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

pollypenny

claire16c wrote: »

Whereabouts do you live?

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

I'm not an English person.

I've never heard any British person, whether in the flesh or on TV say choona or Chewsday.

I did visit Bristol many times when my sister lived there, 40 years ago.

This t or ch sound must be a feature of accents.

I'd say 'Tewsday' and 'tewna', comes nearest to my accent , really.

pollypenny

Off the Americanpoint again, some people in the north say 'ashume' for 'assume'.

Georgiegirl256

pollypenny wrote: »

Off the Americanpoint again, some people in the north say 'ashume' for 'assume'.

Yeah, I do!

Gloomendoom

pollypenny wrote: »

I'm not an English person.

I've never heard any British person, whether in the flesh or on TV say choona or Chewsday.

This should be educational then...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16424192

At 0.31...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rqTcqGUKOc

arbroath_lass

Gloomendoom wrote: »

This should be educational then...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16424192

At 0.31...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rqTcqGUKOc

I'd have said they were tew rather than choo, though.

This is how I'd say tuna or Tuesday. If you say it lazily, though, it can end up as choo.

Fascinating thread btw.

ETA thought for those who have never heard choona or choosday - what about choons?

Gloomendoom

arbroath_lass wrote: »

I'd have said they were tew rather than choo, though.

I agree. The norm isn't "chewsday". It's more like Tuh-yews-day.

rageagainstessays

I hate it when you open a Brit Lit classic on Kindle and it has american spellings- its just like, WHY!

itzmee

I am from the Midlands and have never called my mum 'mom'. It is more of a Brummie thing as my ex's family were brummies and they all said/wrote 'mom' which I thought was very strange.

claire16c

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

You've never been to East Anglia then.

You're right I haven't!

pollypenny wrote: »

I'm not an English person.

I've never heard any British person, whether in the flesh or on TV say choona or Chewsday.

I did visit Bristol many times when my sister lived there, 40 years ago.

This t or ch sound must be a feature of accents.

I'd say 'Tewsday' and 'tewna', comes nearest to my accent , really.

If you put on eastenders they'd say choo. You've never heard a cockney accent?

Or the news - such as posted.

So I don't see how you can have never heard it!

maybe you're imagining it sounding like something else?

peachyprice

Mojisola wrote: »

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

Hmm, I don't say either of those, Tuesday is Tewsday, tuna is an bit more difficult to write but more tewna than choona.