Talk:Bourbon biscuit

Pronunciation
I pronunce it as (bore-bon) but others will think it is (bur-bon)

evidence to back up my pronunciation:
 * the drink bourbon whiskey spelt the same way and pronounced: (bur-bon)
 * the area where the bourbon biscuit was invented (BERmondsey)

please prove me right (or wrong) and present your evidence. so that this bloody and unnecessary war may end Judewells 11:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Because.... bour is pronounced bore. And the whiskey is a completely different product, and the place where it was made is unrelated. And general public opinion is that it is bore-bon. Discussion here please! (If anyone's interested enough...) Thanks. Srxcef 16:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Does it matter? But for the sake of English, it's fine to say it as "bur". Bourbon, as in Bourbon Street, is pronounced that way even by natives. I've never heard it said as "bore", and someone restrain me if I do. If you want to be fancy and snooty, say it the French way: "boor-bawn", with the O's rolling into the uvular R's and the bawn as a nasal sound (no N pronounced).

"I've never heard it said as "bore", and someone restrain me if I do." Consider yourself restrained then. Coming from the UK, I have only ever known it to be called like "bore-bon" as in boring a hole. I'd imagine you'd find it very difficult to find it pronounced "bur" anywhere in the UK.

Also, I have to take issue with the sentence: "It is similar in construction to the circular Oreo and the slightly smaller custard cream." As the Oreo reference seems to be here for no other reason but to help identify it to people (mainly Americans) who don't have bourbons! However, here in the UK, Oreos are nowhere to be found or even heard of! This sentence seems to be making the suggestion that this article is aimed at Americans only! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.202.5 (talk • contribs)
 * Oh yes they are. Oreos are all over the place in the UK.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.79.116 (talk) 13:07, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

I personally pronounce bourbon as (Bore-bun). That's the way my friends say it and the way my family say it. But I am from the heart of England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.29.19.133 (talk • contribs)

I pronounce it (Bour-bon).

From the UK here (Yorkshire/Lancashire border) and I pronounce it 'bore-bon'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.5.60 (talk) 19:51, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Bore-bon!!!!!!!!!!!!! But why don't they taste of chocolate. The Yowser (talk) 10:16, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

In Kingsley Amis's The King's English, he notes the following three pronunciations of the word:
 * The French dynastic family - pronounced in the French way as 'Boor-bon'
 * The whiskey, named after Bourbon, Kentucky, pronounced 'Bur-bon'
 * The delicious biscuit, pronounced 'Bor-bon'

Hope that clears things up for y'all, as they'd say in Bourbon!  J.Gowers  10:25, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

mispelling
is there a reason that Bourbon is misspelled Borbon? Eh23233 (talk) 06:16, 16 February 2024 (UTC)