06-12-2025, 01:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-12-2025, 01:26 AM by Bluetoes101.)
I work with a Polish guy who studied English language in Uni, so he is pretty good, but what he struggles with the most is things like place names, which is not ideal as I work doing Logistics 
The thing here is that the ways you are taught to speak English get thrown out the window, the place name pronunciation is basically decided by the people who live there, their dialect, and very old words mingling with modern pronunciation. "Yee oldy pub!" anyone?..
We were in a meeting and he said "can-nock" for Cannock which got some puzzled looks - It's "Cannuk". A more familiar one would be London "Lon-don", its "Lund'n".
A funny one is people trying to say "Worcestershire sauce" (especially Americans). It's "Wustersher sauce".
Honestly I am so impressed by anyone who manages to speak English as a second language, it's a mess.
The thing here is that the ways you are taught to speak English get thrown out the window, the place name pronunciation is basically decided by the people who live there, their dialect, and very old words mingling with modern pronunciation. "Yee oldy pub!" anyone?..
We were in a meeting and he said "can-nock" for Cannock which got some puzzled looks - It's "Cannuk". A more familiar one would be London "Lon-don", its "Lund'n".
A funny one is people trying to say "Worcestershire sauce" (especially Americans). It's "Wustersher sauce".
Honestly I am so impressed by anyone who manages to speak English as a second language, it's a mess.