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So I’m constantly having arguments with the guys at work here about the pronunciation of the word castle.

I’ve always pronounced it car-sel, but everybody here pronounces it cass-el. It drives me mad! Am I in the wrong here? Surely not!

I also hate it when people pronounce off, “orf”.

 
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Man, my ex used to say cassel all the damn time. I think it’s a qld thing. Drives me nuts too

 
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Yep its a QLD thing!

Andy I think it would be a deal breaker for me!

My dad says sonny for SONY - kills me every time!

 
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Car-sel for me!!!!!

I think that the Yanks pronounce it the other way!!!!!

Although, if ya go by the dictionary it could very well be the Seppo way is the correct way?????

 
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My old mans a Pom, he says Cast-L. He grew up in the motherland of the English language. smile

 
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Is your old man from the north of England, Azz?

From what I can gather, some of the northerners say it cassel.

It’s weird that you guys say it’s a QLD thing. I was sure it must be a VIC thing.  confused

 
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You should hear the arguments Michelle and I have over pronunciation. Silly Canadians. teacherboy

Car-sel for me too.

 
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ozgirl - 12 October 2012 04:16 AM

Andy I think it would be a deal breaker for me!

It is quite funny what actually does or does not end up as a deal breaker. Pretty sure on the right person you’d let that one slide…

 
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Michelle says Nissan like knee-sarn. It’s ridiculous. LOL

 
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Hahahaha. That’s funny as.

Although I have to say, my brother is married to a Canadian, and she now pronounces some words in the Australian way (struggling to think of an example) and it actually sounds weird hearing her say it like that.

 
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Car-Sel for me.

anyone pronounce Hyundai as Hun-Day? Like in the Kanye song - Golddigger?

 
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Michelle called me when I was out shopping one evening and asked me to bring home tomato sauce for what she was cooking that night. I thought it was a weird ingredient to be cooking with and also thought we already had some in the fridge, but none the less I decided to buy her a bottle of tomato sauce. I get home, empty the shopping bags and give her the bottle of sauce. “Why did you buy that? We have a bottle in the fridge” she tells me. I carefully remind her about her request for tomato sauce. “No, that’s ketchup you idiot. I need sauce for pasta” she say. “Ohhhh you mean PASTA SAUCE…” I concluded. Mind you, this happened in Australia and she is well aware of what I call tomato sauce.

rolleyes

 
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Our pasta didn’t taste very good that night.  hmmm

 
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Hahahaha jez LOL

Car-sel for me!

 
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rider26 - 12 October 2012 05:36 AM

Michelle called me when I was out shopping one evening and asked me to bring home tomato sauce for what she was cooking that night. I thought it was a weird ingredient to be cooking with and also thought we already had some in the fridge, but none the less I decided to buy her a bottle of tomato sauce. I get home, empty the shopping bags and give her the bottle of sauce. “Why did you buy that? We have a bottle in the fridge” she tells me. I carefully remind her about her request for tomato sauce. “No, that’s ketchup you idiot. I need sauce for pasta” she say. “Ohhhh you mean PASTA SAUCE…” I concluded. Mind you, this happened in Australia and she is well aware of what I call tomato sauce.

rolleyes

Priceless!

 
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rider26 - 12 October 2012 05:38 AM

Our pasta didn’t taste very good that night.  hmmm

Much like chewin on fast eddie’s head I guess?????