# Throat Wobbler Mangrove **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700 "2011-11-12T16:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/1 "2011-11-12T16:56:15Z")
I always heard the name as “Wobbler” and not “Warbler” as many on this site seem to think. After seeing “Warbler” one time too many, [I finally checked it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y). He’s definitely 100% for certain saying Wobbler. As in one who wobbles. Not warbles. This may be an American thing, but to my Australian ears the O is unmistakable. There’s only one R sound and it’s the final one. Wobbler. This post may be the very definition of mundane and pointless. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/2 "2011-11-12T18:59:24Z")
Semprini? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/3 "2011-11-12T19:10:28Z")
Fnord. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/4 "2011-11-12T19:15:56Z")
Non-rhotic overcorrection. (Not a reference; just speculation.) Now then, may I call you “Eddie-baby?” ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/5 "2011-11-12T20:00:35Z")
I had been under the impression that it was ‘warbler’ as well, but after a few careful listens, I must say, you do appear to be correct. Despite your demn strange colonial accent. Shocking, my dear fellow, simply shocking. I simply must have a cup of tea to calm the nerves now, what what! ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/6 "2011-11-12T22:15:22Z")
Get on with it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/7 "2011-11-12T22:16:07Z")
The OP is incorrect. He pronounces it “Wankel rotary engine.” ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/8 "2011-11-12T22:26:19Z")
No, definitely “Warbler.” The pronunciation uses that nearly-inaudible English ‘r’ that’s in there just to test for colonial blood. Shibboleth! ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/9 "2011-11-12T23:03:42Z")
From _Monty Python’s Flying Circus – All The Words, vol. 1_, page 259: **Raymond** No, no, no – it’s spelt Raymond Luxury Yach-t, but it’s pronounced ‘Throatwobbler Mangrove’. So, good call Shakester. I had it wrong in my head too. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/10 "2011-11-13T02:39:40Z")
Count me as another who always thought it was “Wobbler” until reading this board made me doubt myself. Thanks **Shakester**. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/11 "2011-11-13T02:47:53Z")
Brit here: I thought for years it was “warbler” but on viewing that clip, I conclude it is indeed “wobbler”. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700/12 "2011-11-13T03:00:46Z")
Just to add: if it were “warbler” in his non-rhotic RP accent, the first vowel would be slightly elongated, to rime with “Waugh” or “floor”. But it isn’t: it’s a very short “o” as in “cot”.