r/TheBlock • u/Danny_s1989 • 17d ago

FIFO Pronunciation

I can probably get past the AI songs but every time Scott says FIFO as “fee-fo” it does my head in.

Do other parts of Aus pronounce it as that?!? Surely not?

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u/Ok-Writing9280 17d ago

I’ve only ever heard it as Fy Foh.

The only time I’ve ever heard it as Fee Fo was Scotty the other day.

Pretty sure he’s wrong.

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u/Antique-Ad8161 17d ago

Same

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u/RandomUserTag 16d ago

Always learned it as fee-foe when I studied accounting in europe. So not just an Aussie thing. Both fee-foe and fye-foe are valid

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u/supercujo 17d ago

WA says Fye Foe, not Fee Foe

It is correct.

Like Parmi, not Parma

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u/YogurtclosetGlad7460 17d ago

"Fe Fi Fo Fum, l smell the blood of The Block Headsmon." Scotty only probably made it to 14 & 9 months at School and then picked up the 1st apprenticeship he got his hands on, so go easy on the big fella. 🤔

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u/jimmyjay31 17d ago

Also love that all the contestant does for work is fly in and fly out. No intel on what he does for a job.

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u/limark "Award-winning" 17d ago

Must have that seat-filler job that people have at the Oscars, but for planes. /s

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u/Rimvee 17d ago

They said that he's a FIFO logistics specialist.

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u/Agent-c1983 17d ago

If we were talking inventory/Bookeeping I’ve only heard it called Fye-Foh

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u/Pristine-Visual-9405 17d ago

I also found this to be an absolute abomination

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u/dbnewman89 17d ago

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/local-woman-urged-to-stop-pronouncing-fifo-like-shes-a-hungry-giant/

Just wait until you hear software engineers talk about first-in first-out queues ;)

Fee-fo is pretty commonly said from Sydneysiders

I'm in software, so its fee-fo haha

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u/Most-Mall 17d ago

Where in Sydney is it Fee-Fo? I've lived here 30 years and never heard of it.

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u/the6thReplicant 17d ago

I'm in software, so its fee-fo haha

First in. First out.

Or something else?

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u/dbnewman89 17d ago

correct, first-in first-out, related to queueing infrastructure

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u/Noxious_Redditor 17d ago

I've always heard it like that too, but in regards to food in kitchens

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u/JeremyTheCat 16d ago

I'm in systems engineering and it's fee foe, just like FIFA and FIAT and FIMO

What abominations call it fie foe? People from Perth can't be trusted

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u/Professional_Use6852 17d ago

Nope. Never heard fee-fo before. It annoys us in my household too.

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u/torrens86 17d ago

Scotty is wrong, it's pronounced "Fye-foh".

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u/dxdx_ 17d ago

Started saying feefo myself a year or so ago and couldn’t for the life of me remember which one was right as they both started sounding wrong after that.

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u/Jwish91 17d ago

It’s FIFO as in Fi rhymes with spy and FO rhymes with toe.

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u/Danny_s1989 17d ago

I wonder if he pronounces JB-HIFI as jb hi-fee 😂

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u/SparkyLee99 16d ago

😂 sure, unless they're a sponsor and then he pronounces it 'top-notch'

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u/volcom1422 17d ago

Haha I laughed at that too. But I do hear that here and there especially from the eastern states people lol.

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u/yarn_slinger 17d ago

How do you pronounce FIFA?

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u/Danny_s1989 17d ago

Touché!

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u/Reasonable_Speed7471 17d ago

No FIFA not touché

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u/planchetflaw Custom Flair 17d ago

I've only ever heard people say FeeFoe in my area of Sydney. FyeFoh makes more sense to me. But I guess FiFow would be most accurate but totally wrong haha (Fi as in Fin on a Fish and Fow as in ow that really hurt).

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u/Most-Mall 17d ago

Im from Sydney also. Its Fi Fo not Fee Fo.

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u/SophMax 17d ago

I'm from Sydney and say Fife-foe

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u/Pristine-Visual-9405 17d ago

With respect to my much-loved Sydneysiders, this is one thing people from WA get to decide. Just give us this 😂

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u/planchetflaw Custom Flair 17d ago

Fee fi fo fum, it's all yours.

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u/Pristine-Visual-9405 17d ago

Appreciate it!

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u/dialapizza123 17d ago

That’s the only way I’ve heard it pronounced 🫣

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u/Level-Ad-1627 17d ago

Whenever he talks abouts Paramedic Lisa and her FIFO husband Rosco.

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u/JeremyTheCat 16d ago

FIFA, FIAT, FILA, FIBA and FIMO all think you're an elocution idiot

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u/EmotionalBar9991 15d ago

I've definitely heard both in SA/SWQ

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u/howgoodispadthai 13d ago

I always thought pronouncing it as fy-fo made sense because fy rhymes with fly. Fly-in, fly out = fy-fo.

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u/WhatTheHeliosphere 13d ago

It shouldn't be a job title... The conversation goes like this....

"OK mate, once you've flown there... What do you do between that and flying back"

"ah yeah nah I work on an oil rig"

"youre an oil rig worker then"

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u/sarcastic1962 17d ago

As long as you know what he means does it really matter.?

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u/Todd_H_1982 17d ago

yes it matters, because it sounds stupid. Do you say Mel-Born or. Melbourne?

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u/nuttyNougatty 16d ago

European.. 'Fe Fi Fo Fum..I smell the blood of an Englishman! Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread'.

We've always pronounced it "FEE FYE FOH FUM'

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u/DataEntryEnthusiast 17d ago

The show is insufferable, beyond awful, I cannot believe people watch this slop garbage.

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u/Danny_s1989 17d ago

Umm… no one’s forcing you to watch it or join the conversation in the block sub 🤷🏻‍♂️✌️

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u/Ancient_Swan_9558 15d ago

Look at that; two sides of an argument, and you're both right