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Blue_Firefly
10-30-2006, 5:22pm
What words do people mispronounce differently that bug you?
Some words that come quickly come to my mind...
- tomato: pronounced like "To-may-tah", "Ta-ma-der."
- idea: ... "id-er"
- ask: ... "axe"
- temperature: ... "tem-pra-ture"
- interac [debit]: ... "Inter-act"
- duct tape: ... "duck tape"
- library: ... "li-bary"
- pronounce: ... "pro-nunce"
- schedule: ... "shed-ule"
Some others that I have come across...
- across: ... "across-ed"
- escape: ... "ex-cape"
- foliage: ... "foil-age"
Just to make things clear - I'm not looking for different terms that people use for words [ex. washroom: toilet, can, the crapper, ect.]
There are oodles of other mispronounced words out there, so whether it's you who chooses to pronounce something differently, or you have a friend who pronounces them differently, share them with us.
Don't forget that George Bush favourite: nucular! :uhh:
orchestragirl
10-31-2006, 11:35am
Oh yeah, love that one!
I've been watching alot of cooking shows lately, and an amazing number of people seem to say "confectionate" sugar instead of confectioners sugar!
Speaking of cooking shows, there's a lady named Paula Deen who makes really good Southern food, but her accent drives me NUTS!!! For example, she says:
-Oil ..... "ole"
-For...."fuh"
-Avocado..."Avacada"
and the one that makes me cringe the most...
-Cup...."cohp"
How about people who say "Kindegarden" instead of "Kindergarten"
That's all I can think of right now, but I'm sure I'll be back!
Annette
11-01-2006, 11:01am
I have one teacher who pronounces policy as pulicy :funny:
Otherwise other examples would be in Danish... so no point:p
If you ask me the way my english teachers pronounce, it's awful!! They speak just like the spanish form is used to. It's funny, atleast I try to make sence to my english acent:D
Otherwise other examples would be in Danish... so no point:p
If you ask me for spanish cases, I woudln't finish to post them in only a thread with all the posts posible:funny:
SHANIANUTS!
11-12-2006, 2:45pm
"Integral" is mispronounced by many sports broadcasters so badly I don't even recognize the word they are trying to use at times...
And what's up with that phrase? how do they pronounce it? In spanish is completely understable:D
SHANIANUTS!
11-12-2006, 3:23pm
I will have to wait til I hear a sportscaster screw it up another time to tell you what it sounds like fractured.
How do you pronounce the words: "taught" and "caught"... I always pronounce them very but very bad, only the english spokers can do it good:D
SHANIANUTS!
11-13-2006, 11:25am
I will have to wait til I hear a sportscaster screw it up another time to tell you what it sounds like fractured....the most common mispronunciation is "intricle"...heard it yesterday during a football game..
I totally unknow about the sounds in english, but if I try to pronounce that sound, I would say is kinda look alike "integral"..
SHANIANUTS!
11-13-2006, 4:55pm
Some English speakers make up forms of words and pronounciations they are somewhat unfamiliar with.
What is interesting is they constantly repeat these mispronunciations so that some in their audience get the idea these turkeys know how to pronounce words. Mozzerella is another word always subject to mispronunciation. Instead of the moo sound for the first syllable they say matz or mutz...
But if you realize, that's an italian word, so the "zz" is pronounced like "mutz" or "matz" whatever is on english... in spanish is pronounced just like italian way.
SHANIANUTS!
11-13-2006, 7:56pm
I grew up in New York and am half Italian and I never heard it pronounced any other way than "moo" for the 20 or so years I lived there.
It's weird, cuz I know and here it's pronounced like "zz".... :uhh:
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