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How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 3:29 pm
by andrewW
.....Grimace?

There are some conflicting views in my family :o Is it as 'grim-ace' as in sim or 'grime-ace' as in time :?

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 3:37 pm
by frimo
It's grim-ace, only know that as it's what my Dad used to do before he died due to a stroke. The doctors and nurses used to say it to us when they thought he was in pain. Hope that helps ;)

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 3:47 pm
by andrewW
One for grim then! :)

Both my wife from Yorkshire and me from Nottinghamshire say grime ;)

Sorry about your Dad btw.

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 3:51 pm
by Mitre
grim as sim london
but we say bath as barth

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 4:03 pm
by andrewW
My maternal grandmother used to say fart as in cooking fart :oops:

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 4:37 pm
by Fonefixer
cooking fart???? ohhhhh! cooking FAT!!!! :D was she from the west country by any chance?

Im my view its grim as in....erm.... tin

and ace..... as in....erm.... ace.

Think yourself lucky you dont speak Arabic! an "a" is pronounced as such, but "aa" is pronounced as in "e"

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 7:04 pm
by andrewW
AFAIK Granny was also from Nottinghamshire :D

Arabic not my forte but Spanish can throw up some odd pronunciations too! So, why the hell do we say grime-ace???

Mueca

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 7:12 pm
by Fonefixer
Ich nicht espanol geschprecken, meine freunde.

However, I have no idea why its grime ace up there! Very odd

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 7:18 pm
by andrewW
I do not geschprecken espanol, my friends :?

Re: How do you pronounce....

PostPosted: June 16th, 2011, 7:30 pm
by Mitre
cok konusma ispanya yok turkce biraz var i cheated a bit :lol: