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Twat or twat? To all you Brits, Aussies, or anyone who knows

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 05:54 PM

Now my school is full of people who pronounce it so that it rhymes with "swat." I've only ever heard it pronounced like it rhymes with "bat."

Anyone know which it is?

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Posted 23 November 2008 - 06:05 PM

The way it's said in Britain is rhyming with 'bat'.

I have heard it in America rhyming with "swat" though. I don't think either is more correct than the other, it's dialect/language-dependent.

Kinda like aluminium/aluminum.
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Posted 23 November 2008 - 06:13 PM

From an Englishman, that's unexpectedly level-headed response.

I would say in terms of correctness I go with what was original (the discoverer of aluminum originally chose "aluminum," but later changed it himself to "aluminium," so the argument could go either way, there), but when I use words I generally go with what I aesthetically prefer, and I go with twat like bat.
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Posted 23 November 2008 - 08:14 PM

If anyone says this to rhyme with 'swat', I assume they are saying the word 'twot', which I consider a different word, or variation on 'twat'.

I just Googled for 'twot', and the first result came up with 'The Australian version of twat'. Well there you are.

QUOTE (TheOrator @ Nov 23 2008, 11:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
From an Englishman, that's unexpectedly level-headed response.

From an American, that's an expected inflammatory response!
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Posted 23 November 2008 - 08:53 PM

You're right.

I should have said "For someone on these forums, that's an unexpectedly level-headed response."

However, I still say most Englishmen I've run into on the Internet are very stubborn and snooty about "American" English when it is brought up, so I shall at least say I was not being entirely inaccurate, if a bit assholish.
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Posted 24 November 2008 - 02:42 AM

It's Arseholish, you stupid fucking American.

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 03:43 AM

Shouldn't this be decided by the actual bearers? huh.gif

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 03:50 AM

Damn, that's fricken obvious... If I want to call someone a twat, I just use the classic "rabbit" or "bowler".
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Posted 24 November 2008 - 04:24 AM

QUOTE (TheOrator @ Nov 24 2008, 01:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You're right.

I should have said "For someone on these forums, that's an unexpectedly level-headed response."

However, I still say most Englishmen I've run into on the Internet are very stubborn and snooty about "American" English when it is brought up, so I shall at least say I was not being entirely inaccurate, if a bit assholish.


I used to be arseholish about it, but I grew up.
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Posted 24 November 2008 - 01:06 PM

QUOTE (Gobbler @ Nov 24 2008, 09:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Shouldn't this be decided by the actual bearers? huh.gif

Yeah, everything should be decided by bears! Oh, wait... But yeah, "twat" is like cat as far as I'm concerned, and as far as I remember it is slang for clitoris or some other such section of a lady's anatomy in that region. Also, I'm one of the arsehole-ish British people. A Twix is a biscuit, not a "candy bar"!
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Posted 24 November 2008 - 05:57 PM

Crunchy biscuit...

Chewy carame-he-hel!!!

Creamy chocolate... (crunchy chewy creamy)

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Posted 24 November 2008 - 06:24 PM

This entire discussion is as dumb as a box of twunts. Yes, I went there.
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Posted 24 November 2008 - 06:40 PM

Deucaon? Is that really you risen up from the dead? God speed Mr. Jamieson. God speed...

Yes well, judging from Shaun of The Dead I'd say it rhymes with 'cat'. I myself hardly use the word. I prefer the more Orthodox 'Cuntbubble'. I have the same problem with saying 'Forrid' and 'Forehead' Does anyone here pronounce it as 'forr-id'?
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Posted 24 November 2008 - 06:44 PM

QUOTE (Maggot4Life @ Nov 25 2008, 12:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes well, judging from Shaun of The Dead I'd say it rhymes with 'cat'. I myself hardly use the word. I prefer the more Orthodox 'Cuntbubble'. I have the same problem with saying 'Forrid' and 'Forehead' Does anyone here pronounce it as 'forr-id'?

It's more like forréd in m y opinion, but no, I don't use it but know those who do. My personal favourite insult is "frazzle muncher", but I have been known to call many a man a "twat". Or a "spaz". A lot of "retard"s... "Twazzle muncher" too... Many people are "subtle like an elephant"... I'm such a terrible person... But then I come here and look less evil. Average even.
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Posted 24 November 2008 - 07:36 PM

QUOTE (Maggot4Life @ Nov 24 2008, 11:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes well, judging from Shaun of The Dead I'd say it rhymes with 'cat'.

Do you regularly learn how to pronounce words from foreign films?
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