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moustache - how should you say it ?

22 replies

MargaretMountford · 29/04/2008 10:04

because I cannot bear to hear it pronounced mastosh..it makes me heave ( was on the radio this morning)

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ranting · 29/04/2008 10:06

Must-ash. I would just say 'tash though because I am probably common.

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windygalestoday · 29/04/2008 10:12

my dh has a big bushy .....moustache lol i call it a moustachio in a mexican voice cos i hate the blardy thing .....

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frauster · 29/04/2008 11:29

I'm a must-dash too; not moose-tash, that's way pretentious.

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MargaretMountford · 29/04/2008 11:40

don't mind 'tache, it's just the stosh that annoys

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LadyPenelope · 29/04/2008 11:43

DS (3yo) calls it a mustaff
I'd say mustash
stosh is just wrong isn't it?

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Bridie3 · 29/04/2008 11:44

mus-tarsh.

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shinyshoes · 29/04/2008 11:46

mustarsh same as Bridie3,

Thats a point switches wax pot on

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MargaretMountford · 29/04/2008 11:47

shinyshoes !

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youknownothingofthecrunch · 29/04/2008 11:47

Moo-Starsh (not with an 'r' but with an elongated 'a' IYSWIM)

Does that make me pretentious?

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Bridie3 · 29/04/2008 11:48

'Ere, shinyshoes, what is it about me that makes you suddenly remember to remove facial hair, eh, eh?????

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shinyshoes · 29/04/2008 11:51

Bridie twasnt you.

I was sat here twiddling the ends whilst typing

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Bridie3 · 29/04/2008 13:02

Hee hee!! ;)

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asicsgirl · 29/04/2008 13:54

Yes but which syllable is stressed?

mus-TARSH

or

MUS-tarsh

First one for me, but then my mum says 'thee-ET-er' (theatre) and 'ga-RAGE' so I think pretentiously foreign-sounding pronunciations run in our family

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TheRedWorm · 29/04/2008 14:00

MUS-tash is American isn't it?

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TheRedWorm · 29/04/2008 14:02

I pronounce it m'stosh.

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LittleWonder · 30/04/2008 15:11

m'starsh

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jura · 02/05/2008 18:41

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asicsgirl · 05/05/2008 11:01

THI-tah

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jura · 05/05/2008 17:15

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asicsgirl · 05/05/2008 19:21

Oh for phonetic symbols...

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DarthVader · 05/05/2008 19:23

shouldn't we be asking the owners how to pronounce?

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asicsgirl · 05/05/2008 19:25

Not sure I trust men with facial hair...

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