I have been OFFENDED and everyone needs to KNOW IT!

americangirlok

Words I'd Only Read And Never Heard Said, Then Felt Stupid When Someone Called Me Out For Pronouncing Wrong

Albeit = Al-Bait
Chagrin = Chah-Grin
Colonel = Col-en-al
Ravine = Rah-vine
Caveat = Cah-veet

Now you may all shoot lasers with your eyes at me!

I know the feeling! I have a different list- but my vocab is much better in the reading sense. Like I get a feel for it, like the word, know what it means contextually and then say it wrong- so embarrassing! I thought pseudonym was pronounced "sway-doh-nim" until I was about 20. AND the girl the called me out on it was the girl who had nicknamed me "big word b*tch" lol. I suppose that's how we learn.

laurabeth326

As I am reading this my 2 year old had me writing letters on a paper so he could tell me what they were. I wrote an "R" and he says "aah"... yep you gotta love that Boston accent. Talk about NOT pronouncing things right. hahahahaha

My son too! One of his first words was "Cah" (you know, the thing people drive)

Brazilll

I fear for my life when someone wants to "axe" me a question.

EricMurano

This is the English language, which is a conglomerate of hundreds of dialects and a great number of words from many other languages, so pronounciation could be anything...and they're mostly all correct. For instance, the word balcony was pronounced bal-Cony (emphasis on the second syllable) up until the late 1800's. The word Ask, was originally pronounced Axed throughout the middle ages (so is technically correct).

So, you say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to, so what...We've got bigger issues to deal with these days !

The correct pronunciation is toe-may-toe, all others are incorrect. This ruling is final and binding on all peoples in all nations.

Negatory! I farkin love my TO MAH TOES MATE

MyM0wM0w

Whenever I hear "Can I AX you a question?" ...... I wan't to scream "NO!"

peachfigs

OH. And I think it's funny the way Americans butcher Van Gogh's surname by pronouncing it Van Go.

tmauck4472

That freaking made up word "hangry" and the idiots that use it....I am angry that you assume I'm hungry, other than that your an idiot in my world.:yawn:

emtjmac

I'm an American living in Canada and I'm cool with most stuff, but I don't like the way they pronounce pasta. They pronounce it like Past..ah, like Passta. I pronounce it pah-sta

Guuuuuuurl! It's totally Pass-ta! That's how we pronounce it in England

Although, Americans often say 'bay-zil' (Basil) instead of Bazz-ill. And Oh-rag-ah-no (Oregano) instead of or-a-gah-no.

It just ain't right. :sad:

My sensibilities only extend so far as what is proper to General American spoken English. I support your right to defend proper pronunciation in your own dialect!

The English language is pretty much just a mush of languages pinched from everywhere else, often pronounced differently to the original. For example, 'herb' is a French word and the 'h' is silent, but most British people sound the 'h', so I'm not really convinced we can ever say there is a 'proper' pronunciation.

While it is true that there are different pronunciations across national dialects and that those pronunciations are correct in their respective places, the only correct pronunciation of the word herb in American English is -erb. The H is silent.

FitnSassy

OMG people... The word is "for" not "fir." Stop the madness!

kerricam45

I get skeeved out when people say mature like manure.

emtjmac

This is the English language, which is a conglomerate of hundreds of dialects and a great number of words from many other languages, so pronounciation could be anything...and they're mostly all correct. For instance, the word balcony was pronounced bal-Cony (emphasis on the second syllable) up until the late 1800's. The word Ask, was originally pronounced Axed throughout the middle ages (so is technically correct).

So, you say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to, so what...We've got bigger issues to deal with these days !

The correct pronunciation is toe-may-toe, all others are incorrect. This ruling is final and binding on all peoples in all nations.

Negatory! I farkin love my TO MAH TOES MATE

While it is true that there are different pronunciations across national dialects and that those pronunciations are correct in their respective places, the only correct pronunciation of the word tomato in American English is toe-may-toe.

crenner07

And milk, not melk.

Codename_Duchess

I have recently started working with a few people who say good mornTING...when did they put a T in morning? WTF?! I swear I want to smack them every time they say it. It's more than one person. It's like a stupid epidemic.

^ Pretty much when this came out.

laurabeth326

What about Am-blEE-ance instead of ambulance

emtjmac

I get skeeved out when people say mature like manure.

I enjoy the word skeeved.

DalekBrittany

That freaking made up word "hangry" and the idiots that use it....I am angry that you assume I'm hungry, other than that your an idiot in my world.:yawn:

Notice that no one else in this thread is actually calling people names for using a particular word. Perhaps you should follow suit.


