Ekona Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What the hell is hyper-foreignism??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What the hell is hyper-foreignism??!! Pronouncing foreign words wrong :S According to wiki. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_Steady Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Hyper-foreignism is saying lasagne like an Italian, because if you didn't, I wouldn't understand what you were talking about The whole sentence is said with an English accent apart from the word "lasagne". Before laying the LAZAAAAAANIA on the bottom of the pan make sure that the LAZAAAAANIA is evenly spaced before pouring your cheese source over the LAZAAAAAANIA! Edited April 14, 2015 by Rock_Steady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 :lol: Like bruschetta is actually brusketta. I never knew that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenLandy Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 On the grammar front: people who can't distinguish between less and fewer and also, most infuriating for me is when people say 'for free'! Drives me up the wall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 :lol: Like bruschetta is actually brusketta. I never knew that As Micky Flannigan said, its £6.50 for tomato on toast i dont give a .... how its pronounced 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I just love the signs above cash machines that say "free cash" ........ well ok then, lets have it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodder Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 loads of McDonalds debris I must admit It really boils my p$$$ when your sat in a macdonalds car park and rubbish is deposited out the car window when a bin is never more than 10 yards away Not too long ago I was contemplating the next big thing - in the pub which is where I normally contemplate such things and may have some bearing on my idea to resolve such issue. Cartons, bags etc that fast food chains use are all barcoded and scanned in at POS when either the cars registration (if drive through) or debit card details are recorded as part of the transaction. When the said debris is found it is scanned and the offenders are fined the £1000 or whatever it is. I know there are issues with this plan as I say it was a pub idea but it's a start Don't get me started on dog mess, it bugs the hell out of me and makes the vast majority of good dog owners guilty by association. It's not the dogs fault but a bad owner so please remember that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What the hell is hyper-foreignism??!! Pronouncing foreign words wrong :S According to wiki. Wrongly - adverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What the hell is hyper-foreignism??!! Pronouncing foreign words wrong :S According to wiki. Mange tout Matt, mange tout... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 On the grammar front: people who can't distinguish between less and fewer and also, most infuriating for me is when people say 'for free'! Drives me up the wall. The fewer said about people like that the better in my book! Have to say though I am not keen on people driving up walls... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hyper-foreignism is saying lasagne like an Italian, because if you didn't, I wouldn't understand what you were talking about The whole sentence is said with an English accent apart from the word "lasagne". Before laying the LAZAAAAAANIA on the bottom of the pan make sure that the LAZAAAAANIA is evenly spaced before pouring your cheese source over the LAZAAAAAANIA! Makes me chuckle when footy commentators say foreign players names in a foreign accent Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What the hell is hyper-foreignism??!! Pronouncing foreign words wrong :S According to wiki. Wrongly - adverb Just thought of a good one! "According to wiki" Could be grouped with "According to FaceBook" "According to Twitter" "According to Jeremy Kyle" Etc etc I would say put Jeremy Kyle in but letting Mary watch it means I can watch my shows in peace Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I bags the Rowing boat. They look fantastic planted up, would look great, artistically displayed on my front lawn. The hole saves me building in drainage. Are you offering free delivery ? :lol: They must have had a good chuckle about it when I phoned up Flintshire County Council. Usually, they take 3 or 4 days to come and clear up but they sent someone with a trailer within an hour Pete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I'd been blissfully ignorant of the hyper foreign thing until reading this thread but I may have a problem with it because now I don't know how to pronounce foreign words when speaking English. Incidentally, should English have a capital letter? I've been learning Spanish (similar question!!) for a long time now and they have different rules altogether about capital letters when referring to countries and I have forgotten how to use my native tongue to some degree To get back to the original point - should we all start saying "Bonn-jewerrr mon-sewer?" and the like? I've got a language degree and I'd feel really stupid if I anglicised every foreign word. Hopefully, I'll never meet you in real life RockSteady or