Is it Champion - chip, or is it Champion - ship?

**pritch** · 12th May 2014, 19:17

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Then there is the perennial "woman's" versus "women's".

My pets are imply and infer, it seems to be about fifty fifty whether or not they'll be used correctly.

One that would have had an error rate approaching 100% where I was employed was using "incidence" when they meant "incidents".
And they all had degrees?

**pritch** · 12th May 2014, 19:27

I can't reproduce the photo but here is the text of a clothing ad posted on Twitter by the Guardian Style Guide.

"Hundred's of dresses, from Maxi's to mini's, pencil's to skater's,
find amazing savings on dresses right now."

**Maha** · 12th May 2014, 20:18

Is there any 'Ch' word that sounds the Ch as shhhhhh? if not, then it can only be Champion - chip, as in Potato.

Christchurch uses the Ch with two different sounds within the one word, but not a shhhhh sound.

**Ocean1** · 12th May 2014, 20:22

I rarely hear chimney pronounced other than "chimley".

I try not to let it worry me.

**Grumph** · 12th May 2014, 20:30

Originally Posted by Ocean1

I rarely hear chimney pronounced other than "chimley".

I try not to let it worry me.

post quakes, down here it's pronounced "fucked chimbley"

**pritch** · 12th May 2014, 20:53

To feign polite interest you could always aks if their chimbley was fucked?

**neels** · 12th May 2014, 21:18

Originally Posted by pritch

To feign polite interest you could always aks if their muthafuckin' chimbley was fucked bro?

Fixxed that 4 u

**Hitcher** · 12th May 2014, 21:57

What a great thread. The BDOTGNZA's nipples have hardened.

**scracha** · 13th May 2014, 06:24

Originally Posted by Hitcher

there are different pronunciations for "pair", "peer", "pare" and "pear".

Not with a dodgy Kiwi accent there isn't.

**slofox** · 13th May 2014, 07:52

Originally Posted by Maha

Is there any 'Ch' word that sounds the Ch as shhhhhh?

Yep. "Charade" for one.

**avgas** · 13th May 2014, 07:54

Embrace your new Chinese overlords and abandon your prior British slave drivers.
From now on its either Qampionship or Qampionqip

**pritch** · 13th May 2014, 10:25

Originally Posted by avgas

Embrace your new Chinese overlords and abandon your prior British slave drivers.
From now on its either Qampionship or Qampionqip

Qit! Really?

**slofox** · 13th May 2014, 11:34

Originally Posted by avgas

Embrace your new Chinese overlords and abandon your prior British slave drivers.
From now on its either Qampionship or Qampionqip

Arrrr, so, light you rah.

**Edbear** · 13th May 2014, 12:07

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Mispronunciations will be the death of the Brave Defenders. Too often we hear of people being "ear lifted", not to mention those who don't know or realise that there are different pronunciations for "pair", "peer", "pare" and "pear".

Then there is the perennial "woman's" versus "women's".

And then there are Australian rugby commentators. Gahh! Thud.

There, their, they're, it's all okay...