Nugget or Noogar

[splott parker]

Answer to a question on The Chase was ‘nougat’, the contestant had it right, pronouncing it ‘noogar’. Me and the missus both said at the same time that we’ve always called it ‘nugget’ and would Bradley have said “wrong” had we answered with that pronunciation. Rightly or wrongly (it’s wrongly, I know), it’s always been nugget to me and always will be. Anyone else on the nugget side with us?

[StraightOuttaCanton]

I’m with you. Pink & White

[BLUETIT]

Sorry it’s nougat , same as Caroline Street

[Tuerto]

Answer to a question on The Chase was ‘nougat’, the contestant had it right, pronouncing it ‘noogar’. Me and the missus both said at the same time that we’ve always called it ‘nugget’ and would Bradley have said “wrong” had we answered with that pronunciation. Rightly or wrongly (it’s wrongly, I know), it’s always been nugget to me and always will be. Anyone else on the nugget side with us?

For a minute i though it said 'Nugent or Nogan.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Answer to a question on The Chase was ‘nougat’, the contestant had it right, pronouncing it ‘noogar’. Me and the missus both said at the same time that we’ve always called it ‘nugget’ and would Bradley have said “wrong” had we answered with that pronunciation. Rightly or wrongly (it’s wrongly, I know), it’s always been nugget to me and always will be. Anyone else on the nugget side with us?

This is an example where someone has deemed there to be a right and wrong answer whereby both pronunciations are used, the version without pronouncing the 't' being closer to the French root of the word. Many so-called linguistic rules are nothing of the sort but simply the most popular versions recorded by certain individuals at a particular point in time and often in a particular geographical area. Bizarrely, some of those recording usage decided to the letter 'b' to Norman French words that entered the English language so that the words were more akin to their Latin root even though the French Norman word did not contain that letter e.g. doubt, debt and subtle.
There are a myriad of other wacky things that were foisted upon us at school that don't really hold water as the ONLY way to write and speak if you delve deeply into Linguistics.

[splott parker]

This is an example where someone has deemed there to be a right and wrong answer whereby both pronunciations are used, the version without pronouncing the 't' being closer to the French root of the word. Many so-called linguistic rules are nothing of the sort but simply the most popular versions recorded by certain individuals at a particular point in time and often in a particular geographical area. Bizarrely, some of those recording usage decided to the letter 'b' to Norman French words that entered the English language so that the words were more akin to their Latin root even though the French Norman word did not contain that letter e.g. doubt, debt and subtle.
There are a myriad of other wacky things that were foisted upon us at school that don't really hold water as the ONLY way to write and speak if you delve deeply into Linguistics.

There we go then, it’s nugget..............

[bobh]

I grew up calling it 'nuggat'

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I grew up calling it 'nuggat'

Garridge or Gararzh?
Scon or Scone?
Latte or Lahrtay?

[The Bloop]

What was the question?

[splott parker]

Preemark or Pryemark?

[MacAdder]

One of my favourite cereals of a morning is a bowl of Golden Noogars.

[Cardiff-Cal]

For a minute i though it said 'Nugent or Nogan.

Now we’re talking my language.

[bigjoe]

Bizarrely, some of those recording usage decided to the letter 'b' to Norman French words that entered the English language so that the words were more akin to their Latin root even though the French Norman word did not contain that letter e.g. doubt, debt and subtle.

Another nugget/nougat picked up from CCMB. Here's your homework then. Modern day French subtle is subtil(e). So if there was no b when was that added?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Another nugget/nougat picked up from CCMB. Here's your homework then. Modern day French subtle is subtil(e). So if there was no b when was that added?

It happened in both languages in the 16th/17th century, it seems. It supposedly wasn't there in what is considered to be 'Old French' (8th to 14th century) and which was foisted upon us by uncle Norman.

[Des Parrot]

It’s a Noogar from me but Nuggets for gold & cereals

[the other bob wilson]

Always been nugget with me, but I've never liked it whatever it's called.

[bobh]

Garridge or Gararzh?
Scon or Scone?
Latte or Lahrtay?

Garridge
scone
coffee

Preemark or Pryemark?

Prymark - it's a contraction of "Price-Mark"

[bigjoe]

It happened in both languages in the 16th/17th century, it seems. It supposedly wasn't there in what is considered to be 'Old French' (8th to 14th century) and which was foisted upon us by uncle Norman.

Thanks. And in another mystery to me, dette and doute stayed without the b.

[splott parker]

Garridge
scone
coffee


Prymark - it's a contraction of "Price-Mark"

It’s Preemark in our house.

[J R Hartley]

Thought this was a thread about that pillock Graham who always comes crying over here whenever the Colonel bans him off his board.

[Rjk]

It’s a Noogar from me but Nuggets for gold & cereals

here also

[Rjk]

While we are here, how are people saying chipotle?

[TheGoose]

While we are here, how are people saying chipotle?

Chip-ottle

[Taunton Blue Genie]

While we are here, how are people saying chipotle?

As chipotlay. It's a Spanish word conflating two indigenous words in Central America - and the second word was originally 'poctli'.

[Dobbo]

As chipotlay. It's a Spanish word conflating two indigenous words in Central America - and the second word was originally 'poctli'.

Another French word that every news reader,except the French deputy mayor understandably,pronounced wrongly was Annecy.There was an horrific event there very recently and it was pronounced Ann-e-cy by UK news readers.The correct pronounciation is Anncy.In French e is silent unless there is an accent over it.