Thoroughly Vindicated

Many thanks to reader Jenny, who sent me this link (turn up your speakers) to the proper BRITISH pronunciation of the word thorough.  And it has to be right, because they have a queen.

Cheerio, y'all.

Comments

[kelli]

*Pffft*

[Tricia]

My British Sister in Law is always trying to convince me that in Heaven we will all speak the Queen's English.

Y'all know we down in the South don't buy that for a minute!

[Smellyann]

Yeah, but do we call our elevators "lifts," do we line up in "queues," and do we drive "lorries"? No...

[Lisa B @ simply His]

So what does that make me when I say -- thor--row? :D

[Jenny @ a latte talk]

I have never heard anyone pronounce thorough that way before. Seriously.

But, I don't talk to too many British folk.

:)

[Christy]

Time to change all of your Bibles out to KJVs!

[TransitionGirl]

Woot! I grew up learning British english and it's the TRUE language... coz you know, they spoke it first and all. :P

[Soliloquy]

I love ANYTHING said in a British accent. Those Brits can make anything sound brilliant!

(And for real - this is #95 from my 100 Things list on my blog.) http://truthinsoliloquy.wordpress.com/100-things/

[Stretch Mark Mama]

If a British accent is good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.

Oh wait...

[Ronda]

I always thought that the American Southern accent was a direct descendant of the British accent! Now, of course, once we went into the hills, we made it all our own-ha!

[Lee Ann]

That's awesome.

[suburbancorrespondent]

There's a reason we fought the War for Independence, you know...

[The Pear Lady]

So, I say it right...for where I live. :D

That's a handy web site to keep on hand, btw...nice find (WTG Jenny).

[Jill]

I am pretty sure that has only vindicated you if you in fact are British. Cause the "American" is still thor-oh. And since my British friends call their sweaters "jumpers" I am going to stick to speaking American.

[Rosa Veldkamp]

Ummm. . . I hate to point this out, but. . . Did anyone hear the man's American pronunciation? lol :)

[faithful chick]

Love it!

Still won't pronounce it that way, but I'm enjoying your posts.

[Jen]

Being a *colonial* (I'm from Australia) I'm with you. And smellyann? *grin* Yes, WE do!

[Melanie]

I heard once that Southern dialect is closer to our native British tongue anyway.

Long live the Queen.

[JanMary, N Ireland]

Rule Britannia!

[Valerie]

That's how I say it, too! (I live in Australia.)

[Debs]

See, I said that's how we say it over here (I'm a Londonder!). And if asked, I would have said that Americans say it -oh.

[Darci]

What about the Canadian way to say it? I do blame my American parents for not saying it the Queen's way.

[Pam]

But listen to how the Brits pronounce "Thoreau":

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=thoreau&submit=Submit

Sounds like "thorough" to me...

I love the English, but that's just weird.

[Everyday Mommy]

How about we just say "comprehensive" instead?

[Activities Coordinator]

Who knew Jim Bob Billy had a British accent?

As for me, I'm just an American girl. I say thur-oh.

:)

[Denise]

oh...whatever. Don't you remember The Patriot? That English guy just SHOT Thomas - right there in front of his dad and his little sisters. Just shot him dead. They canNOT be trusted.

[Philippa]

Hey God made us all different. As a Brit I say thur-uh! As for the jumper/sweater debate, they don't jump and they don't sweat so both are silly!! I would like to submit trousers/pants for consideration. LOL! Language is a funny thing.
Lots of love from across the pond.

[Mark Thomas]

Haha, what a ridiculous website!

I've actually read that historians believe that our (American) dialect of General English is actually the Queen's original English. That it later evolved into the modern British English. Just thought I'd throw that out there.