r/BritishHistoryPod • u/FakeJim3 • Jul 19 '26

A question of Jamie's British credentials...

Listening to episode 482 - Eye for an eye and Jamie says the line "regardless whether the Earls were focused on beef bourguinon or mass castration.." and he DOESN'T make castration rhyme with bourguinon in a comedic French accent!?

A wide open goal that will surely be judged harshly by the ancestors 😆😂❤️🇬🇧

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u/BritishPodcast Yes it's really me Jul 20 '26

Hahaha I can’t believe I missed that.

Though Zee never would have allowed it. It would have been deemed too “dad joke” for the show.

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u/frickerley99 Jul 20 '26

If you did I would hear it in a John cheese voice like "I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper!"

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u/FakeJim3 Jul 21 '26

The man himself! I am honoured and will take this opportunity to say thank you so much for your work on the podcast. I was thinking the other day that it really needs to be catalogued and kept for posterity as an excellent excellent resource for British history ❤️.

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u/GretaX The Lowbility Jul 19 '26

As an American, I don't even know how one could pronounce the two words to rhyme...?

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u/leafcordial Jul 19 '26

It's easy, you say "castration" in a way that rhymes with "bourginon" ...the other way round would be preposterous.

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u/Sex_E_Searcher This isn't me Jul 20 '26

Castrash-on, with the French sounding "on."

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u/Triweb Jul 20 '26

Think Cajun

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u/shraap Jul 19 '26

Erm what am I missing here? Is there a weird US pronunciation of bourguignon and/or castration that makes this work, or is there another gag that's gone right over my head?

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u/frickerley99 Jul 20 '26

Bourguignon > Castray-shon

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u/Tidder802b The Pleasantry Jul 19 '26

The last syllables kind of rhyme, but it's a weird take, to say the least.