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How do YOU say it?

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Caledonai14 Thu 14-Feb-19 10:54:16

I'm with you Maw on the fact that it grates when you hear it. However, if - as some are saying - it is a regional pronounciation, I suppose I'll have to stop trying to correct my wee niece. To me, mallow is the plant and the biscuit. Mellow is how I start the day.

MissAdventure Thu 14-Feb-19 10:34:21

I'm daahn saahf, innit?

SalsaQueen Thu 14-Feb-19 10:32:54

Mellow. Everyone I know says mellow. It perhaps is a regional thing? I live in Derby, East Midlands.

Maggiemaybe Thu 14-Feb-19 09:41:05

Mallow for me, though our in-laws say mellow and our DGS have followed suit. I quite like it. It sounds a bit old fashioned somehow.

Kittye Thu 14-Feb-19 09:34:03

I say mellow too! ? I’ll never say the word again?

MawBroon Thu 14-Feb-19 09:26:44

Sorry - no “product” !

MawBroon Thu 14-Feb-19 09:26:05

My 4 year old DGD would never have heard of this American product (I haven’t!)
Am I really the only person to hear “Marsh mellow”
And why am I pathetic?

MiniMoon Thu 14-Feb-19 09:20:18

Is she confusing the marshmallow sweet stuff with this US performer called Marshmello? Just a thought. ?
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Riverwalk Thu 14-Feb-19 09:08:59

I'm as common as muck and say mellow!

MawBroon Thu 14-Feb-19 09:04:44

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MissAdventure Thu 14-Feb-19 08:53:08

I think I say mellow blush

Grannybags Thu 14-Feb-19 08:40:10

I agree MawBroon definitely mallow!

MaizieD Thu 14-Feb-19 08:36:31

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MawBroon Thu 14-Feb-19 08:27:54

Can we just get back to “Marshmallow” please smile

oldgoat Thu 14-Feb-19 08:26:17

I get annoyed when television presenters say 'thu' instead of 'thee' in front of words beginning with a vowel. It sounds so ugly.

Polly99 Thu 14-Feb-19 08:23:08

Never heard it pronounced that way but it would certainly grate if I did.

EllanVannin Thu 14-Feb-19 08:22:39

It gets on my wick too as does the " s " added on to vet.

kittylester Thu 14-Feb-19 08:19:59

With you maw, shove over!

MawBroon Thu 14-Feb-19 08:17:00

It doesn’t bother me when people say “chimbley” or “skellington” (it can sound sweet from a child) but when 4 year old DGD said “marshmellow” the other day, it really grated.
I have noticed it in England and cannot for the life of me understand why some people pronounce it this way.
We say “fallow, shallow, mallow” so why on Earth should the vowel change?
In DGD’s case I suspect this is down to the nanny as I did not teach our DDs to say that.
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