How do they say it in the UK?

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How do they say it in the UK?

Post by Airspeed »

A few months back, people on the radio started ceremony as if it contained "moan".
It probably comes from them watching US programmes (AND THERE GOES SPELLCHECKER TELLING ME THAT THERE'S NO "me" IN THAT WORD :rant: )

I checked out the www and confirmed:
For those unaware, a cherished doctrine of Australian speech pedantry is the view that ceremony should be pronounced SE-ruh-muh-nee, and not se-ruh-MOH-nee.

Others include prossess instead of prohsess and the same for prohject.

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Rhymes with money, so your first option is correct
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I’ve noticed more media people using the US pronunciations of leverage and missile i.e. rhyming with beverage and no second ‘I’ in missle! Probably think it makes them sound cool. Move over Mike I’ll join you under your rock :doh:
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One of the biggest 'nails down the blackboard' mispronunciations for me is Americans who use 'axe' instead of 'ask'! 8)
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I'd like to know why aircraft are 'based out of' airfields in the Colonies, instead of 'based at' as in UK. I mean - if it's 'out of' then it's not actually there.

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And another thing. Why do some UK media folks pronounce the letter Z as zee as in the US and not zed? I’d better find another rock Mike. :hide:
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Paul K wrote:
04 Jun 2025, 17:19
I'd like to know why aircraft are 'based out of' airfields in the Colonies, instead of 'based at' as in UK. I mean - if it's 'out of' then it's not actually there.

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