Poll: How do you say twat?
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Why would anyone, barring a speech impediment, pronounce twat as "twot"?
Would they also say "the cot sot on the mot"?
Did they get the joke in the name of the internet café in GTAIV, or did they think Tw@ was pronounced "twot" as well?
Speaking of the internet, is their e-mail address "I_cont_soy_vawels_praperly ot hatmail dat cam"?
I think twat and twot are two completely different things. Twat is a slang word for vagina and, as somebody pointed out, twot means Total Waste Of Time.
This phenomenon could be an example of people learning their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation by hearing words (mainly from films and TV) rather than by reading them, subsequently getting them wrong when writing them down, probably due to mishearing the original word.
As an example, I've seen people write "ladder" instead of "latter", as in "Do you think this game sold badly because of poor reviews or because it wasn't advertised enough? Personally I think it's the ladder".
Would they also say "the cot sot on the mot"?
Did they get the joke in the name of the internet café in GTAIV, or did they think Tw@ was pronounced "twot" as well?
Speaking of the internet, is their e-mail address "I_cont_soy_vawels_praperly ot hatmail dat cam"?
I think twat and twot are two completely different things. Twat is a slang word for vagina and, as somebody pointed out, twot means Total Waste Of Time.
This phenomenon could be an example of people learning their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation by hearing words (mainly from films and TV) rather than by reading them, subsequently getting them wrong when writing them down, probably due to mishearing the original word.
As an example, I've seen people write "ladder" instead of "latter", as in "Do you think this game sold badly because of poor reviews or because it wasn't advertised enough? Personally I think it's the ladder".
I think it's regional.
I've only ever heard English, Australian etc rhyme it with hat and American people say it like hot.
I've only ever heard English, Australian etc rhyme it with hat and American people say it like hot.
As always with language there is no right way to say it. Look at China; someone from the north can't even understand someone from the south.
When in doubt, use ****. Unless someone pronounces that as can't or something...
When in doubt, use ****. Unless someone pronounces that as can't or something...
Erm, that isn't conclusive evidence. There is something called hetronyms. A list of some here: [link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym_(linguistics)[/link]. Having said that, if Americans want to pronounce it "twot" let them; after all they say "erbs" instead of "herbs" even though there's a bloody H in there =P [sub][sub]I heart Eddie Izzard.[/sub][/sub]syrus27 said:Oh god you're right... why isn't it spelt SWOTDJDarque said:
Kudos to you Darque.
I've never heard anyone say twat rhyming with hot. It's always pronounced like hat anywhere around Ireland anyway
It rhymes with hat, but I see where you can get thrown off.
In America S.W.A.T is pronounced Swot. So there's that. (SWAT Team, not the verb, rather the noun. Like how combine has differing pronounciations for the verb and noun.)
In America S.W.A.T is pronounced Swot. So there's that. (SWAT Team, not the verb, rather the noun. Like how combine has differing pronounciations for the verb and noun.)
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I have never heard anyone say twot ever in my life. If I did, that would be a free pass for me to make every single aspect of their life pure misery. I have no idea why it would rhyme with hot.
Rhymes with hat. I've never heard anyone say 'twot' ever, until I watched Easy A. No one in the UK says 'twot'.
Lemme see...
I have a pet cat, but not a pet cot,
On Yahtzee's head it's a hat, not a hot,
And here's where I sat, and not where I sot,
And I wiped my shoes on the mat, not the mot!
The English language can really confound,
Words spelt one way come out like they sound,
or spelt differently, can sound just the same,
But it's tricky to know just who is to blame!
There are words I've heard that I really don't get,
it's no wonder that others haven't figured them yet,
but if it helps most say "Prat!" but don't say "Prot!"
So I guess it helps if you know what is what,
As long as you get the meaning quite clear,
how it is spelled is really nothing to fear,
So say it loud, say it proud and leave nothing to luck,
Just don't whine about as I don't give a damn!
I have a pet cat, but not a pet cot,
On Yahtzee's head it's a hat, not a hot,
And here's where I sat, and not where I sot,
And I wiped my shoes on the mat, not the mot!
The English language can really confound,
Words spelt one way come out like they sound,
or spelt differently, can sound just the same,
But it's tricky to know just who is to blame!
There are words I've heard that I really don't get,
it's no wonder that others haven't figured them yet,
but if it helps most say "Prat!" but don't say "Prot!"
So I guess it helps if you know what is what,
As long as you get the meaning quite clear,
how it is spelled is really nothing to fear,
So say it loud, say it proud and leave nothing to luck,
Just don't whine about as I don't give a damn!