Funny story though! Looking forward to smuggly correcting my families pronunciation next steak night. Thanks for the tip
― H.P, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 00:19 (two months ago) link
*They're all gonna laugh at me for calling it "rooster sauce" with a lisp*
― H.P, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 00:20 (two months ago) link
"Sorry, did you say Lye-kes-ter Square?"
American, proudly: "No, I said Lye-cess-ter Square!"
― A street taco cart named Des'ree (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 00:25 (two months ago) link
Did I mention that he was called Chandler?
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 00:31 (two months ago) link
Is there a thread for making fun of American pronunciations? I've got a gotta posts I could put in there
― H.P, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 00:41 (two months ago) link
*lotta
something something raymond luxury-yacht.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 01:02 (two months ago) link
I have never tried Vegemite. It is quite lacking in aesthetic appeal.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 01:04 (two months ago) link
I have never tried vegemite, it is quite lacking in availability over here - I'm sure you can get it if you really want. I'd be interested to compare it to marmite, which I neither love nor hate.
I presume pronouncing it like 'yosemite' is a hoary old gag.
― gene besserit (ledge), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 09:36 (two months ago) link
They did have a big push on Vegemite in the UK maybe 30 years ago? It never really took because all right thinking Britishes said, no thanks, we'll stick with Marmite, it's much nicer.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 09:52 (two months ago) link
yes that would probably be about right - my mum got some and that was our exact reaction to it
+1 for "Worcester sauce", no "shire". label be damned. I worked in the Lea & Perrins factory as a temp in the 90s, the smell put me off the stuff for a couple of years
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 09:57 (two months ago) link
IIRC from my one trip to the UK in the 90s, Marmite is... sweeter? Like its still savoury but not as briskly savoury as Vegemite is.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 21:12 (two months ago) link