I hope none of the people saying they can't pronounce certain words are from the south.
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I hope none of the people saying they can't pronounce certain words are from the south.
I only found out today that a pouffe (french) / pouf (english) is pronounced differently in the north. It's meant to be pronounced pooooooooof (not poof, just a bit longer sounding in the middle), while up north (or in Corrie ads) they pronounce it poofay. There's no hyphen, so the e doesn't sound like an a.
Well the north pronounce everything differently because they're noobs, but I'm from the south and while I don't think I've ever had to say pouffe, I would have pronounced it as poofay as well. There is actually supposed to be some sort of diacritic above the e isn't there?Quote:
Originally Posted by GommeInc
Pouffe is pronounced poof (although as Ryan says, generally more extended for some reason) which can add instant amusement to otherwise boring trips to elderly relatives as they always seem to have a pouffe in the middle of the room
Oh right, a pouffe is one of those things you rest your feet on. In that case I do pronounce it as poof. Why does it have to be spelt so ******edly. I wonder what the hell I was thinking of? Maybe souffle. :8
You can get instant amusement by typing "pouffe" into Google Translate with french as the highlighted language and listening to how it's pronounced :PQuote:
Originally Posted by FlyingJesus
I just asked my northern friend and she pronounces pouffe as pooooof. THIS THREAD IS A LIE.
Perhaps there is such a thing as an educated northerner :OQuote:
Originally Posted by Neversoft
erm, i can only pronounce thor as four?
I think it's more likely that she genuinely rests her feet on a recumbent homosexual tbh