Congradjulations !

JohnG · 22-02-2006, 9:50 AM

I'm hearing more and more sports presenters coming out with this way of saying the word congratulations. Is it a Scottish thing to say "congradjulations" or is it a sports presenters thing ? Alan Brazil comes out with it all the time on Talk Sport and it really annoys me

la gran siete · 22-02-2006, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnG

I'm hearing more and more sports presenters coming out with this way of saying the word congratulations. Is it a Scottish thing to say "congradjulations" or is it a sports presenters thing ? Alan Brazil comes out with it all the time on Talk Sport and it really annoys me

Why listen to Talk Sport

Radio 5 live is better

overkill · 22-02-2006, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnG

I'm hearing more and more sports presenters coming out with this way of saying the word congratulations. Is it a Scottish thing to say "congradjulations" or is it a sports presenters thing ? Alan Brazil comes out with it all the time on Talk Sport and it really annoys me

Sounds 'Americanised' to me. In other words put a stop to it right now! A lot of (too many) Americanisms are creeping into our sporting language. Apart from the important one - 'we won'.

**LV426** · 22-02-2006, 10:36 AM

My pet hate is "NUCULAR" (= Nuclear).

Beobloke · 22-02-2006, 11:02 AM

The middle 'i' has disappeared out of medicine, making it "med-cine"

And there's another word that's lost an 'l' from itself that i can't remember at the moment..............

JagoPlasma · 22-02-2006, 11:22 AM

how about aloooooooominum

it always gets me. its aluMINIum

t-force · 22-02-2006, 11:41 AM

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how about aloooooooominum

it always gets me. its aluMINIum

Actually - on this one, the Americans have it right, sadly. The word should be aluminum (not that that's going to make me change the way I say or spell it). I can't remember off the top of my head exactly why that's the case - I'm at work at the mo, but I'll check back at home and post it here.

JagoPlasma · 22-02-2006, 11:48 AM

well googlefight says aluminum wins

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php...ord2=aluminium

but to me it will always be aluminium.... now wheres that tyre....

but we still kick their ass

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php...&word2=british

Miyazaki · 22-02-2006, 11:48 AM

Off the top of my head, I think an American scientist discovered the element aluminium, but went against the generic convetion of having the suffix "ium" on the end of names of elements, and called it aluminum. Americans are the only ones that call it aluminum however.

Still doesn't excuse their pronounciation of "aloooooooooooooominum" though!

lee789 · 22-02-2006, 11:54 AM

That Googlefights funny, not seen it before.

Just looked at the last 20 fights and some doofus had

aresnal vs real madrid

JagoPlasma · 22-02-2006, 11:54 AM

http://www.world-aluminium.org/history/language.html

gazbarber · 22-02-2006, 11:56 AM

I heard and this could be completely wrong so get your salt ready, that there was a shipment of aluminium (the first i assume) to america and it was spelt wrong with the i and they called it the same ever since.

Looks like thats wrong ^^

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/aluminium.htm

Both were used and one was just prefered over another at the time. No complicated conspircy theory, but it is british and if we say aluminium and we 'invented' it then we are right me thinks

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higenbs1 · 22-02-2006, 1:04 PM

People in my office often press the eCScape key, rather than the eSCape key. No wonder they have problems with their PCs

PoochJD · 22-02-2006, 1:19 PM

Hi,

Shall we move on, to the really fun stuff, like...

... Laboratory (Often said as laboratry or labratory)

... Lavatory (Again, people say lavutree or lavotoree)

And why is the name "Jeremiah" pronounced Je-ri-my-uh, yet "Nehemiah" is pronounced is "Nu-heem-ya"?!

Pooch

Mr.D · 22-02-2006, 1:41 PM

My cockney next door neighbour axed me once if when I next visited Ieaka to pick her up a pacific item she was arfter having.

Strangely enough this woman had no idea what a compass was . Not the word , not the instrument ...nothing . She had never encountered one or knew what one was . She was in her fifties. I assumed she didn't understand my accent but eventually my wife got through to her ; compass...not a glimmer!

lee789 · 22-02-2006, 3:52 PM

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Originally Posted by higenbs1

People in my office often press the eCScape key, rather than the eSCape key. No wonder they have problems with their PCs

That reminds me of those that say pespific (or something like that) instead of specific.

[edit] should read a thread in full before posting

**LV426** · 22-02-2006, 4:54 PM

How about the County town of Norfolk?

Norridge.

(as in (showing my age now): From Norridge - it's the quiz of the week.......)

JohnG · 22-02-2006, 5:07 PM

With John Benson on his organ

Mr.D · 22-02-2006, 5:17 PM

I remember seeing some short lived afternoon quiz show ( you know granny fodder).I forget the name but I think it was presented by Patrick Kealty (sp) .

I'm sitting there drinking my tea thinking how boring afternoon televison is . When Kealty turns to an old lady contestant and blurts out what sounds a lot like , "you're now playing.....******* Troll".

I immediately sit up , thinking to myself this is more like it!

After a few more twilight zone moments of unchecked daytime TV profanity towards other contestants I suddenly realised he was actually saying "you're now playing for control".

Strangely enough that quiz show didn't last very long. Can't believe they didn't have some complaints.

spocktra · 22-02-2006, 5:19 PM

While we are at it,what gives them the right to change spellings of words ,such as - color? gray? legalized? etc etc.Also what is the need to change a perfectly good verb like burgled to burglarized.Annoys me everytime i read such things.

lee789 · 22-02-2006, 5:24 PM

[quote=spocktra] like burgled to burglarized.[/quote]

Plus they can't even get that right burglarised...

shodan · 22-02-2006, 5:45 PM

Ohhh, I've got all manner of little things that people say that get right up my nose! (Although I probably have a few that annoy others too!).

Innit
D'ya get me
Isit

And my biggest pet hate....
Arks, instead of ask. Makes my blood boil!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KILL BREAK TWIST MURDER SNAP MAIM...........

hufartd · 22-02-2006, 5:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr.D

My cockney next door neighbour axed me once if when I next visited Ieaka to pick her up a pacific item she was arfter having.

Strangely enough this woman had no idea what a compass was . Not the word , not the instrument ...nothing . She had never encountered one or knew what one was . She was in her fifties. I assumed she didn't understand my accent but eventually my wife got through to her ; compass...not a glimmer!

I hope you pointed her in the right direction

Bristol Pete · 22-02-2006, 7:31 PM

On the subject of language, I have been researching Latin online of late and am amazed to see that hundreds and hundreds of words we use everyday are essentially latin in its exact form.

Cool.

Pete.

FruitBat · 22-02-2006, 8:38 PM

Another thing about sports presenters (I'm thinking Sky Sports news here), is that a lot of them speak as if they were suffering from very bad constipation.

hufartd · 22-02-2006, 9:00 PM

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Originally Posted by FruitBat

Another thing about sports presenters (I'm thinking Sky Sports news here), is that a lot of them speak as if they were suffering from very bad constipation.

Lee Majors based his whole acting career on that technique
and he admits it " deliver every line like I was doin a crap"