question to brits

[manwith10toes]

now im not trying to make fun of the way you blokes talk but i have a quick question .

i was watching a nature show with a British women
they were talking about turtles and using its more common name tortoise
but when she pronounced it , she said it like Ter-toyse.
i was like wtf?

do people from Britain really pronounce tortoise ter-toyse?

[Fluffy-The-Bunny]

Don't know some people have a more "strong" accent than others. Depends what part of England they are from.

[edhe]

I pronounce it "tortus".
But then I'm from Norfolk, and we have loads of weird ways to pronouce words.

[ZeroAsALimit]

At 1/26/07 05:24 PM, manwith10toes wrote: do people from Britain really pronounce tortoise ter-toyse?

Not in Glasgow.

[Funky-F15]

At 2/5/07 05:10 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote:

At 1/26/07 05:24 PM, manwith10toes wrote: do people from Britain really pronounce tortoise ter-toyse?

Not in Glasgow.

nah were to busy being drunk to talk

[AlphaCentauri]

Haha, they cant even speak there own language.

[Champigne]

I hale from Naptown, and here we call it a turdle .

[Lost-Chances]

At 2/5/07 05:11 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: Haha, they cant even speak there own language.

What the fuck is an accent? Please remind me, I forget a lot.

[EvilJesus]

At 1/26/07 05:25 PM, Fluffy-The-Bunny wrote: Don't know some people have a more "strong" accent than others. Depends what part of England they are from.

Its the UK you fucking fuck fuck tard, FUCK YOU

btw it depends

[Fim]

tor-toise =S

The UK is pretty vast and densley populated, we have a large selection of weird and wonderful accents and ways of pronouncing the word tortoise.

[The-evil-bucket]

And you think it's not weird that you pronounce it "tor-tise"?

[simon]

Tor-toys.

[CatchIt]

At 2/5/07 05:11 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote: Haha, they cant even speak there own language.

*their.

P.S. shut up.

[edhe]

Well in Welsh, it's "Crwban", and I have no idea how to pronounce that.

If only there was a welsh user on this thread...

[Polymorphism]

Most definitely not. Especially where I come from, as far as I know we all pronounce them as 'tor-tuhs.'

[TheMaster]

Tor-tus.

[Dezimo]

At 1/26/07 05:24 PM, manwith10toes wrote: now im not trying to make fun of the way you blokes talk but i have a quick question .

i was watching a nature show with a British women
they were talking about turtles and using its more common name tortoise
but when she pronounced it , she said it like Ter-toyse.
i was like wtf?

do people from Britain really pronounce tortoise ter-toyse?

turtles and tortoises are completly different, and there is more than 1 british accent.

[InsertFunnyUserName]

It's because she had an accent.

[Funkchiken]

So, do all Americans say stuff like “ya’ll” instead of “you all”?

[Snakemaster-13]

At 2/5/07 06:34 PM, Funkchiken wrote: So, do all Americans say stuff like “ya’ll” instead of “you all”?

Actually, that's something they do down in the southern US.

[njay01]

well i don't, dunno about anybody else

[BananaBreadMuffin]

tor-tuss i guess

[zzzzd]

ter-toyse sounds like how a scouser or an irshman would prounonce it,

[zzzzd]

At 2/5/07 06:41 PM, MickTheChampion wrote:

At 2/5/07 05:10 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote:

At 1/26/07 05:24 PM, manwith10toes wrote: do people from Britain really pronounce tortoise ter-toyse?

Not in Glasgow.

Only huns consider themselves Brits in Glasgow.

Stop with your pathetic anglophobia, It's boring mate.

[FatxEthiopian]

At 2/6/07 04:51 AM, zzzzd wrote:

At 2/5/07 06:41 PM, MickTheChampion wrote:

At 2/5/07 05:10 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote:

At 1/26/07 05:24 PM, manwith10toes wrote: do people from Britain really pronounce tortoise ter-toyse?

Not in Glasgow.

Only huns consider themselves Brits in Glasgow.

Stop with your pathetic anglophobia, It's boring mate.

I hear the UK is pretty fucking racist in general.
Even worse than the states.

[Krum]

I'm Scottish - and I still pronounce it as "Tor-toys"

[Sir-S-Of-TURBO]

Skildpadde.

The underlined one is not prenounced.

Mmm Denmark ^_^

[Lopas1]

British is a wierd language...

I've always pronounced it to-toys. They just have a strange accent.

And yes, as already pointed out, turtles are completely different to tortoises.

[Shuko]

A tortoise is completely different from a turtle, and both are different from terrapins. I think people have lost the real important issue here. =3

I also have a question for the brits. In what part of Britain would you find a "cockney" accent, perchance?