I have been OFFENDED and everyone needs to KNOW IT!
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Hearing the word "Mastication" ....i always think....*kitten*!!!
LOL you are awesome.0 -
"Loosing" weight offends me.
Me too!!0 -
Hearing the word "Mastication" ....i always think....*kitten*!!!
LOL you are awesome.
How about " Pianist"....when The Pianist came out...i wondered why everyone was going to see The...0 -
I have a friend that says supposably instead of supposedly.
Smh.0 -
URANUS!!!!
*calms her Tourettes down*0 -
If you wanted to get technical..it's pronounced "veh-ber."
If I were speaking a language other than American English, this would perhaps be correct. It is important to make this distinction, thank you for the opportunity.
When you are speaking of someone's name you should be speaking it how they pronounce it in their language, not apply American pronunciation to it, unless its English. That's exactly how many names got changed when immigrants arrived in this country. American officials at that time were too lazy or simply didn't like how a name was pronounced and changed it to what THEY wanted it to sound like.
Totally agree with whoever said American English is a combination of many languages. You should take that into consideration. If you really understood American English and grammar you'd know that there are exceptions to nearly every rule of pronunciation.
My peeve isn't pronunciation, but spelling. It's "already" and "altogether" and "tomorrow", not all ready and all together, or to marrow lol
katmix - I'm in Orygun too. :drinker:0 -
Text speak.
Just...no.0 -
Louisville its not leweyville or luvul.. Yea. It's a town in Kentucky0
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URANUS!!!!
*calms her Tourettes down*
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Hard G, soft G,
As long as well all agree,
There is a G spot.0 -
Right now I get really offended when people don't add the -ly to adjectives. For instance, "That hurts so bad" I just cringe. I also hate things like "I did good", apparently not!0
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Hard G, soft G,
As long as well all agree,
There is a G spot.
Was that a haiku?0 -
I just want to say I'm really happy to see so many fellow Massholes in this thread. And I hope you all know I mean that in the best way possible.
I am not offended by "Masshole" as I do, at times, resemble the word.
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Maybe off topic? I had to look up how to spell colonel. Seriously. There is no R in colonel? Like CUR-NEL Sanders from KFC?
The only thing I can figure is *ahem* *deep south accent in place* coooo(r)l-nooool Sanders.0 -
"cumferbull" instead of "comfortable"0
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"cumferbull" instead of "comfortable"
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When someone says "Pacific" instead of "specific".
I scream inside when I hear that. Like I'm sorry, I didn't realize we were talking about the ocean...
My coworker does that! And says "flustrated", as if flustered and frustrated had a baby....
It used to be funny, now it just irritates me.
I would advocate the inclusion of the word flustrated into the lexicon. Also, I very rarely like short hair on women but you look really good with short hair; it totally works on you.
Thank you!
This gal also says suposably... really!! $#*^$#*
So about Indiana, my boss says "warsh" instead of wash and she says "winda" instead of window. Lol, cracks me up every time!0 -
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Maybe off topic? I had to look up how to spell colonel. Seriously. There is no R in colonel? Like CUR-NEL Sanders from KFC?
The only thing I can figure is *ahem* *deep south accent in place* coooo(r)l-nooool Sanders.
It comes from the word's French origin. Though I'm not positive exactly how. (I looked it up once)0 -
My friend says each time he hears the word " Crotchety" he feels super itchy.0
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The one that always drives me up the wall is LOYyer instead of LAWyer. If you can't enunciate lawyer please just say attorney.
The correct pronunciation is closer to LOYer than LAWyer.
I'm also one of the offenders who mispronounces words I've read in books. The correct pronunciation of "plethora" was helpfully pointed out to me by my LOYyer.0 -
I don't know if this is a southern thing either but I heard a lot of "warsher".
Do you need to use the warsher to warsh your clothes?0 -
I pronounce the silent "l" in "walk," "talk," and "calm."
In my English class in 8th grade, we had a crossword puzzle that was the phonetic spelling of words and one of them was "com" which really confused me because I just thought of dot com, not "calm." My teacher had to explain to me that the "l" is supposed to be silent, but people in the Midwest pronounce it anyway.
Oh, and I say "collar" like "color."0 -
I don't know if this is a southern thing either but I heard a lot of "warsher".
Do you need to use the warsher to warsh your clothes?
yes it is! i hear it all the time. Im in Nashville.0 -
Maybe off topic? I had to look up how to spell colonel. Seriously. There is no R in colonel? Like CUR-NEL Sanders from KFC?
The only thing I can figure is *ahem* *deep south accent in place* coooo(r)l-nooool Sanders.
My college is near Colonel Glenn Highway and my friend always says "coll-in-al" and I want to correct her, but I know it wouldn't work.0 -
When someone says "Pacific" instead of "specific".
I scream inside when I hear that. Like I'm sorry, I didn't realize we were talking about the ocean...
My coworker does that! And says "flustrated", as if flustered and frustrated had a baby....
It used to be funny, now it just irritates me.
I would advocate the inclusion of the word flustrated into the lexicon. Also, I very rarely like short hair on women but you look really good with short hair; it totally works on you.
Thank you!
This gal also says suposably... really!! $#*^$#*
So about Indiana, my boss says "warsh" instead of wash and she says "winda" instead of window. Lol, cracks me up every time!
Being a born and bred resident of Southeastern Massachusetts, I frequently backslide into the accent of my youth. I actually made a conscious decision that I would learn to speak with a General American accent in elementary school but when I'm around people who have the accent, I instantly re-adopt it.0 -
I love the pronunciation and grammar Nazi thread!
"I hereby rename Canada as Canadia."
We have always called it Canadia in our family. It is the logical extension of it being part of America.
I am deeply offended by "Feb-ewe-ary". It is MY month and it has TWO RS! Get it right, you month-mispronouncers!
Oh, and may I add STRAYA!! for solidarity purposes.0 -
I don't know if this is a southern thing either but I heard a lot of "warsher".
Do you need to use the warsher to warsh your clothes?
yes it is! i hear it all the time. Im in Nashville.
I heard it all the time in Indiana
I also heard a lot of "A-rab" for "Arab" and "Nu-cu-lar" as "Nuclear."
Thanks, Bush.0 -
How about "nother?" As in "a whole nother one" drives me crazy. It is ANOTHER not "a nother." It would be "a whole OTHER one." They even say it in movies and tv shows. Just sounds ignorant.0
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I am offended by nuke-yu-lar war and a certain past president of mine who said it that way every time.
I am offended by double prepositions. Don't jump off of it. Just jump off it.
I am offended by men who have trouble with their prostrate.
I am offended by those who don't know nuthn'. Because they really know everything.0
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