gazz Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Dire Maker???? Dire, friggin Maker???????????????????????? Jeez you americans are thick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDog71 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I always called it Dire Maker until my son told me, a few years back that it is actually D'yer Mak'er. Man, was I embarrassed ! I did it too for a while. Problem corrected though thanks to the wonderful people on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_zeppelin94 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Dire Maker???? Dire, friggin Maker???????????????????????? Jeez you americans are thick! After reading HotG, I joke with my mom about "Us thick Americans" But we are, aren't we Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbreaker_Girl Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 here's a good question, how do you say Bron-Yr-Aur. I've always said 'Bron-a-yer' but I don't think that's it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glicine Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 here's a good question, how do you say Bron-Yr-Aur. I've always said 'Bron-a-yer' but I don't think that's it... [brɔn.ər.aɪr] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 here's a good question, how do you say Bron-Yr-Aur. I've always said 'Bron-a-yer' but I don't think that's it... I heard Robert introduce the song in concert, pronouncing it bron or rye stomp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I heard the joke before I heard the song. It was written in an old joke book. I'll reprint it here, exactly the way it appears in the book: Man 1: My old woman just went off to the West Indies for vacation. Man 2: Jamaica?* Man 1: No, she went of her own accord, actually. * Pronounced quickly: "D'yer Mak'er?" That whole sequence, including the foot note, is in a British joke book that I got a long time ago. So, I knew what they meant by the spelling, although my friends all insisted I was pronouncing it wrong and that it was "Dire Maker". I think it's extremely funny and coincidental that it's spelled the exact same way in the book as it is on Houses! Sorry for the offtop, kashmiran, but I thought your signature is pretty interesting. Can I ask who said so? Google seems to have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I pronounce it Jamaica after I have read it somewhere, but I called it Dire Maker before too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theycallmethehunter Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Ive said Dire Maker before.. But now I just say Jamaica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I just kinda mush "Did ya make her" together. Djya maker. Old joke notwithstanding, it also goes with how Robert pronounces things as well. Midlands style. He pronounces America "Ameriker". So Jamaica would naturally sound as "Jamaker". So "Jermaker" isn't much of a leap pun-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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