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Title: I have a very important question...
Post by: Janszoon on Feb 15, 2024, 09:25 PM
How do you pronounce Dua Lipa?

Seriously, it's killing me.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: FETCHER. on Feb 15, 2024, 09:28 PM
Dua like Jew-ah and Lipa like leep-ah 😂
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Janszoon on Feb 15, 2024, 09:34 PM
Jew-ah leep-ah? That's not what I was expecting at all!
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: FETCHER. on Feb 15, 2024, 09:41 PM
Quote from: Janszoon on Feb 15, 2024, 09:34 PMJew-ah leep-ah? That's not what I was expecting at all!

Yeah that's how I pronounce it, there's no difference in my accent of dew-ah/jew-ah so not sure if that's how it's pronounced over where you are 🙈
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: jimmy jazz on Feb 15, 2024, 09:50 PM
It's Doo-a like Scooby Doo.

She's told me this herself.

Obviously Leep-a like a leap year 🏃

She also answers it here:


She also shows her feet, if you're one of them guys.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: FETCHER. on Feb 15, 2024, 10:58 PM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Feb 15, 2024, 09:50 PMIt's Doo-a like Scooby Doo.

She's told me this herself.

Obviously Leep-a like a leap year 🏃

She also answers it here:


She also shows her feet, if you're one of them guys.

😂😂 damn I've been pronouncing it wrong then. I swear everyone here says Jew-ah but we can't pronounce Karl either so there's that.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Guybrush on Feb 15, 2024, 10:59 PM
Wow, I get it now.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Janszoon on Feb 15, 2024, 11:04 PM
Quote from: FETCHER. on Feb 15, 2024, 10:58 PM😂😂 damn I've been pronouncing it wrong then. I swear everyone here says Jew-ah but we can't pronounce Karl either so there's that.

 :laughing:  How do you pronounce Karl?
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: jimmy jazz on Feb 15, 2024, 11:04 PM
Quote from: FETCHER. on Feb 15, 2024, 10:58 PM😂😂 damn I've been pronouncing it wrong then. I swear everyone here says Jew-ah but we can't pronounce Karl either so there's that.

Do you say Carroll for Karl?

Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: jimmy jazz on Feb 15, 2024, 11:06 PM
Quote from: Guybrush on Feb 15, 2024, 10:59 PMWow, I get it now.

I assume you mean, you get why I'm obsessed with her?  8)
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Guybrush on Feb 15, 2024, 11:14 PM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Feb 15, 2024, 11:06 PMI assume you mean, you get why I'm obsessed with her?  8)

Yes. She is wonderful 👌
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: FETCHER. on Feb 16, 2024, 12:03 AM
Quote from: Janszoon on Feb 15, 2024, 11:04 PM:laughing:  How do you pronounce Karl?

Yeah Jimmy's right, it's pronounced like the ladies name Carol 😂. There is not a single Scottish person that can say the male name Karl 🫣

Edit: I thought you were making a statement not asking a question sorry Jimmy. Yes like Carol, if I try an English accent and shout KAL I could probably get away with it
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 12:09 AM
Quote from: FETCHER. on Feb 16, 2024, 12:03 AMYeah Jimmy's right, it's pronounced like the ladies name Carol 😂. There is not a single Scottish person that can say the male name Karl 🫣

Edit: I thought you were making a statement not asking a question sorry Jimmy. Yes like Carol, if I try an English accent and shout KAL I could probably get away with it

Yeah I was just asking but I could imagine it and was pretty sure that's how it'd sound. I think you are near Glasgow aren't you? I can imagine that heavy Glaswegian accent  8)

Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: FETCHER. on Feb 16, 2024, 12:38 AM
Yeah I'm not too far from Glasgow, I have a similar accent to the Still Game cast but I'm not an old man 😂

Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Mindy on Feb 16, 2024, 06:49 AM
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Janszoon on Feb 16, 2024, 02:28 PM
Quote from: FETCHER. on Feb 16, 2024, 12:03 AMYeah Jimmy's right, it's pronounced like the ladies name Carol 😂. There is not a single Scottish person that can say the male name Karl 🫣

That's funny, hard for me to imagine how they could sound the same. At least it's not as bad as Andrew Lincoln where he's doing an American accent. "CORAL!"
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 04:05 PM
Not quite the same but my granddad is from Belfast and would pronounce film like 'fillum'.

I am familiar with the Weegie accent so could guess what it would sound like.

Americans pronounce squirrel as squirl and mirror as meer?
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Janszoon on Feb 16, 2024, 06:23 PM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 04:05 PMAmericans pronounce squirrel as squirl and mirror as meer?

Depends where you are. I think "meer" is a midwestern thing, not sure about "squirl". I pronounce both words with two syllables.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: FETCHER. on Feb 16, 2024, 06:45 PM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 04:05 PMNot quite the same but my granddad is from Belfast and would pronounce film like 'fillum'.

I am familiar with the Weegie accent so could guess what it would sound like.

Yeah there's lots of similarities, we say fillum as well 😂. Northern and southern Irish accents are far superior though 😆
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Lexi Darling on Feb 16, 2024, 08:09 PM
Quote from: Janszoon on Feb 16, 2024, 06:23 PMDepends where you are. I think "meer" is a midwestern thing, not sure about "squirl". I pronounce both words with two syllables.

Yeah, Midwesterner here and "meer" is common. Though one of my regular acquaintances says that too and he was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, so yeah I dunno.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Marie Monday on Feb 16, 2024, 09:28 PM
Interesting, in Holland some people also do the extra syllable thing in a very similar way
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 09:44 PM
Quote from: Janszoon on Feb 16, 2024, 06:23 PMDepends where you are. I think "meer" is a midwestern thing, not sure about "squirl". I pronounce both words with two syllables.

The girl I know who says it is from Michigan.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 09:46 PM
Quote from: Marie Monday on Feb 16, 2024, 09:28 PMInteresting, in Holland some people also do the extra syllable thing in a very similar way


Been meaning to show you this.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Janszoon on Feb 16, 2024, 09:50 PM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 09:44 PMThe girl I know who says it is from Michigan.

Michigan is in the midwest, so that tracks.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Guybrush on Feb 17, 2024, 12:22 AM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 09:46 PM

Been meaning to show you this.

Thoughts?

That's funny.

This is how we think of the Dutch in Norway.

Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: degrassi.knoll on Feb 17, 2024, 03:12 AM
I give mirror two syllables but I am guilty of pronouncing squirrel with one. Crayon gets two as well, but not orange. Caramel gets two or three depending on the context.

My grandma would say "roof" like "rough" and "soot" like "sut." She also called lunch dinner and dinner supper.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Marie Monday on Feb 17, 2024, 11:59 AM
I can confirm that those videos are an accurate reflection of the Dutch spirit
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: SGR on Feb 21, 2024, 10:01 PM
Quote from: degrassi.knoll on Feb 17, 2024, 03:12 AMShe also called lunch dinner and dinner supper.

My grandmother used to do the same thing. I figured it was because she came from a time of such poverty, that dinner was never guaranteed, so by calling lunch "dinner", it was a psychological defense mechanism. If supper actually happened, it was a time to count your blessings.
Title: Re: I have a very important question...
Post by: Lisnaholic on Feb 21, 2024, 10:32 PM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Feb 16, 2024, 04:05 PMAmericans pronounce squirrel as squirl and mirror as meer?

Actually, the correct American pronunciation is "meerOWnupmirrAAHH" :-