But what do I know, maybe I'm just HANGRY.

emtjmac

That freaking made up word "hangry" and the idiots that use it....I am angry that you assume I'm hungry, other than that your an idiot in my world.:yawn:

Notice that no one else in this thread is actually calling people names for using a particular word. Perhaps you should follow suit.


But what do I know, maybe I'm just HANGRY.

Whoa! Hey now, let's take a time out and feel the love.

Ok, times up, back to being offended!

BinaryPulsar

I'm an American living in Canada and I'm cool with most stuff, but I don't like the way they pronounce pasta. They pronounce it like Past..ah, like Passta. I pronounce it pah-sta

Guuuuuuurl! It's totally Pass-ta! That's how we pronounce it in England

Although, Americans often say 'bay-zil' (Basil) instead of Bazz-ill. And Oh-rag-ah-no (Oregano) instead of or-a-gah-no.

It just ain't right. :sad:

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there!

Codename_Duchess

What about Am-blEE-ance instead of ambulance

"Am-ba-lance."

justicer68

How about wash vs. warsh...there is no "r" in wash. Drives me nuts and makes me cringe every time I hear it!

emtjmac

I'm an American living in Canada and I'm cool with most stuff, but I don't like the way they pronounce pasta. They pronounce it like Past..ah, like Passta. I pronounce it pah-sta

Guuuuuuurl! It's totally Pass-ta! That's how we pronounce it in England

Although, Americans often say 'bay-zil' (Basil) instead of Bazz-ill. And Oh-rag-ah-no (Oregano) instead of or-a-gah-no.

It just ain't right. :sad:

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there!

The correct pronunciation is Or-EGG-uh-no.

peachfigs

I'm an American living in Canada and I'm cool with most stuff, but I don't like the way they pronounce pasta. They pronounce it like Past..ah, like Passta. I pronounce it pah-sta

Guuuuuuurl! It's totally Pass-ta! That's how we pronounce it in England

Although, Americans often say 'bay-zil' (Basil) instead of Bazz-ill. And Oh-rag-ah-no (Oregano) instead of or-a-gah-no.

It just ain't right. :sad:

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there!

It's hard to describe. Maybe it's more about how Americans stress some of the syllables.

It's more like orraganoh.

Brits say it more like ora gah no.

That probably didn't explain it any better!

BinaryPulsar

I'm an American living in Canada and I'm cool with most stuff, but I don't like the way they pronounce pasta. They pronounce it like Past..ah, like Passta. I pronounce it pah-sta

Guuuuuuurl! It's totally Pass-ta! That's how we pronounce it in England

Although, Americans often say 'bay-zil' (Basil) instead of Bazz-ill. And Oh-rag-ah-no (Oregano) instead of or-a-gah-no.

It just ain't right. :sad:

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there!

The correct pronunciation is Or-EGG-uh-no.

Oh, yeah. That's actually how I say it.

MyChocolateDiet

I work in Bangor Maine. That's Bang-gore, not Banger. THERE IS NO FREAKIN' E IN THERE! Sales reps call it Banger (as in Bang-ger) all the time.

I would do the same. Everytime. On purpose.

DalekBrittany

I'm an American living in Canada and I'm cool with most stuff, but I don't like the way they pronounce pasta. They pronounce it like Past..ah, like Passta. I pronounce it pah-sta

Guuuuuuurl! It's totally Pass-ta! That's how we pronounce it in England

Although, Americans often say 'bay-zil' (Basil) instead of Bazz-ill. And Oh-rag-ah-no (Oregano) instead of or-a-gah-no.

It just ain't right. :sad:

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there!

The correct pronunciation is Or-EGG-uh-no.

That's how I say it and I've actually never heard anyone pronounce it differently.

peachfigs

Can you well-spoken Americans please explain to me why you say 'jagwire' for jaguar? It's jag-you-are.

jennifershoo

I have major issues when the wrong "there/their/they're" is used.

So do I.

Codename_Duchess

I still think they meant "wretched" & not "ratchet," but to each their own.

Brazilll

How about affidavid? I just heard this on TV.

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

If Weber were pronounced with the long E like OP asserts, then there would be an I in the word. It would be spelled "Wieber".

You need an I to make the long E sound in words that begin with W and B.

I didn't make the rules. I just merely follow them because I am smart.

However, because OP is not wholly unattractive, he can be forgiven for his misunderstanding of how pronunciation works in English. It's ok, OP. Lots of people rely on their looks.

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