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People have been pronouncing Primark wrong and it's causing scraps on Twitter

Ok what is it though.

Aug 14th 2017, 8:00 PM 6,987 Views 2 Comments

THERE’S A NEW debate in town. By town, we mean ‘on the internet’.

How do you pronounce this shop that you spend hours of your life in and tons of your money on?

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Is it Pry-mark, or Preemark?

A fierce debate has broken out on the internet and it’s changing how we view the world.

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In Northern Ireland, they call it PREEmark

It's been PREEmark in N.I. for over 20 years...
— Aisling Carson (@AshT1989) July 31, 2017

Source: Aisling Carson/Twitter

But in Scotland, it’s Pry-mark

A cannae even believe some people actually prenounce primark like 'preemark' like where the fuck is the e for a start nah divint talk to is
— Sophie Sutherland (@suthazx) August 14, 2017

Source: Sophie Sutherland/Twitter

It’s outright NOT preemark

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People were getting pure angry about it

Yes it is pronounced PRIMARK not PREEMARK I can sleep well tonight!
— H 💕 PADAM 🏳️‍🌈⚔️🛸👻🧘‍♀️🖤 (@filletdabitchx) August 13, 2017

Source: tearyourselvesapart/Twitter

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These former employees seem to think they’ve got all the solutions

Can also confirm as a former employee it's preemark 🤓
— DespicableCams (@Cammieking94) June 22, 2017

Source: DespicableCams/Twitter

Primark have confirmed they intend to be called Pr-Eye-Mark with a Q+A on their website

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So there you have it, lets put this argument to bed

Can't deal with primark coming out and saying it's pronounced pr-eye-mark, it's preemark u r wrong
— 𝔅𝔞𝔟𝔶 𝔊𝔲𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 (@babymcguinness) August 14, 2017

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Or, you could just save yourself a load of hassle and call it when we call it in Ireland:

Penneys.

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People have been pronouncing Primark wrong and it's causing scraps on Twitter