Twinings Tea

[Ormorof]

is it pronounced TWIN-ings or TWINE-ings?

Im sure in the adverts they use the latter - but i have no idea (i was asked to give my opinion in the coffee break room on the matter as i have lived in the UK, which obviously qualifies me as an expert on tea, despite the fact i drink coffee most of the time)

So... help me out please

 

[caLLous]

Twine-ings.

 

[MYstIC G]

Twine-ings.

This.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TwiningsTeaUK/videos

 

[Scouse]

Clipper Organic is much better as an everyday tea.

I drink a fuckload and by fortunate happenstance have a lot of like-minded friends who've all, independently, come to that decision on taste alone.


*brews*

 

[Raven]

Stick your fancy shit.

Tetley.

 

[Scouse]

Tetley.

Drank that as a child. That and PG tips.

Now it's like drinking a cup of sick.


Edit: My last holiday was in Sri-Lanka. Formerly Ceylon

 

[caLLous]

There is no such thing as an un-fancy tea.

 

[MYstIC G]

Tetley.

Tetwee tbfh.

 

[old.Tohtori]

I've always said it twi-nings.

Oh right, that's how you say it too, just write phonetics in a weird way(weird to a non-eng mind you).

 

[ECA]

Clipper Organic is much better as an everyday tea.

I drink a fuckload and by fortunate happenstance have a lot of like-minded friends who've all, independently, come to that decision on taste alone.

*brews*

Independent confirmation from me I drink it as well.

 

[Ch3tan]

Gunpowder tea and mint for the win

 

[Zarjazz]

Clipper Organic is much better as an everyday tea.

Rubbish. Twinings Everyday or Yorkshire Gold are the only valid choices for a regular cuppa. Twinings English Breakfast for when you need a wakeup brick to the face.

 

[old.Tohtori]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxtRGEVsSOc

 

[DaGaffer]

What a bunch of gaylords.

 

[ECA]

What a bunch of gaylords.

Your mums a gaylord.

 

[DaGaffer]

She'd kick your organic-tea-drinking arse.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

is it pronounced TWIN-ings or TWINE-ings?

Im sure in the adverts they use the latter - but i have no idea (i was asked to give my opinion in the coffee break room on the matter as i have lived in the UK, which obviously qualifies me as an expert on tea, despite the fact i drink coffee most of the time)

So... help me out please

If it was the first it would be Twinnings.

Tea is fucking shit anyway. And anyone that puts milk in tea is a fucktard.

 

[Ormorof]

I agree, I think i will stick to coffee

The english language is indeed bizarre, why is the word twin not pronounced TWINE?

or somesuch nonsense

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Of all the things to bemoan about English's peculiarities, that "in" and "ine" are pronounced differently is not one of them.

 

[Scouse]

Twinings Everyday or Yorkshire Gold are the only valid choices for a regular cuppa.

Good, but a tiny bit bland.

Still, Tetley makes them both taste like they were prepared for royalty.


Edit: I have to point out to people complaining about English - it's not a phonetic language, so stop moaning and have a cup of brown joy:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA

 

[pikeh]

PG Tips pyramid...can't beat it.

 

[Ormorof]

i lived in Hull for 4 years so I am well aware of the strange twists and turns the language is capable of

its just something i was pondering after thinking about it, frankly its amazing that anyone manages to learn the language at all

Gloucestershire like place pronounciations are the most difficult (i still remember being laughed at the time i called it Glowkestershire)

the only tea on offer at work (for free at least) is Twinings Early Grey and some sort of Roobios (i may have spelt that wrong) Fruit Tea

 

[Mabs]

i drink nothing but Earl Grey, everything else is pishwater :>

 

[TdC]

tbh your english teas are rank as fuck

 

[Ch3tan]

tbh your english teas are rank as fuck

You mean our teas from the Indian sub continent?

 

[TdC]

no, I mean the way you prepare said teas. I stand corrected:

your METHOD of making tea results in a beverage that is rank as fuck.

 

[Ch3tan]

You mean brewing in a tea pot for a few minutes. What weird euro way do you have?

 

[TdC]

no foo, I'm talking about wrecking the tea by making it too damn strong, and then having to dilute it with milk, of all things

 

[Ch3tan]

Erm... You realise people all drink tea differently don't you? And the milk thing is to do with not cracking bone china, not diluting taste.

 

[TdC]

no, I'm rampantly generalizing. you britons are all the same