scvrobeson Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Just look at the issues with pronouncing Tamiya and decal. Matt Out2gtcha, LSP_Kevin and MikeC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 44 minutes ago, scvrobeson said: Just look at the issues with pronouncing Tamiya......... Every time I hear someone say "Ta-mee-a" I nearly cringe my face off. It might be correct, but it rolls off the tounge like a rusty razor blade. D Bellis and firefly7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I see Sprue Bro's is calling the Meng Dr.I in stock. Anyone actually have one in hand yet? I ordered from Lucky Models so probably won't have mine in hand for a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepp Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 How do you think we on this side of the pond cope with some attempts from west of the wet to pronounce Worcestershire or Warwickshire? ... then again, we (well, some of us) have our own problems with Shrewsbury. MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, AlbertD said: I see Sprue Bro's is calling the Meng Dr.I in stock. Anyone actually have one in hand yet? I ordered from Lucky Models so probably won't have mine in hand for a few weeks. Are they actually in stock? The listing still says preorder. The “Stock Status: In Stock” may just be to fake out the ordering software and allow orders to be placed. I don’t remember if it said the same thing last week. In any case, even if they got them in stock today, none will have been sent out and no one has one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm-tree Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Sepp said: How do you think we on this side of the pond cope with some attempts from west of the wet to pronounce Worcestershire or Warwickshire? ... then again, we (well, some of us) have our own problems with Shrewsbury. It gets even more convoluted when people use textspeak and zero punctuation or correct capitalisation. I wonder : if we went fifty years into the future would we recognise the English language or understand what people are saying?.... -what do you think? D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Tam my yah Ad did das Nes sills Mengue Ital lairy S ski Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi oi oi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 10 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Every time I hear someone say "Ta-mee-a" I nearly cringe my face off. It might be correct, but it rolls off the tounge like a rusty razor blade. ok... how am I s'posed to say Tamiya? Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 7 hours ago, Sepp said: How do you think we on this side of the pond cope with some attempts from west of the wet to pronounce Worcestershire or Warwickshire? ... then again, we (well, some of us) have our own problems with Shrewsbury. Don't ever try talking about eating a scone in Shrewsbury ... Sepp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Please can we refrain from the pronunciation of scone, as with politics, and religion. It always jars when you hear auslanders pronounce Salford, and Altrincham. ps. Scone is pronounced like bone, as indicated by the E on the end! Sepp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Sepp said: we (well, some of us) have our own problems with Shrewsbury. Parliamentary forces had trouble with Shrewsbury* Richard *rhymes with show, I'm a Brummie Sepp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 To bring us all back on to topic, it is pronounced Mung Trip-ay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 11 hours ago, Gazzas said: ok... how am I s'posed to say Tamiya? It seems to roll off the tounge as "Tam-I-ya" much better IMHO Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: It seems to roll off the tounge as "Tam-I-ya" much better IMHO I actually pronounce it Tum ee ya, always have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) I find it kind of funny that sometimes an incorrect pronunciation used long enough by enough people often becomes the correct pronunciation. For instance, the designer of the WW2 issue "US Rifle 30 Cal M1" was John Garand, pronounced "GARRand", sounds a bit like "errand". However, everyone mispronounced the name of the rifle so much that the rifle became known as the M1 Garand, pronounced correctly as "guh-RAND". Even Garand himself didn't correct it. Very odd, language can be, hmm? Tim Edited August 10, 2020 by BiggTim D.B. Andrus and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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