Words people you know mispronounce...

[Mirren]

What words do you or your acquaintances/friends shred to Hell?

A friend; Vicectomy for Vasectomy.
An acquaintance; French Benefits for Fringe Benefits.
I am just throwing this in for good measure; Old timer's for Alzheimer's.

[Pull~My~Hair]

im the worst, i dont have a speech problem, but there are some words I just slaughter...montessori I cant say it, I say Monestery you know, where monks live. SO i keep saying "Kaden ius going to a monestery school" people are like "what hes a monk" lol

there are a few other ones, like Pinot Gris I had the hardest time saying it over and over this weekend lol

[keiko]

It's not so much people I know but there are some bands who, granted their first language isn't english even though that's the language they chose to sing in, that reallly really makes me want ot smack my cd player.

bee yoind for beyond
pronouncing the 'L's in Guillotine
Pronouncing the T's in Buffett, and we're not talking Jimmy

I know there's more...
K

[One Eyed Cat]

It's not so much people I know but there are some bands who, granted their first language isn't english even though that's the language they chose to sing in, that reallly really makes me want ot smack my cd player.

bee yoind for beyond
pronouncing the 'L's in Guillotine
Pronouncing the T's in Buffett, and we're not talking Jimmy

I know there's more...
K

haha I love broken english. A lot of languages don't have articles (a the etc) so they drop em all or reinsert em in the wrong places.

OEC

[Mindgames]

For varied reasons I'm plagued by arguments over the word "tourniquet", which seems to be pronounced differently in almost every state but incorrectly in all of them.

"tur nik ette"

"no, it's French. tour nee kay"

"but I'm from Arkansas, so it's turniket"

"in that case, mind if I call you an eedio?"

mG

[Mirren]

"Set down" for sit down.

[LoraLie]

my parents say on like 'own' yet they get on to me for saying it incorrectly. idiots.

i cant say hipopatumus (SP, cant spell it either)
i always say hipotatamus. or hipopatamus

a lot of the kids i know say oyel or something like that instead of oil.
they say libary instead of library
& birfday instead of birthday
pretty much all th's are . . . f's to us haha.

i know there are tons of others.

my dad says
he stirs a car
& steers a cake
yeah, he's smart

[Kidthorazine]

For varied reasons I'm plagued by arguments over the word "tourniquet", which seems to be pronounced differently in almost every state but incorrectly in all of them.

"tur nik ette"

"no, it's French. tour nee kay"

"but I'm from Arkansas, so it's turniket"

"in that case, mind if I call you an eedio?"

mG

actually the americanised pronunciation is close to torniket or something, thats how its pronounced on every first aid video ive ever seen, and when i had to take first aid training thats how the doctor pronounced it, its pretty much the same thing when we pronounce st. louis as st. lewis instead of the proper french st. lewie

[sheramil]

the newsreaders on Melbourne's Channel 10 mispronounce things all the time. "nyook-yalur" being a good one. i scream at the tube "YOU FCKING DOLTS! IT'S YOUR JOB TO PRONOUNCE THINGS RIGHT!"

my screaming would probably have more effect if i lived in Springvale, near the Channel 10 studios.

YES, MIGNON, i'm looking at you.

[inox]

I often hear people mispronounce "debacle".

[mmmcherry]

lol silly americans... its not "about" its "ABOOT!!"

[Anarkey]

heehe silly wabbits

[kellie]

My husband is from Norway, and over there they pronounce their "w" like a "v". He always forgets which one gets switched in the english language and will say stuff like " I am wacuming" or " my weins"

[World*in*my*Eyes]

My husband is from Norway, and over there they pronounce their "w" like a "v". He always forgets which one gets switched in the english language and will say stuff like " I am wacuming" or " my weins"

I know what you are talking about here. Men from Iran and Germany especially from Iran, or Farci speaking countries will say Vine when they mean Wine or Vind when they mean Wind or Veather when they mean Weather. In the Farci language there is no W in their alphabete. I can't even spell alphabete, but I am here speaking about V and W in other languages. Don't anyone tell me to "mind my P's and Q's."

[One Eyed Cat]

I know what you are talking about here. Men from Iran and Germany especially from Iran, or Farci speaking countries will say Vine when they mean Wine or Vind when they mean Wind or Veather when they mean Weather. In the Farci language there is no W in their alphabete. I can't even spell alphabete, but I am here speaking about V and W in other languages. Don't anyone tell me to "mind my P's and Q's."

Eastern Europeans do that by default sometimes.

OEC

[keiko]

My husband is from Norway, and over there they pronounce their "w" like a "v". He always forgets which one gets switched in the english language and will say stuff like " I am wacuming" or " my weins"

i need pictures of him vaccuuming. does he also say "nuclear wessal"?

okay enough picking on the foriegners, what about people born in America that Ahmurrika?

K

[inox]

There are people in the MD suburbs of Baltimore & DC who pronounce "Washington" as "WaRshington." This irks me.

[keiko]

draaaa-ers for drawers... which a word i don't like any way, esp in refference to pants or underthings.

and every outhern mispronounciation jeff foxworthy has written down and then some.

