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How do you pronounce Nougat?

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Cherrytree59 Sun 11-Mar-18 18:52:42

As the jury is still out on MN.
Can GN be of help wink

Bathsheba Sun 11-Mar-18 21:52:24

Noo-gah. But yes, as a child it was always nugget, and I really have no memory of when I switched.
And it was Nestles, not Nesslay. Scone to rhyme with cone.

Mapleleaf Sun 11-Mar-18 22:06:07

The French pronounciation.

janeainsworth Sun 11-Mar-18 22:11:17

Nugget, scone, skedule, garridge, olmand.

Charleygirl Sun 11-Mar-18 22:29:35

Nugget

Jalima1108 Sun 11-Mar-18 23:08:24

When I was a child I, along with everyone else I knew, pronounced it 'nugget'

Now I am older and posher or since I learnt French I pronounce it noogah.

Skonn
Neslay
Boodika

Oopsadaisy12 Sun 11-Mar-18 23:10:37

Aren’t we lucky to have outgrown our common ways??

Jalima1108 Sun 11-Mar-18 23:14:49

It were all them elocution lessons at school wot dun it

Eloethan Mon 12-Mar-18 00:24:07

I'm aware it's not correct, but I call it nugget too.

In the old days, the word homage used to be pronounced homidge but now most people give it the French pronunciation, at least when talking about films.

MissAdventure Mon 12-Mar-18 00:41:19

I'm glad I don't eat it, because I'd feel silly asking for noogah. blush

MrsAllboys Mon 12-Mar-18 02:42:34

Always called it noogar. Never eat it though as I don’t like it!

BBbevan Mon 12-Mar-18 05:25:56

Noogah always

oldgoat Mon 12-Mar-18 06:24:22

And we always said lichen , not lie-ken as they say it on the tele. these days.

jenpax Mon 12-Mar-18 07:27:01

I have always pronounced it noogah? I didn’t know there was an alternative and have never heard anyone call it nugget?

harrigran Mon 12-Mar-18 08:20:50

Noogah.

kittylester Mon 12-Mar-18 08:23:01

I always called it nugget because my nan did.

I'm much more sophisticated now!

sodapop Mon 12-Mar-18 08:30:18

Noogah for me as well

I used to say scone as in cone when I was young in Yorkshire now it's scon.

DanniRae Mon 12-Mar-18 08:32:42

Miss A - that made me laugh!
It's nugget for me - I never got posh I suppose sad

Grandma70s Mon 12-Mar-18 08:42:45

eloethan, as far as I’m concerned it’s still homidge. There are various poems and hymns that wouldn’t scan properly if we used the French pronunciation, which I think has come via America and which, like most American pronunciations, drives me mad.

Smithy Mon 12-Mar-18 09:21:01

Never mind the nugget, "skedule" is the American pronunciation of the English word "schedule". Skedule really grates on me!

lemongrove Mon 12-Mar-18 10:08:11

As a child ‘nuggit’ now ‘noogar’ but tbh I don’t think I have said it out loud, just thought it.?

KatyK Mon 12-Mar-18 10:14:12

I always say 'nugget' and Nestle was always pronounced Nessuls and so it shall remain in this house grin

MissAdventure Mon 12-Mar-18 10:20:00

I'm glad there are some nuggeters left!

annodomini Mon 12-Mar-18 10:37:37

I never liked it, but my family - back in mid-century - would have said nugget. If I was called upon to use the word, nowadays, it would be the French pronunciation.

humptydumpty Mon 12-Mar-18 10:55:45

Grew up in Devon, always said 'nugget' (and skon!)

Alexa Mon 12-Mar-18 11:09:27

There's also montelimar . Is nougat a place name too?