Poll: Bath or Barth?

[Vixen]

There is no r in the word bath, so why on earth would you add one? It's almost as stupid as saying "spar" instead of "spa".

 

[PureAppleJuice]

Who on earth says they're going to a spa? Even northern types aren't dumb enough to fall for that one

 

[weringo]

It's barth you silly northerners

 

[kbc]

Everyone else beyond the home counties will say the "BARTH" in a funny way.

 

[tuffty747]

Oh ive had this argument many a time with the people I live with...

Moved from Durham to Essex, so i often get ridiculed about how i talk. Even though I pronouce things exactly how they are spelt (which is what northern people tend to do) apparently its not right, because southern people speak the queens pronunciation, and therfore that is the correct way to speak english... pffft...

 

[just Scott]

Bath

I actually pronounce the th though, not baff.

 

[aslco]

There is no r in the word bath, so why on earth would you add one? It's almost as stupid as saying "spar" instead of "spa".

Not all words in the English language are phonetically sounding. Our language afterall is made up by all our invaders from Italy Scandinavia and Germany.

Grand Prix, isn't pronounced 'Grand Pricks' like many little kids like to say.

Anyway i say Bath with a short A sound. So yeah im a 'Baff' person (Born in liverpool, bred in yorkshire[ apparently that makes me canadian sounding to many now]). Though i don't say FF i say TH at the end lol.

 

[Vixen]

Not all words in the English language are phonetically sounding. Our language afterall is made up by all our invaders from Italy Scandinavia and Germany.

Grand Prix, isn't pronounced 'Grand Pricks' like many little kids like to say.

Neither of those are English words, so it's not exactly a good example.

 

[4p]

BAFF

Southerners

 

[aslco]

Neither of those are English words, so it's not exactly a good example.

I only said one word and its in our vocab so....

 

[Scuzi]

There is no r in the word bath, so why on earth would you add one? It's almost as stupid as saying "spar" instead of "spa".

They're English. They love to butcher their own language.

 

[Viper²]

Quick question to those who are saying 'Bath' or 'BAFF'. How do you pronounce 'father'?

 

[4p]

farther

 

[snowdog]

Bath of course!

 

[Vixen]

Quick question to those who are saying 'Bath' or 'BAFF'. How do you pronounce 'father'?

Father... Again, there's no r. Farther is a totally different word.

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

Barth.

 

[Mickey]

Bath obviously, it's how the word is spelt

Why do these southern types insist on adding/changing letters?

 

[Nazca]

Bath.

 

[Sankari]

It's "bahth", not "barth" or "bath".

The "a" is a long, flat one, as in "father". It is not modified by an "r" sound.

 

[Carzy]

It's barth, and what a ridiculous argument that because it's not spelt barth it's not pronounced barth. There's are thousands of words that aren't pronounced the way they are spelt. Dirty dirty northerners.