PixieDust Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 When I went to the Farm shop the other day I asked the price of Aubiose. I gathered it was a French name and pronounced it "aw-bwaa". The girl said "oh no its French it's O-bee-ose. Just curious. How do you say it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 After calling it Ambroise for god knows how long I now ask for 'awwboys' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 It is as the girl in the shop said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieDust Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Just found someone on the net who spoke to UK rep and apparently it is pronounced O-Bio-Se. Think I will just call it hemp lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I say it like aww bose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 It is as the girl in the shop said That's how the distributor from Aubiose pronounced it when I was trying to locate some. Quite jealous- can't get hold of it around here anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I used to point to the stack of bales and say 'one of those please' !! However, if pushed, I'd say O bee ose but very quickly in case I'd got it wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 It is as the girl in the shop said Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 "Aw-boys" - bit like Mrs Awboys in One foot in the grave. Mind you I aint posh like you girls and I tend to pronounce things phonetically - must be my East Midland up bringing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 It's O-Bee-Ose. (If the o and the i were reversed and it didn't have an e on the end -Aubois- it would be Aw-bwa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I agree with the girl in the shop, that's what our local merchant calls it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Orbeeose here tooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 OO er - I would never have thought it was that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 When I go to my local feed store, I always pronounce it in my best French accent and then the girl on the cash desk shouts across to the 'lift it and shift it' guy and totally strangles it in a broad Suffolk accent. It's an old fashioned place where you order the big sacks of stuff at the cash desk, the girl on the desk shouts the order across the shop and then your goods appear by your car and the nice man loads your car for you.fantastic service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Same as Lewis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 O-bee-ose Now a variation - do you all say the 'ose' bit to rhyme with 'dose' or 'toes' I grew up in Hampshire so I sometimes have a country drawl and sound one like of the 2 Ronnies ....'toes' ''Os', Mon Repose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I say to rhyme with toes, nose, woes you knows! Very few Hampshire burrs around here nowadays. Go to Basingstoke and it's mostly Eastern European. Very irritating as I can't eavesdrop!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 On the subject of accents...I grew up in Surrey (terribly Surrey!) but, having lived in South Oxfordshire for the last 25 years I now, according to mother, have a country burr (and am delighted with it!) However, someone asked me last week if I was from Bristol (Brisssol) and I, apparently, said 'houuuse' instead of house!!!! Regional accents rock...long may they last! The day we all speak the same with the same inflections will be a sad one indeed! My two boys aged 10 and 6.5 actually have slightly different accents despite having been at the same address, in same village all their lives...fascinating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 "Aw-boys" - bit like Mrs Awboys in One foot in the grave. Mind you I aint posh like you girls and I tend to pronounce things phonetically - must be my East Midland up bringing. I always thought she was called Mrs Warboys ??? Anyway, I always say aw - bi - ose and then say to the chaps whatever its called, but the last time I went the chap said he always called it Oreo like the biscuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I love regional accents too soap dragon but isn't if funny how people are judged on them. I have a friend who is teeny tiny scoucer, she is a real pistol, she has a really high powered banking job and she said when she first came to work in London she was treated terribly and was not taken seriously. My Lovely OH is very intelligent, has a good job and he also he has a really strong South London accent bordering cockney and I have been there when consultants have directed questions at me rather than him. He was also treated really badly on a flight when the trolley dolly was incredibly rude when he asked for an extra "pilla" oh you mean a pillow she retorted sarcastically.....I was seething for the rest of he flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 That's a big prob with accents; some small minded people tend to make judgements about you. I was bullied mercilessly at secondary school for sounding 'posh' which I absolutely wasn't/am not! However, I still maintain that regional accents make Great Britain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I was bullied mercilessly at secondary school for sounding 'posh' which I absolutely wasn't/am not! Me too, soapdragon. Well, 'mercilessly' is perhaps a bit strong, but there certainly was more than a little teasing about the way I speak. Despite having lived in the same area all my life, I somehow managed to escape the local accent - it's not particularly strong, but it's certainly a distinctive twang. Somehow I ended up sounding like I graduated from Cheltenham Ladies College, which is hilarious because I am a total bumpkin It used to really bother me but now I accept that I can't do an awful lot about it. Nowadays people still comment on it, but tend to say they rather like it. I agree that people tend to take you more seriously if you don't have a regional accent (so yes, I do tend to ham it up when needed ) but I wish it wasn't the case. The diversity of British accents is wonderfully unique and I love to hear them. Keep twanging away, folks! ETA - I forgot this thread was about Aubiose I just buy woodshavings which completely avoids the problem, but if I did buy it, I'd probably ask for 'that French hempy stuff' or possibly 'Ohhhhhhhh-bee-oze dahhhhhhhling' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I buy Hippofan now, pronounced "hippo fan" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I buy Hippofan now, pronounced "hippo fan" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