you might me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) I had one of those young 'down with the kids' trendy lecturers at uni'. He pronounced everything in his normal accent except South American countries, for which he put on a sort of heavy Spanish accent - so instead of Guatemala you got 'Whhhhatemala'. Still bugs me now 20 years later. Idiot. Edited April 15, 2015 by sipar69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_Steady Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) I'd been blissfully ignorant of the hyper foreign thing until reading this thread but I may have a problem with it because now I don't know how to pronounce foreign words when speaking English. Incidentally, should English have a capital letter? I've been learning Spanish (similar question!!) for a long time now and they have different rules altogether about capital letters when referring to countries and I have forgotten how to use my native tongue to some degree To get back to the original point - should we all start saying "Bonn-jewerrr mon-sewer?" and the like? I've got a language degree and I'd feel really stupid if I anglicised every foreign word. Hopefully, I'll never meet you in real life RockSteady or you might me I get your point. I just feel it's unnecessary to say spaghetti with an Italian accent or transferring the stress to a different syllable so it sounds like how a non-native might say it. Some words are acceptable such as "garage" i.e. for lack of phonemes, garidge ( as an brit might say it ) or gararsh ( like a French person might say it ) After all it is a French word that is used in English. But I wouldn't say i'm going to "Pari" for the weekend instead of Paris. That is hyper-foreignism and it's just not necessary. So in it goes to Room 101 ( rock_steady pokes it in with a long pointy stick ) get in there you! Of course, if you're learning Spanish and you are going to speak Spanish then the vowel sounds are different and some effort is required in order to pronounce it as a Spanish person would, but to mix and match your pronunciation when a word isn't native to the English language just sounds a bit silly IMO. so there !! Edited April 15, 2015 by Rock_Steady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) You might not need to punch me then because whilst I say 'garaje' I definitely don't go to Gay Paree! Phew, I can come out of hiding now Edited April 15, 2015 by twobears 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenLandy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 It is 'garaje' though, not flipping 'garidge' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I'd been blissfully ignorant of the hyper foreign thing until reading this thread but I may have a problem with it because now I don't know how to pronounce foreign words when speaking English. Incidentally, should English have a capital letter? I've been learning Spanish (similar question!!) for a long time now and they have different rules altogether about capital letters when referring to countries and I have forgotten how to use my native tongue to some degree To get back to the original point - should we all start saying "Bonn-jewerrr mon-sewer?" and the like? I've got a language degree and I'd feel really stupid if I anglicised every foreign word. Hopefully, I'll never meet you in real life RockSteady or you might me I get your point. I just feel it's unnecessary to say spaghetti with an Italian accent or transferring the stress to a different syllable so it sounds like how a non-native might say it. Some words are acceptable such as "garage" i.e. for lack of phonemes, garidge ( as an brit might say it ) or gararsh ( like a French person might say it ) After all it is a French word that is used in English. But I wouldn't say i'm going to "Pari" for the weekend instead of Paris. That is hyper-foreignism and it's just not necessary. So in it goes to Room 101 ( rock_steady pokes it in with a long pointy stick ) get in there you! Of course, if you're learning Spanish and you are going to speak Spanish then the vowel sounds are different and some effort is required in order to pronounce it as a Spanish person would, but to mix and match your pronunciation when a word isn't native to the English language just sounds a bit silly IMO. so there !! My Wife and I met my dad in Mexico for a holiday last year, and each night in the different restaurants he always had to pronounce his order in the restaurant-theme's accent (Italian, French etc). It was so embarrassing! My wife would be kicking me under the table whenever he was doing it as she HATES it. It is 'garaje' though, not flipping 'garidge' WRONG. It's definitely garidge up my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Only the wrong would say garaje. Garidge FTMFW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) But is it scowne or scon Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited April 15, 2015 by spursmaddave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Fastest bun in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Fastest bun in the world. noooo !!!! the fastest bun in the world would be the gee jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Dafuq is a gee jump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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