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Originally Posted by Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)
Watched Titchmarsh who talked about Gunnera manicata and pronounced it
kate-a. Thought it was cart-a?
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Is Kate-a an Americanism? Sounds a bit that way.
Slightly off topic, sorry for that, but the one pronunciation that catches a nerve with me is couch grass. Why do some people pronounce it as coo-ch, surely it has to be cow-ch.
Would you ask someone to sit down on the coo-ch?