Onerous...

[Spicerack]

I heard Peter Ustinov say on-erous. I've always pronounced it own-erous. Have I been making myself sound thick/common?
How would you pronounce it?

[emmie]

on erous.

[emmie]

not that i do so often......

[barry1010]

You are correct, Spicerack, according to Collins

[Ken4155]

Ownerous - English
Onerous - USA

[douglas9401]

More importantly, Ustinov or Usteenov?

Remember that luvvies make stuff up to appear interesting to the proles.

[emmie]

have no connection to the USA...

[aelmpvw]

don't think i've ever actually said it out loud . . .

[emmie]

probably not said for an age...

[drmorgans]

In an episode of the US comedy the Big Bang Theory "solder" is pronounced "sodder".

[THECORBYLOON]

The OED gives both pronunciations as being British and American.

[barry1010]

We don't need to go as far as the US for different pronunciations - there are huge differences in our regional accents.

[barry1010]

One mispronunciation that makes me want to hurl a hammer at my tv is 'leverage'.

[aelmpvw]

indeed, a broad scottish accent might as well be mandarin as far as i'm concerned

[THECORBYLOON]

Americans don't pronounce the "l" in "solder" and according to the OED, one of the British pronunciations is, "soda".

[emmie]

how would you say irreparable - as BBC news reader said irre pareable
which didn't sound right at all. its not how i would pronounce it.

[Ken4155]

When bored, i sometimes watch those silly videos on Youtube and the pronunciation of the voice-overs is often funnier than the actual film. Watching one last night which involved a giraffe seemingly attempting to climb on a motor bike while the hapless rider stood by and watched. The voice-over, describing the action, said; The motorcyclist doesn't realise what is about to happen." Only she pronounced motorcyclist 'mottosicklist'.

[aelmpvw]

like this for me
https://www.bing.com/search?q=irreparable+pronunciation&cvid=97ea47c2f4974df383c1525f4bc5b4f2&aqs=edge.0.69i59j69i57j69i61j69i60j69i61.5541j0j1&pglt=931&;FORM=ANNTA1&PC=ACTS

[emmie]

exactly, but it came our as irre para bull.

[Spicerack]

Thanks for the replies. Sorry I took so long, I had to 'restart my device' to hear Barry's link.
To be honest, given my social circles/work environment I doubt I've said it out loud too often. Anything difficult would require at least 3 expletives to describe.

[THECORBYLOON]

Was it pronounced as if it were "irrepairable"?