WhatAboutTheFinish Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, sidcow said: What's the heaviest? A quarter pound of lead or a kwawah paahnd of feathers? Surely your mean fevvers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 52 minutes ago, Genie said: Are we still doing the quarter thing? FWIW, its absolutely blown my mind 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, bobzy said: FWIW, its absolutely blown my mind Same, I never once even considered an alternative was a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I’ve also got images of cod’s riding scooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2021 This is the best thing I've started since wallet-gate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Ingram85 said: God save the keen? I am eating k-weesh for dinner. There's a nice restaurant down at the k-wee. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: I am eating k-weesh for dinner. There's a nice restaurant down at the k-wee. Yeah but K-eesh is correct K-orter is incorrect 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 15, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2021 Google never lies 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I am eating k-weesh for dinner. There's a nice restaurant down at the k-wee. Hmmmm, kite the conundrum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Designer1 Posted October 15, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2021 For the record, I have never in my 50 years heard anyone pronounce it 'korter'. 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genie Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Google never lies apart from in its tax returns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 39 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I am eating k-weesh for dinner. There's a nice restaurant down at the k-wee. Aren’t they (generally) words taken from other languages, though? Quiche is almost certainly not “English”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, bobzy said: Aren’t they (generally) words taken from other languages, though? Quiche is almost certainly not “English”. Neither is quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 15, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, bobzy said: Aren’t they (generally) words taken from other languages, though? Quiche is almost certainly not “English”. Very few words in the English Language originate as English Quarter is directly from the French which in turn gets it from Latin. Quiche on the other hand comes from the German Kuchen (cake) and I don't think the Germans have a Kw sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ingram85 Posted October 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) I was in post office yesterday and stood in the k for ages before I got to the front. waiting for someone to say ‘you don’t pronounce queue with a kw’ Edited October 15, 2021 by Ingram85 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 33 minutes ago, bickster said: Very few words in the English Language originate as English Quarter is directly from the French which in turn gets it from Latin. Quiche on the other hand comes from the German Kuchen (cake) and I don't think the Germans have a Kw sound Yes, true - although Qu in Latin is surely “Kw”? Do those who say “corter” also say “headcorters”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 15, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, bobzy said: Yes, true - although Qu in Latin is surely “Kw”? I'm not disagreeing with you, I was explaining that the difference in sounds between quarter and quiche stems from their origins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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