Taking of diction in a recent thread

[keg]

I have always pronounced this as it is but notice many people pronounce it "Mischevious". Who is right. It's a small thing I know.

[-Mongrel-]

Miss-cher-vuss

[keg]

_{Yup, that's how I would have pronounced it.}

[shaun4860]

me being a northener would pronounce it

 

Miss chee vious

 

[figgy]

As above, that's how the BBC presenters pronounce it so it must be right.

 

Figgy

[keg]

As above, that's how the BBC presenters pronounce it so it must be right.

 

Figgy

Not according to the OED and i'm a northerner too

[Amazed]

As Shaun.

[old rooster]

Interesting one..... according to the Oxford English Dictionary (New Edition-1979) it is spelt "mischievous" so the "i" after the "v" is not present.

 

Should render the pronunciation fairly obvious as: miss chiv us ?

[Frenchieboy]

Why not call it "trouble making" and saver all the pronounciation issues?

Edited November 6, 2013 by Teal

[Amazed]

Why not call it "trouble making" and saver all the pronounciation issues?

I was thinking of shortening it to chav.

[Sha Bu Le]

Interesting one..... according to the Oxford English Dictionary (New Edition-1979) it is spelt "mischievous" so the "i" after the "v" is not present.

 

Should render the pronunciation fairly obvious as: miss chiv us ?

As a northern person I would say you were almost correct, should it not be mis cheev us.

 

And why do southerners pronounce glass as glarrs and castle as carstle.

 

 

Tin hat on

Edited November 6, 2013 by Sha Bu Le

[Kes]

Because theres an excess or rrrrr's down south?

[-Mongrel-]

There's plenty of rrrrrses oop North too I hear.

[keg]

And Bath not Barth.

[-Mongrel-]

And Bath not Barth.

 

It would appear its because you's Northerners speak North American English, whereas down south we speak British English, innit!

 

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/bath_1

[keg]

Noo!, northern English is t'bath.