Poll: How do you say twat?

[Professor James]

I've never heard someone say it out loud so I'm wondering how are you supposed to pronounce it.

 

[DJDarque]

Rhymes with hot. That's how I say it.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Apparently the pronounciation varies from place to place and has changed over time, but I've always thought it was "at".

 

[DukeyNoodley]

Being incredibly English, I pronounce it "Terr-watt"
Henceforth, i picked 'other'

 

[JLML]

Rhymes with hat, because everything is more awesome if it somehow relates to hats in any way.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

How do I say twat? Frequently, and with venom. Also, to rhyme with hat. It's a very English curse.

 

[FamoFunk]

Twu-at rhymes with hat.

How come you've never heard anyone say it?

 

[CardinalPiggles]

look at the word... T.W.A.T

thats how i pronounce it, how its spelled.

 

[Woodsey]

Rhymes with hot. That's how I say it.

So you call people twots? Must sound like a real twat!

OT: Rhymes with hat, if not it really would be twot. I don't even see how that's open to interpretation.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Well it's spelled 't.w.a.t' so I pronounce it as such. I would only pronounce it to rhyme with 'hot' if it was spelled 't.w.o.t'.

Ever since I've been able to talk I've had this strange compulsion to pronounce words how they're spelled, it's weird.

 

[Big Bruce]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/twat

That's how I've always said it, it rhymes with hot.

 

[Rascarin]

Twat, rhymes with hat. Don't really see how people can get it wrong.

 

[Optional Opinion]

Twot and Twat are two different things.

Twot = Total Waste of Time.

Twat is the swear word.

 

[DJDarque]

Rhymes with hot. That's how I say it.

Haven't heard that one before...

I say it like it rhymes with hat.

Rhymes with hot. That's how I say it.

So you call people twots? Must sound like a real twat!

OT: Rhymes with hat, if not it really would be twot. I don't even see how that's open to interpretation.

I'm an American. I probably sound like a twat to you regardless.

 

[Jon Shannow]

Twat, the way it's spelt rhyming with hat. I've heard it said any other way and i wasn't even aware it could be said any other way

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

I always assumed it was regional. In america, most people pronounce it "twot".

The only people I've ever heard pronounce it rhyming with "hat" are british or australian. Like Yahtzee.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Rhymes with hot. That's how I say it.

See, if you were anyone else, I'd wonder if that was trolling... but then I read other posts and think 'huh?!'

OT: Last two letters are 'a' & 't'. How do I pronounce 'at'? Sure as hell not 'ot', so yeah, rhymes with 'hat'.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/twat

That's how I've always said it, it rhymes with hot.

I must've misread something on that link or something... but how? All the IPA (or whatever they used) indicate a short and clipped 'a'/'ah' sound.