My friend Martin
is either posh or common. Let's examine the evidence.

Exhibit A: Once, at a pub, he asked for a pint of Bombardier bitter by asking for a pint of "bom-bar-di-ay". Which is quite a posh mistake to make.

Exhibit B: Once, in a restaurant, he asked for a "mer-in-goo" because he'd never seen the word meringue written down before. Which is pretty common.

Posh or common? Or both?
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:24, 17 replies)

Neither
just plain dumb.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:29, closed)

Good point!

(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:34, closed)

Maybe he's like an After Eight mint
Quite posh in appearance, but actually quite cheap in reality
(brainwrong, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:36, closed)

He may
have mistaken Bombardier the beer for Bombardier the french construction company, which is in fact pronounced like that.

Bombardier the beer won best Eurpoean bitter for three years running.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:48, closed)

Bombardier
Bloody good beer. I prefer Broadside myself though... that always hits the spot.
( chart cat has an itch, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:55, closed)

I like Broadside
but it's so strong that I find drinking more than four pints leads to memory loss and the eating of someone elses cheese.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:11, closed)

Bombardier
is all of the woo and yay.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:14, closed)

And so it should...
Lovely pint, had one last night!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:56, closed)

Streatham
See if he pronounces Streatham as "St. Reetham"

also, Battersea as "Ba-TERR-see-uh"
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:55, closed)

Neither
Just sad.
He probably thinks he is being funny.

The number of people who have asked for a pint of "bom-bar-di-ay" while grinning at the hilarity of it's mispronunciation is very tedious after about a week of working in a Charlie Wells pub!
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:12, closed)

Nah,
he's really not that bright.
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:39, closed)

I pronounced Pilates
as rhyming with pirates, as I'd only seen it written down before. Then I said it outloud one day, and the girls in the office burst out laughing ^_^
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:24, closed)

Yeah, me too
Mind you I always think molestation is pronounced "mole-station". Or at least it should be.
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:39, closed)

Ha!
Although it's only a molestation when there's a mole in it.
(moglin shall make you writhe in her cage of torment on, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:43, closed)

Damn you
That's how I'm going to mentally read that word from now on
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 12:15, closed)

*shudders*

reminds me of the time when I first heard about e-coli making the news...

nobody corrected me when I pronounced it 'EEE-Collie'.

No, they had the common decency to rip the piss out of me behind my back.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:42, closed)

Did you
eat any of it and then shit yourself?

Just wondering like.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 10:45, closed)