Oi 'av, oi’m frum the posh part of the Black Country.
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I just say underwear!
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A question please as the discussion has turned to lingerie.
Ladies, how old were you when you stopped calling panties panties and started calling them knickers? 
Let’s put it another way, when did you stop wearing panties and start wearing knickers?
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Dictionaries say the stress can be on either the first or the second syllable.
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What about “I use to (do)…”? More a grammar thing and seen in writing but the d is frequently left out.
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It’s almost impossible to spell what I mean, except the accent is not on the AIR syllable!
EXTRAORDINARILY
VOLUNTARILY
MOMENTARILY
ORDINARILY
I’ve emboldened the syllable which should be accentuated, no AIR!
And I know the American pronunciation is different and its gradually creeping over here.
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Reminds me of many years ago when my SIL and I went to a slimming group. The consultant used to pronounce Quiche as kwish. Every week we hoped she would say it and she usually did and we would nearly wet ourselves laughing. 
trouble is, we both then always referred to it as kwish at home so it became normal and like you, I have very often said it when out for a meal! People look at me in horror and when I explain I am sure they don’t believe me.
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Skelington instead of skeleton. Reservoy instead of reservoir.
But that’s how people I knew in Leicester pronounced them.
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Hmmm OK not quite sure I get it. Must be a pretty subtle one … the emphasis on the first syllable, tailing off at the end of the word.
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The emphasis on the syllable in bold, and yes trailing off after that.
I knew I should’ve kept my big mouth shut !! 
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Controversy
con trov ersy
is the way I was taught.
Many in various corners or the UK say
conto versy
Never sits well with me. But I do appreciate there is no correct way, it’s just a regional thing.
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As a child I always pronounced Arkansas , Ar - Kansas
I actually thought Ar-Kan -Saw was another State
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I’d say CONTROVERSY
Found this…🔵 ConTROversy CONtroversy Contraversial Contraverzial - ESL British English Pronunciation - YouTube
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Thanks but he’s talking jibberish (sp)
It’s “con trov ersy”
and “contro versial”
English is a living language, I agree, but these differences are decades/centuries old.
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It’s conTROVersy
And contraVERsial 
More tea, Vicar??!! 
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You’ve got it in one!
Tea? nah, got anything stronger?
“You’ve posted more than 20% of the replies here, is there anyone else you would like to hear from?”, Bot said.
Mum’s the word.
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Gibberish…hard G 
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A few months ago I could not believe my ears when I heard a BBC anchorman/news presenter (can’t remember who or what) say “Scams are the scrouge of the internet” (with the vowel sound as in ‘ouch’). I mean, you really can’t mistakenly mispronounce scourge in this way, can you? He must have genuinely thought that was the word 
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you can’t get the staff these days
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Thanks Ms Knuckles, the voice of reason. 
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