Off Topic » A question about English English

Last night, my wife and I were watching one of those British Reality TV shows where the competitors were building ceramics (i.e., pottery). In this episode, 4 female amateur potters were tasked with building urinals. Now, being female and obviously never worked as a janitor, the opening area of the resulting urinals were rather small and there was too much other surface area. In any case, the primary reason for my posting is the pronunciation of urinal. Here in America, the land of proper English, urinal is pronounced UR-i-NAL. In this TV show, the cast pronounced urinal as U-RYE-NAL. Is that really how the folks in the UK say it?

Thank heavens, urine is caustic, otherwise you guys would be running to the Al-U-MINI-um U-RYE-NAL after each warn pint.......

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #4

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you-rye-nall rhyming with ball, just for clarity

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #4

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #3

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Thank heavens, urine is caustic, otherwise you guys would be running to the Al-U-MINI-um U-RYE-NAL after each warn pint.......

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aloo-min-eeum emphasis on the last syllable as in Latin

you-rye-nall rhyming with ball, just for clarity

what's a warn pint? Is that like an Abbaye beer at 11% ABV?

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I just love how British humor can do play on words to say naughty things without being censored…knowing that the words have sinister meanings in other English speaking countries.

Are You Being Served was notorious for this.

Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #8

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I just love how British humor can do play on words to say naughty things without being censored…knowing that the words have sinister meanings in other English speaking countries.

Are You Being Served was notorious for this.

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #9

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Growing up, the local teachers' college had an exchange program with a college in Nottingham. The college students got to experience a different culture, the teacher's college got players for its Soccer team (NCAA division Dwarf national champs for a year or two), and the kids in the local public schools got a rotation of funny-speaking student teachers.

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #9

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Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #8

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I just love how British humor can do play on words to say naughty things without being censored…knowing that the words have sinister meanings in other English speaking countries.

Are You Being Served was notorious for this.

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Growing up, the local teachers' college had an exchange program with a college in Nottingham. The college students got to experience a different culture, the teacher's college got players for its Soccer team (NCAA division Dwarf national champs for a year or two), and the kids in the local public schools got a rotation of funny-speaking student teachers. There was always something odd to learn from these somewhat English-speaking visitors. For weeks we entertained ourselves by asking to borrow each other's erasers.

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I went to a comprehensive school
(just wanted to point that out)
On the subject of English English, this is pure nonsense. There is only one English and it would be redundant to name it twice. There are some variations introduced in foreign parts and these can be referred to as American English" or some such. But the original lives on.

Zitat von Becksy im Beitrag #11

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #9

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Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #8

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I just love how British humor can do play on words to say naughty things without being censored…knowing that the words have sinister meanings in other English speaking countries.

Are You Being Served was notorious for this.

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Growing up, the local teachers' college had an exchange program with a college in Nottingham. The college students got to experience a different culture, the teacher's college got players for its Soccer team (NCAA division Dwarf national champs for a year or two), and the kids in the local public schools got a rotation of funny-speaking student teachers. There was always something odd to learn from these somewhat English-speaking visitors. For weeks we entertained ourselves by asking to borrow each other's erasers.

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These English speaking visitors you mention. Do you mean English visitors…..?

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