live?

I've never heard an English person say 'toona' only Americans.

You've never been to East Anglia then.