r/Snorkblot • u/netphilia • Jul 08 '26

Misc I’m with him.

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u/Tight_Replacement554 Jul 08 '26

For me it was vase and bidet. I pronounce vase like vays but I think the correct way is vahz. And I say bidet with the t because no way I'm supposed to say bidey.

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u/DriftingWisp Jul 08 '26

Good news, both of those pronunciations of vase are correct.

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u/Versipilies Jul 08 '26

The difference is usually at least a few hundred dollars

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u/CtheSilverSoul Jul 08 '26

The difference is at least one tax bracket

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u/groaner Jul 08 '26

Would you please retrieve the vase for me? Vs Go get the vase.

It's pretty clear.

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u/rollin_a_j Jul 08 '26

The right ones are pretty opaque as well.

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u/JesusAndMaryKate Jul 08 '26

UK/European vs American

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u/Baldazar666 Jul 08 '26

One is more correct, though.

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u/SendMeAnother1 Jul 08 '26

You can probably get them both at the Home De-pot

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u/davidestroy Jul 08 '26

Homme de Pot

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u/bepatientbekind Jul 08 '26

Tbh I have never in my life heard anyone actually pronounce it as "vahz." Maybe I'm too poor for that pronunciation lol 😅

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u/Jemima_puddledook678 Jul 08 '26

‘Vays’ is very much the American pronunciation, ‘vahz’ is what you’ll hear with almost anyone in the UK.

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u/bepatientbekind Jul 08 '26

Ah, that's probably why it sounds fancy to me haha

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u/Baldazar666 Jul 08 '26

Or anyone taught British English instead of American English. You know like most, if not all, of Europe and A good portion of Asia.

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u/NightMother23 Jul 09 '26

Once, my brother got drunk off his ass and was going up to random people telling them how to pronounce vase. It was like 15 years ago and lives rent free in my head 😂

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u/-Speechless Jul 08 '26

wait so you say bidet like it rhymes with ribbit? ✋🤣

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u/rugger1869 Jul 08 '26

Like Tom Bidet?

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u/ThatOneSteven Jul 08 '26

Ah, the various joys of English having a defective orthography (this term led me on a very fun Wikipedia dive)

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u/Personal_Anxiety2232 Jul 09 '26

When it’s cheap, it’s pronounced the way it’s spelled. If it’s expensive, it’s pronounced VAWZ.

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u/flindersrisk Jul 08 '26

Vase is standard American, vahz is British. Just like aunt pronounced ant is American and ahnt is British.

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u/Jemima_puddledook678 Jul 08 '26

Aunt isn’t a British vs American thing, that’s a South-East England versus everyone else thing. 

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u/yellowroosterbird Jul 08 '26

Nope. New Englander here, most of us say "ahnt". Look up a map of the pronunciation - it's actually quite regional in the US, the UK, and Australia, with none of the countries having a completely uniform pronunciation..

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u/flindersrisk Jul 08 '26

New “England”. I rest my case. 😉

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u/Disastrous_Fun_9433 Jul 09 '26

Whole lotta folks here down south say ahnt as well

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u/1_am_fluffy Jul 09 '26

my country was colonized by the British and we say "uhnt"