[kellie]

My southern mom always misponounces "or" as in Horror. She always says "ar" like harrar.
She always says poem like " poime" and likes to think "poimetry" is really a word.

[Pull~My~Hair]

library=libary lol

[Rockwulf]

I know a ton of south-philly dumbshits who say "draw" when they mean drawer. I used to work for a guy who was cool as helland a lot smarter than he let on, but he would do that and I'd wanna slap him.

Also, not technically what the thread's about, but it infuriates me anyway, when people say "I could care less" That pisses me off way more than it should.

[keiko]

Also, not technically what the thread's about, but it infuriates me anyway, when people say "I could care less" That pisses me off way more than it should.

yes! it's "i COULD NOT care less". if you could subtract fro te amount you care about something that means you DO care.

and the whole giving and taking of shit. I dunno about you but wouldn't one LEAVE a shit?

K

[Rockwulf]

yes! it's "i COULD NOT care less". if you could subtract fro te amount you care about something that means you DO care.

and the whole giving and taking of shit. I dunno about you but wouldn't one LEAVE a shit?

K

Actually, the phrase "I couldn't give a shit" or the different versions thereof, seem correct to me because it seems to imply that "I care so little about your cause, that I can't even be bothered to donate my own turd."

[keiko]

Actually, the phrase "I couldn't give a shit" or the different versions thereof, seem correct to me because it seems to imply that "I care so little about your cause, that I can't even be bothered to donate my own turd."

but it's usually said as " I could give a shit". eww.

and people in the lavatory (pardon me here but well) don't actually "take" dumps, the more "leave" them.

k

[Sara X]

i am annoyed by "warsh" and "acrosst", as well as "kah" for "car" and "dug" for "dog". i'm pretty southern, so i'm pretty sure i'm annoying to plenty of people, but for god's sake.

if you say you're going acrosst the street i hope you get hit by a kah.

[Flip]

i don't really get annoyed by mispronunciation. more by people using the wrong words, like there and their, although im a bit of a hypocrite as i do it sometimes, usually when tired. *cough*

i dont have a problem with "i could care less" if their intended meaning was that they don't care, but they could care less. however thats not usually the case.

[inox]

i dont have a problem with "i could care less" if their intended meaning was that they don't care, but they could care less. however thats not usually the case.

That reminds me of something I say sometimes, which is, "The only way I could care less is to not know."

[Flip]

That reminds me of something I say sometimes, which is, "The only way I could care less is to not know."

heh, i like that.

[LoraLie]

i am annoyed by "warsh" and "acrosst", as well as "kah" for "car" and "dug" for "dog". i'm pretty southern, so i'm pretty sure i'm annoying to plenty of people, but for god's sake.

if you say you're going acrosst the street i hope you get hit by a kah.

yesterday my anthony wouldnt shut up because my dad said "warsh"
my dad has a horrid southern accent.

[Leisel]

IRregardless (try defining that... using a dictionary) and when people say "for all intensive purposes." That shit makes me grind my teeth enough to cause headaches. Yech!

[keiko]

you mean for "all intents and purposes". i know htat gets under my skin too like an infected splinter.

K

[Leisel]

I know! And there are a lot like that... they're more phrases than specific words. Really though, I'm kind of a grammar whore so I try to keep my mouth shut about it most of the time because I'm not perfect either (proper use of apostrophes, I suspect, will elude me 'til the day I die). Some things though, like the requisite two, to and too, there, their and they're or your and you're drive me absolutely batty!

I had a guy write down some info for me on a song about a year ago and he spelled "cello" c-e-l-l-o-w. I about died. We never spoke again.

[keiko]

When Rob and I had a roommate, Tyler, he was a grammar nazi like my self. and now living with the woman who can't speak with out double negitive makes me want to strangle her till she gets the point.

K

[Rockwulf]

but it's usually said as " I could give a shit". eww.

and people in the lavatory (pardon me here but well) don't actually "take" dumps, the more "leave" them.

k

Well what about "I don't give a fuck"?

[Buster Friendly]

Well what about "I don't give a fuck"?

prude.

[autumn]

Well noone can seem to spell or pronounce my last name, Resweber. It's so simple Res- web- er.

[keiko]

You have no IDEA how many misprnounciations there have been of Keiko. Every thing from kikio to kaliko. Hence why I go by K. 'Cause for some reason cake-oh is too hard for them.

K

[Cerise Delice]

Oh yes, few things irritate me more than poor grammar...spoken by native English speakers, anyway. Although, I find it endearing when foreigners have poor English grammar

[mmmcherry]

hehee yeah my friend nadia is from yemin... so sometimes she would say strange things like "onning and offing the light" instead of "turning the light on and off"... soooo cute!! haha i love nadia!

[LoraLie]

You have no IDEA how many misprnounciations there have been of Keiko. Every thing from kikio to kaliko. Hence why I go by K. 'Cause for some reason cake-oh is too hard for them.

K

I get so pissed when people mispronounce KATELYN. geez, i mean .. . . lots of people actually say it like Cat Lyn. I'm just like . . . what is so hard

Kate
Lyn

dun dun dun

So i understand your pain