I hope you will think this is as funny as I do! My son and I saw this on TV and thought it was hilarious.
By the way, it seems that they have the Snickers bars with words on them in this country now but I showed them to you on my blog first! Richard brought the chocolate bars back from England. See the important things I let you all know about?
Stay tuned! (Just make sure you pronounce your words correctly.)
I saw that commercial, too, which is rare for me because I so seldom watch regular TV. Ahmend. My son and I argue all the time about the correct way to pronounce certain words.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Hey Janie! I am married to a Brit, we just had our 35th wedding anniversary and after all this time, we STILL have times we don't understand each other! How do you say "Worcestershire"? I try NOT to say it! HA!
DeletePronunciation and grammar mistakes are pet peeves of mine. I sit and correct the television under my breath constantly. I suppose the worst are those who speak for a living like newscasters and public speakers. How can they expect to be taken seriously when they cannot even speak correctly?
ReplyDeleteHave you noticed the death of the adverb? Drive "safe" is what I hear all the time, not drive "safely". This is a biggie for me, drives me crazy!! And as you say, it is often newscasters and public speakers!
DeleteI'm going to have to check to see if we have Snickers bars with words on them now in Canada. To the Batmobile!
ReplyDeleteYes! Be sure to check that out now, after all, these things are so important!
DeleteThere are so many words that irk people when pronounced incorrectly or even correctly. I came home from Canada pronouncing Quebec as kebec. My kids laughed saying it has a u in it and should be pronounced. Ah well... I tried.
ReplyDeleteOh, but if you say Ke-bec, that is the way that they would say it there, since that is the French pronunciation, right?
DeleteI think so anyway, I always try to see how others are saying things around me before I attempt to speak! :-)
One can have a lot of fun with language, but it can also be really irritating to hear words used or pronounced incorrectly, or see them spelled wrongly.
ReplyDeleteLike Emma said above, I correct people on TV :-)
Why just today, the newscaster said "O-Conn-ee" county instead of "Oh-CONE-NEE" county and how hard would it have been for her to have checked that out?
DeleteThis is my favorite candy bar. I have laughed about the names on them. Some words would absolutely become tongue twisters for my mother. Blessings, hope all is well in your beautiful state, xoxo, Susie
ReplyDeleteSnickers is my husband's favorite and it is gluten free! He brought me back my favorite (Mars bar which is like our Milky Way) but that one didn't have those funny words!
DeleteTake care, sweet Susie in your beautiful state! xx
That is funny, i sometimes wonder where people learned to speak a certain way and why. Have a great Monday!
ReplyDeleteFunny thing, I think I might pronounce almond more the way that the guy who says "ah-mend"...after, all I am Southern!
DeleteMonday morning and I'm out blog walking and found my way here. Always nice to meet a new blogger. Monday morning, perfect start with a good laugh. I'm not a candy bar fan. Eat one or two a year, but snickers is usually one of them. Hope you had a good wkend.
ReplyDeleteHello Sandy!
DeleteSo happy you found me while you were blog walking! I can't eat that much chocolate these days either but hey, if someone brings me some from England, well, I must be polite, right?
Thanks very much for your comment!
It is funny and often irksome to listen to the ways people speak. It makes me wonder if I'm in the wrong or they are. Seems like all of us went to school and somehow did not learn the same things. Very Interesting about the Snickers bars. I haven't seen any of those here. Yet anyway!
ReplyDeleteHa! I have lived in different parts of Georgia and am amazed at the differences from region to region! I thought the words on the bars were amusing. I like to giggle. :-)
DeleteOMG. I need the candy bars with “numpty” on them in my life. This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteTickled my funnybone!
DeleteThe Cambridge dictionary says in the UK the "l" is silent and in the US it is pronounced. I can't remember how I pronounce it after reading this. But I think, with a silent "l". The bars with words on them are so funny! I try not to overreact, even when hungry!
ReplyDeleteMe, I try not to say it! That doesn't surprise me, that it is one way in the UK and the other way in the US, being married to a Brit, that sounds about right! :-)
DeleteWell, that raised a giggle Kay - thank you. Tomahtoe/tomaytoe etc!
ReplyDeleteAnd guess what, I pronounce it "Tuh-mate-uh"!
DeletePotato is "puh-tah-uh". My poor proper English husband!
It's ages since I've had a Snickers. I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate...and if buy are choc bar...I always reach for a Cherry Ripe. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThey're easy to pronounce correctly, too! :)
https://www.cadbury.com.au/products/chocolate-bars/cherry-ripe-bar.aspx
Wow, you have kangaroos AND Cherry Ripe bars!! LUCKY!
DeleteI have never heard of a Cherry Ripe so I thank you for more educating me on the good chocolate you have in the Land of Oz!
I seem to remember it being called something else years ago in the UK, probably Marathon. What I have noticed is all the chocolate reducing to half the size it used to be but still the same price. I've also thought a ship carrying all the U's from the UK to the USA must have sank in the Atlantic as you only seem to use half the U's we do. Color, Harbour, etc :o)
ReplyDeleteMaybe my son and I thought this was so funny since we have a Brit in the house and C. and I have always had to watch the way we say our words! Also, you say "chocolate" bar and Americans say "candy" bar. Not sure why this is so, but it is!
DeleteAnother thing, our Milky Way is the same as your Mars bar...well, it is SUPPOSED to be the same, I am telling you, your chocolate is better! Also, I noticed the same as you, your chocolate bars are smaller now. Doggone it, why is that? I don't ask for much in life! :-)
I have resigned from the grammar police. As for pronunciation, there are so many words in Britain pronounced in different ways that correcting them would be an impossible task.
ReplyDeleteI don't correct anyone really but sometimes I do feel like that guy throwing himself out of the car! :-)
DeleteThanks for the commercial. I started watching other funny commercials afterwards. I had a good laugh at some of them so thank you for that. Never knew about the name changes on Snickers. What a hoot!
ReplyDeleteI do like funny things, we need to laugh as much as we can! Glad to help you do that!
DeleteI love Butterfinger candy bars, but only if they're very fresh so that they just kind of melt as you bite into them. :)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from South Carolina!
Hey Jennifer!
DeleteThanks for your comment! That fresh melt in your mouth Butterfinger sounds good.
And hey, you are just over in South Carolina! You must talk like me! :-)