Spotty's Little Known Facts

[Montreal Wanderer]

I'm in Worthy's camp on 'almond'. In 'nougat' the 't' is silent and not replaced by an 'r'; the 'ou' is voiced as the 'o's in 'ooh!' - hence 'noogah'.

That's what I said - though obviously not clearly enough.

[thebish]

I'm in Worthy's camp on 'almond'. In 'nougat' the 't' is silent .

not over here it's not! keep your weird colonial ways!

[bobo the clown]

Ol-mond and nugg-it.

No more duscussion to be had.


Oh ,.. and ad-vert-tiz-ment

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Con.trov.er.see. Yes

Not con.trow.verse.ee

Con.trow.verse.yal. Yes

con.trow.verse.ee. No no no feckin no.

[Dujon]

I'm in Worthy's camp on 'almond'. In 'nougat' the 't' is silent and not replaced by an 'r'; the 'ou' is voiced as the 'o's in 'ooh!' - hence 'noogah'.

That's what I said - though obviously not clearly enough.

Sorry, Monty, it's hard to put phonetics into print.

not over here it's not! keep your weird colonial ways!

Weird? Hardly! We down under have to an extent 'fossilised' the English language and as it should be spoke. Rhyming slang is as common (in both senses) as it was in the East End a couple of hundred years ago. A visit to ƒidnie town is ƒtill a treat for the ƒon and hiƒ ƒiblingƒ.

[Montreal Wanderer]

I'm in Worthy's camp on 'almond'. In 'nougat' the 't' is silent and not replaced by an 'r'; the 'ou' is voiced as the 'o's in 'ooh!' - hence 'noogah'.

That's what I said - though obviously not clearly enough.

Sorry, Monty, it's hard to put phonetics into print.

not over here it's not! keep your weird colonial ways!

Weird? Hardly! We down under have to an extent 'fossilised' the English language and as it should be spoke. Rhyming slang is as common (in both senses) as it was in the East End a couple of hundred years ago. A visit to ƒidnie town is ƒtill a treat for the ƒon and hiƒ ƒiblingƒ.

One of the reasons it is 'nougah' is because the word is French and that is how they pronounce it. We should use French pronunciations for French food words because they sound more appetizing that way...

[bobo the clown]

↑↑↑↑ A pox on the French and their failing language.

Only last week we had the magnificent Eurovision Song Contest with 44 jurors announcing their results ... 43 in English, only the French insisting, pointlessly, in speaking their own silly language.

Nugg-it it is.

[thebish]

bollox. if we have adopted a word for something - we will pronounce as we like.

and the proper way to do it is as Bobo says above.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Noo- gar.

I will brook no argument. It is because it is. Nuggit my arse.

[Bruce Rioja]

Noo- gar.

I will brook no argument. It is because it is. Nuggit my arse.

The next one is the leader of UKIP's surname (easy now). Only, the brick thing at the end of my drive is pronounced Gar-ridge and not Gar-rarge.

[LeverEnd]

Noo- gar.

I will brook no argument. It is because it is. Nuggit my arse.

Wiping problem?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Noo- gar.

I will brook no argument. It is because it is. Nuggit my arse.

Wiping problem?

Exactly. Nail on nuggity head. Noogarz smooth not lumpy.

[bobo the clown]

bollox. if we have adopted a word for something - we will pronounce as we like.

and the proper way to do it is as Bobo says above.

Yay. They'll be having us say Pa-ree and Mon-ray-al next.

Stand up for tradition .... even if it's wrong man. ffs.

[Worthy4England]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

[thebish]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

aye - as the advert used to say... nessles milky bar!

having said that - I've boycotted them for the last 30yrs...

[thebish]

Noo- gar.

I will brook no argument. It is because it is. Nuggit my arse.

cheese-eating surrender-monkey!

[Bruce Rioja]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

aye - as the advert used to say... nessles milky bar!

having said that - I've boycotted them for the last 30yrs...

Ooo. Tale on?

[LeverEnd]

While were on it.

It's not fecking Neslay either.

It's Nessels.

aye - as the advert used to say... nessles milky bar!

having said that - I've boycotted them for the last 30yrs...

Ooo. Tale on?

My dad once announced at the supermarket that he wasn't buying Nescafe any longer.
I asked him if it was the baby milk scandal, or possibly their treatment of workers. Maybe it was the plundering of groundwater for profit?
No, in fact it was down to 'that stupid advert with that tw@t Ian Wright'. Man of principle my old man!

[Bruce Rioja]

My dad once announced at the supermarket that he wasn't buying Nescafe any longer.
I asked him if it was the baby milk scandal, or possibly their treatment of workers. Maybe it was the plundering of groundwater for profit?
No, in fact it was down to 'that stupid advert with that tw@t Ian Wright'. Man of principle my old man!

Then your Old Man's is the Earth and everything that's in it. You just can't buy principle like that.

[TANGODANCER]

In deepest Halliwell, asking for Noo-gaah in the corner shops would have been met with strange looks and adverse comments, possibly rating a bashing if you were a teen and said it in front of like souls. Nuggat, or nuggit was the norm. Ol mond was also the standard, as in "shugared olmonds".

My own superior pronunciation skills did however, cause a teacher to imitate a balloon being let down slowly when he explained in front of a mixed class that it was "Grond Pree", not Grand Pricks to describe a motor race. .