Surf Advert

[Tuvok]

Does anybody else find the current Surf adverts anoying?

Whos says "perf"

She can't even pronounce Surf - she pronounces it "serf"

Another add that anoys me is the Car Gurus advert - I hear it as "car ger oos"

[aelmpvw]

surf/serf sound the same to me?

[Mamyalynne]

Me too

[ABerrant]

https://www.homophone.com/h/serf-surf

[Tilly2]

Tuvok, how do you pronounce 'Surf'?

[Buenchico]

>>> surf/serf sound the same to me?

. . . and to me

. . . and to the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary too:
http://www.upl.co/uploads/189373Surf1564512380.jpg

http://www.upl.co/uploads/199702Serf1564512407.jpg

[Tilly2]

P.S. I haven't seen the advert.

[Theland]

And me

[Mamyalynne]

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Mamya.

[237SJ]

That advert wouldn`t make me buy Surf but I suspect that the ad is mainly aimed at students in digs and flat sharers.

[CrapAtCryptics]

Perhaps they`ve got Beth Rigby as dialogue coach.

[Tuvok]

Surf rhymes with smurfs

Serf rhymes with perf

[Tilly2]

and...?

[Tuvok]

Would you say surfboard, surfing usa etc. as serf?

[gingejbee]

I'm amazed at the things some people will get annoyed about....and it's quite easy to avoid any adverts that have such an effect on you.

[JimF]

They don't sound the same to me either. I pronounce the vowel in "surf" the way I pronounce the vowel in "stuff", and with a tapped r.

[tonyav]

Hey Murph buy some Surf
Surf / Serf is the same pronunciation to me.

[Tuvok]

Jim F - have a best answer.

[Buenchico]

>>> Would you say surfboard, surfing usa etc. as serf?

Yes (and with the full support of the OED, where they know a thing or two about the English language).

[douglas9401]

Weird as a bottle of chips.