Surprising things

[Boydy]

I just heard the proper pronunciation of 'tabbouleh'.

Holy shit.

[Smiffy]

No idea what that even means but is it not tab boo lay?

[Disco]

No idea what that even means but is it not tab boo lay?

Either that or ta-boo-la.

[Boydy]

Ta-boo-lay, yeah.

I always read it as ta-bool-y.

[Disco]

Holy shit, it's a whole one syllable different!

Slow morning?

[Boydy]

It sounds pretty different when you say it.

[Boydy]

Wait, the proper one is probably more tab-oo-lay.

[Disco]

Or perhaps not.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/tabbouleh

[Toby]

Why would it end "ee"?

[Giggles]

I always said tab-ulla and most likely will continue to.

[Boydy]

I was going by what James Martin said on TV. He's a chef, he should know.

[Boydy]

Why would it end "ee"?

Who is that aimed at?

[Toby]

You obviousl-ee.

[Boydy]

My ys don't sound like 'ee'.

[Boydy]

Also if I'm spelling something out phoentically and wanted an 'ee' sound, I'd obviously write 'ee'.

[Lee]

This is the first time I've even seen the word. :D

[Toby]

I guess that's fair but it makes it a pretty useless way to represent something phonetically.

[Giggles]

Speaking of James Martin, I never knew it was Blanchmonge and not Blamonge.

[Disco]

Towcester, Bicester, and Magdelen are going to blow your mind.

[Toby]

Wait until you see Milngavie.

[ItalAussie]

Cleopatra was closer in history to the moon landing (and the present) than she was to the construction of the Great Pyramid.

[John Arne]

Wait until you see Fetherstonhaugh, which despite me knowing the "correct" pronunciation, I still pronounce it as I see it. Rebel.

[Boydy]

Wait until you see Fetherstonhaugh, which despite me knowing the "correct" pronunciation, I still pronounce it as I see it. Rebel.

I'd heard that one before but couldn't remember the correct prnunciation so had to look it up - Fan-shaw?

That's just one of those posh names English people have to confuse the proles though, isn't it?

[-james-]

Tabbouleh. :drool:

[niko_cee]

Says the Irishman. Home of the ridiculous name.

[Boydy]

Says the Irishman. Home of the ridiculous name.
Yeah but everyone here knows how to pronounce them. You lot use them to subtly differentiate within your own society.

[Toby]

Wait until you see Fetherstonhaugh

What a load of bollocks that one is. At least the stupid Scottish and Irish ones are derived from another language.

[John Arne]

It is. Someone obviously made it up for a laugh, and somehow it stuck.

[Disco]

You say potato I say ghoughpteighbteau.

[Baz]

How do you lot pronounce Greenhalgh's?

It's a surname and a well-known bakery.

Green-halls/Green-alls or green-hall-jizz/green-all-jizz?

[Disco]

Green-alls, like overalls.

I suppose the 'a' could be shorter, like in Alan rather than in always.

[John]

Milngavie is a cracker. I think I was about fourteen before realising that and 'Mulguy' were the same place.

That would have been around the same time I learned how to say 'conchiglie' properly, actually. A formative time.

[five time]

Probably when I learned that somebody had given the responsibility of interviewing new employees to Diljeet.

[Toby]

To use this thread in exactly the way I always used the one on TTH... Today is the birthday of former model and occasional actress Christine Brinkley. Guess how old she is?

http://www3.pictures.stylebistro.com/mp/y6QTsF_tTP5l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CuHJDZs.jpg

[simon]

She looks like she's around 41. I'm going to go with that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm going to say 54.

She looks a lot younger though.

[Disco]

Mid to late 50's I reckon, I'll go for 58 although you wouldn't be asking if it wasn't something ridiculous like 70.

[Toby]

She's 62.
The bottom picture is from late November apparently. Top one some time last year. You can tell a bit more in photos that show her arms/legs but I guess everything else shows the wonders of botox and makeup (and obviously good diet/healthy lifestyle/good genes if we're not being too bitter).

[Boydy]

I'm disappointed you revealed it before I got to post '85' and ruin it for you.

One of my favourite things that, ruining people's guessing games.

[Toby]

Post it in the unsurprising things thread, since we all know you're a knob already. :huhu:

[John]

I'm disappointed you revealed it before I got to post '85' and ruin it for you.

One of my favourite things that, ruining people's guessing games.

:nodd:

'These trainers were a fucking bargain. Guess how much.'
'Six quid?'
'Fuck off.'

:drool:

[Giggles]

:D That really is such fun. The disappointment in their voice when they have to tell you higher than you guessed.

[Charlie]

How do you lot pronounce Greenhalgh's?

It's a surname and a well-known bakery.

Green-halls/Green-alls or green-hall-jizz/green-all-jizz?

That's Green-olshes