How do you pronounce tortoise?

[Watermelon]

Originally Posted by suttysue

Americans seem to call them TURTLES whats all that about
Sue

p.s I dont get this either.........

[Ozric Jonathan]

The French have "tortue" for tortoise and "tortue marin" for the kind that go in the water and swim about.

The american folks that go on here seem to manage turtle and tortoise, but then we only get the best of 'em.

I noticed Ed uses that chelonian word a lot but that's one for really smart people.

[roofee0778]

Tor-toys for me. But then I am an oo-arr-er! My nieces say tur-toys for some reason though.

[pagan queen]

Originally Posted by mrscross78

I'm awful, I always show my husband when people write mistakes...( for example) I'm off too the park or I want too go to the park... Or I like that to..... It frustrates me too.....To and too seem to cause the most confusion..

It makes it so hard to read when the wrong words are used

[Watermelon]

Originally Posted by pagan queen

Brought, Bought, to, too, their, there, they're, and many more are all used incorrectly all the time. It drives me nuts, what were people taught in school. It wasn't until I started using forums that I realised just how thick the British people really are. If we can't even use our own language correctly what hope is there for us? And why would you say "we was going out" when it's so much easier to use the correct word "were" it flows easier and sound smoother. Myself and my children all get called posh by people where we live as we all speak correctly and believe it or not we have the letters "T" and "H" in an awful lot more words than most people.

*Climbing down from my soap box*

I think the mix up of your and you're annoys me the most!

[Atrinka]

It amazes me the amount of wrongly spelt notices you see in public places-yes I make spelling errors on here but that is due to my lack of typing ability most of the time not the fact that I can't spell and if ever I was writing a notice I would definately double check it.

[mrscross78]

Originally Posted by Watermelon

I think the mix up of your and you're annoys me the most!

What about theirs there's and they're....

[Watermelon]

I always notice it... but it doesn't cause me to struggle reading the sentence or really annoy me. Your and you're does annoy me though.

I don't think I have ever heard people say they have brought something from the shop!

I'm not perfect... I am guilty of one thing.... I say "I've wrote it" instead of "I've written it" for example. With my accent "I've wrote..." sounds smoother than "I've written" because I get to stretch the 'O' out...even though its wrong! Think its quite common with some but not all people from Leeds.

[shellshock]

Originally Posted by suttysue

Americans seem to call them TURTLES whats all that about
Sue

When I asked in Greece if their is a tortoise sanctuary they didn't know what I was talking about as they only have turtle's, my sister in-law tells me as she is Greek that they call them chelonian, silly me I should have known better as that is the correct name for tortoise.

[freakinmental]

i'm a tort tus girl

and on the matter of wrongly spelt words the one that annoys me is 'swap' spelt 'swop' when i worked at the nursery and it was party day they used to put a sign on the door telling parents 'you may bring your child in for the party but you may not swop your childs usual day' arrgh it used to do my head in!!!