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"victuals" NOT "vittles"...grrrrrr

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by The Captain, Jan 21, 2011.

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  1. The Captain

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    DUH. People are so stupid.

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    #1 The Captain, Jan 21, 2011
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    And yet, the vittles pronunciation has been used at least far enough back that it appears in Great Expectations (in the even more incorrect form wittles). It stems from a common British practice of dropping the pronunciation of parts of words. For example Gloucester being pronounced like Gloster.
     
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    Or Worcestershire, for that matter.

    I lived by the Gloucester tube in S. Kensington, so rep goes your way on that.
     
    #3 Fatty FatBastard, Jan 22, 2011
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