Assume v. Presume

[prpr]

I'm no fan of Brendan O'Carroll, particularly in this foul-mouthed role.

Some good news for a change: the Xmas/New Year specials for 2026 are cancelled. Hopefully it's permanent, but it sounds like it may not be.

 

[EEPhil]

Probably put on a repeat of last years to save a few quid.

 

[antipodean]

Some good news for a change: the Xmas/New Year specials for 2026 are cancelled. Hopefully it's permanent, but it sounds like it may not be.

I wonder how he got his broken jaw, did someone punch him?

 

[prpr]

a fancy dress shop.

Is that a dress shop that's fancy or a shop that has "fancy dress"? Or should it be "fancy-dress shop"? Or "fancy dress-shop"?
This is why I prefer "costume" as it's unambiguous. Presumably that's why David McKee wrote it like that too.

 

[EEPhil]

I'm not quite sure which channel and programme or continuity announcement but I definitely heard someone refer to a shtreet last night. This isn't Germany, where Straße is mainly pronounced shtrassa. Although I have also heard strassa - sometimes by the same speaker. Possibly "st" more common in Austria (and Switzerland?).

 

[Black Hole]

Shkoda

 

[Black Hole]

This is why I prefer "costume" as it's unambiguous.

Except I've never heard of a costume shop, or at least hadn't. I regard this as a language shift (Americanising?) same as 'train station'.

 

[EEPhil]

Shkoda

Not when I say it. Hyundai can get knotted as well. I'm not sure about Dacia. Porche: having spent some time trying to learn German I might just bend to their pronunciation.
I still can't work out how Marathon is pronounced Snickers.

 

[Black Hole]

Not when I say it. Hyundai can get knotted as well.

Yes.

 

[trog]

Farage should be pronounced like cabbage.

 

[HugeMaximum]

Shkoda

Snap...

Like Shkoda - in their advert... annoying! I'm still going to say it as 'Skoda'.

...11th August

 

[HugeMaximum]

Farage should be pronounced like cabbage.

Replace the r with a k, more like it.

 

[HugeMaximum]

I'm not quite sure which channel and programme or continuity announcement but I definitely heard someone refer to a shtreet last night. This isn't Germany, where Straße is mainly pronounced shtrassa. Although I have also heard strassa - sometimes by the same speaker. Possibly "st" more common in Austria (and Switzerland?).

There is an american (capitalisation intentional) 'thing' where a lot of them speak with their teeth clenched together and lips sort of moving at the same time... probably makes the 'sh' sound come out.

 

[EEPhil]

There is an american (capitalisation intentional) 'thing' where a lot of them speak with their teeth clenched together and lips sort of moving at the same time... probably makes the 'sh' sound come out.

Is it just an American thing? I've seen a so-call British so-called comedian who looks as though his teeth are clamped together when he talks. Then there are some of the upper-class twits who do the same. It is possible the (cough) comedian might "sh".