You say pavalovia I say pavlova

[loveallthingsitalian]

MeCharlie has spent most of the show insisting his pronunciation is correct including using the iPad to prove his point. Of course he was totally wrong and it was good to see the lady guest not be browbeaten by him.

 

[AndiK]

Maybe Charlie could use his iPad to show Jill Franks there's a 'g' at the end of 'anything' and not a ****** 'k'.

 

[shropshire lass]

He can't say the word cashews either.... Or is it eether?:mysmilie_47:

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Yes it is annoying. But then Julia and her howeva, numba, orda annoys me and she is my favourite

 

[Whatsinaname]

And a 'D' at the end of Bran' New :doh:

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

And this costs 10 pound. Pounds! Pounds!

 

[AndiK]

I think this thread is going to grow very long very quickly!

 

[shropshire lass]

Me Charlie eats loads and is stick thin. Jillyeasio has piled it on. Thought yog was healthy?

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Pants! Pants! If you can't call them trousers. A pant is what a bleeding dog does.

 

[shropshire lass]

Am feeling quite nauseous with all those variations of yoghurt stuff. None of which I would eat.

 

[shopperholic]

It annoys me when Alison "your resident beauty expert" Young calls parfum parfam, but the funniest is when she pronounces longevity as long-gevity instead of lon-jevity.........she maybe a beauty expert but she's quite thick really.

 

[maymorganlondon]

It annoys me when Alison "your resident beauty expert" Young calls parfum parfam, but the funniest is when she pronounces longevity as long-gevity instead of lon-jevity.........she maybe a beauty expert but she's quite thick really.

But Alison is correct to pronounce parfum as parfam. She's pronouncing it as the french would - and given it's the french spelling, it's right.

 

[shopperholic]

But Alison is correct to pronounce parfum as parfam. She's pronouncing it as the french would - and given it's the french spelling, it's right.

Tova corrected her once and said "um darling, eau de parfUM" and started laughing, not mean she was just gently joking, Alison said oh it's my accent Tova you'll havre to forgive me and they laughed about it. This was a while ago, but I'll believe Tova more than Alison seen as though Tova is in the perfume industry and Alison isn't.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I speak french, and it is correct to pronounce it parfam. No reason why people can't pronounce it as it is spelt either, of course.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Or do as I do and just call it smelly:mysmilie_17:

 

[shopperholic]

I speak french, and it is correct to pronounce it parfam. No reason why people can't pronounce it as it is spelt either, of course.

I'm not interested either way to be honest, I was just saying what the worldly Tova said, I just call it perfume, EDT or EDP is just perfume to me :mysmilie_17:

 

[Loveinamist]

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Yes it is annoying. But then Julia and her howeva, numba, orda annoys me and she is my favourite

Turqwaaaahhhs!

 

[maymorganlondon]

Watching the Yankee Candle hour - Stephen refered to chandlers (the bods who produce the candles) but pronounced it shahndler. I can find no pronounciation for either US or UK English that didn't start with a chuh sounding ch. That one bugs me.

Another I've heard in passing on QVC and elsewhere: accent pronunced as A-sent. Similarly acceptable as A-septable. No idea where that particular craze comes from, but I really dislike it.

 

[shopperholic]

Another one of JFs is "crem" when she's referring to cream, it says CREAM on the front woman!

 

[AndiK]

On a show this evening, AY was talking about having had to "pre-empty" something and she wasn't talking about removing the contents in advance. She definitely meant "pre-empt" but I think she must have heard the word "pre-empted" and assumed it was "pre-emptied". Sounded very funny though.