How do YOU say it?

Never heard that but if I did I'd be bound to correct it, probably by saying something like is that a bird? Never heard of it, and follow that with the correction.

It's mallow , marshmallow, a sweet bite originally made from the root of marsh mallow plants which grew in...yes...marshes.

It's al-mond but I say ol-mond.

Oh dear, we all say "Mashed Marlows" - which is how my DD1 used to pronounce the squishy things enjoyed at the end of the BBQ

I'm from the Black Country and say 'mellow' - and almond
Round here the shop is 'Prymark', we keep the car in the 'garridge' (when did garage have an h in it?) walk on grass, nor grahss, take a bath, not a barth, and wear glasses, not glarsses. Sadly, my eldest AC moved south, and has gradually been lured to the dark side of pronunciation...
My conversations with DGC are interesting, as their family eat lunch and dinner, and I (of course) eat dinner and tea - which has led to a few misunderstandings..!
Isn't the English language wonderful?

Oh for goodness sakes.... In the UK we have so many dialects/accents depending on the part of the country you were brought up in. Accept this. Oh and don't come out from behind that sofa for a while. I could say that where I was brought up it was called a settee by the way. These things are not important. Get a life...

Marshmallow for me.... please!

MissAdventure I'm 'daahn saahf' as well, yer carn't get any furver saahf than we are wivout gett'n yer feet wet!

Southerners like me say marshmellow

Did anyone else hear some woman being interviewed on Radio 4 earlier this week, talking about the revival of a children's tv programme that apparently was called "Creckerjeck" ?

You can say eether I can say either, Mellow Mallow,
Let’s call the whole thing off?

Oh and don't come out from behind that sofa for a while

What is this - national let's get MawBroon day?
The point of Pedants' Corner is that is ALL pretty trivial but your personal abuse is not.

Theoddbird -what gives you or anybody the right to be so abusive just because you are behind the screen of anonymity?

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Marshm*a*llow:

I love marshmallows!

Did anyone else hear some woman being interviewed on Radio 4 earlier this week, talking about the revival of a children's tv programme that apparently was called "Creckerjeck" ?

No, I didn't phoenix but I am just wondering if she is a Kiwi?
although, if so, she may have called it Crickerjick!

Surely the whole point of Pedants Corner is that we can be "Pedantic" . grannysue05 only you think you don't have an accent, other people will you think you do as no one is without an accent (no offence intended). I was offered whipped cream & Marshmellows on my hot chocolate yesterday, I declined both the cream & the Marshmallows.

Think Theoddbird got out of bed the wrong side this morning.
This just made me chuckle.

Is it just me who keeps humming 'They call me Mellow Yellow' after reading this thread?

Marshmallow. That is it.

I was born in the south, grew up in the Midlands, spent most of my adult life in Yorkshire, now back in the Midlands.
I don’t have any particular accent most of the time, but if I am talking with someone with a Yorkshire accent, I find myself doing the same.
But I always use correct grammar, which is more important than pronunciation and its regional variations.

Not a Kiwi Jalima just very exaggerated RP, like a continuity announcer from the time when they had to wear evening dress, even for radio! You know what I mean, think that "sex" is what coal comes in.

Four?? I would be promoting, praising and encouraging speech at that age. In adults I have only recently realised that dyslexia in some forms effects the way we hear, remember and pronounce words. So I try to move past any awareness and just enjoy each person as they are. ?

Yes, I agree, stillabitfit. However, it’s pedants’ corner so....

Marshmallow here. I'm with you here Framilode Armond.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6c4Nupnup0

The New Zealand accent has it's challenges............

phoenix