American spelling - Yanks to me!

[Capetan Mihali]

Never heard anyone pronounce it "advertissment" except in jest.   

[Eddie Teach]

I always thought commercial was the correct Yank spelling 

Usually we just use commercial for ads on tv.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

[dps]

Never heard anyone pronounce it "advertissment" except in jest.  

I've never heard an American pronounce it that way, either. 

I think that I've heard characters in movies or TV shows pronounce it that way, but those characters were supposed to be British.  I suppose that they could have been Americans using a fake British accent and getting it wrong.

[DisturbedPervert]

I don't think I've heard it like that either, except from people pretending to be British.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Some Canadians sat "ad-VER-tizz-ment", but mostly you hear "tize" not "tizz". or commercial, or just "ad"

[Sheilbh]

I've only ever heard it in American English. Advert-iss-ment is a very American thing to say.
In British English its the regular word advertise with ment on the end. Or just advert.

I think it's the other way round.  I pronounce it advert-iss-ment

[garbon]

I've only ever heard it in American English. Advert-iss-ment is a very American thing to say.
In British English its the regular word advertise with ment on the end. Or just advert.

I think it's the other way round.  I pronounce it advert-iss-ment

Yes, expecting Jos to have his finger on the pulse of...well anywhere, is foolish.

[garbon]

Or just advert.

Why say advert when one can say ad?

[garbon]

I always thought commercial was the correct Yank spelling 

We do not typically have commercials on the side of our buses, although some modern bus stops now feature them.

[Admiral Yi]

I think it's the other way round.  I pronounce it advert-iss-ment

Getting the American pronounciation wrong is not a real shocker, but getting the UK pronounciation wrong is a real stumper.

[Strix]

I find it funny when Brits (and pretentious Americans) pronounce schedule with a silent c making it sound like shedule. I always ask what shool they attended.

[garbon]

I find it funny when Brits (and pretentious Americans) pronounce schedule with a silent c making it sound like shedule. I always ask what shool they attended.

School of hard knocks, baby!

edit: Or as they say in the UK, as wiki has informed me, the University of Life.*

*As an American that sounds like an anti-choice position.

[Eddie Teach]

*As an American that sounds like an anti-choice position.

Not really.

[garbon]

Yes really.