Tell me words you can't pronounce correctly.
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Innovative.
I end up saying it really slowly, accidentally adding a few extra letters along the way so it comes out sounding something like: "in-iv-ah-tah-tiv"0 -
After a few years of listening/watching my husband play Call of Duty, he STILL does not pronounce the word "melee" correct. He says it exactly how it's spelled. It's pronounced "MAY-LAY"!!! We had an argument/fight over this once, upon which he told me to just never correct him again.0
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I have trouble saying "rural" - my mouth just doesn't want to form that word well. lol
I have issues with that one too!!!
Me too, it just kind of comes out as a slur.
I also always stumble over "rear wheel drive" It ends up sounding more like "real real drive"
Another one that can't say "rural". I just substitute country.
Also, world and roar sometimes give me problems. When I was younger, I had problems switching my w and r sounds, and they still give me trouble on some words.0 -
If you say "puh-CAN" and not "PEE-CAN" I'm inclined to forgive you.Ok so when I was younger, I grew up in the north and my parents are from the north. But then we moved to the south and I've lived her for 15 years or so...
When I am discussing Pecan Pie (which I love!) I use two different pronunciations!!!
I use peCANS in my peCAHN pie.
So everytime time I am referring to the actual pie it is peCAHN. But when I am referring to the ingredient that goes in the pie I say it as pecan.
Am I the only person who does this? Maybe it is because of my mixed up background...
I don't see how people can let a word that sounds so gross come out of their mouth to describe such deliciousness.
No, it definitely comes out like PEE-CAN when I say it that way...0 -
worcestershire sauce
To this day, I am still not quite sure what the correct way to say this word is..............obviously I mean "Worcestershire" and not "sauce". Lol I can pronounce "sauce"
^^ THIS ...always lol I let guy fieri say it for me.0 -
I actually lived in the Upper Midwest until I was 8, so my accent's usually that "newscaster non-accent". And Austin's got people from all over, so people don't have caricature accents, generally. I still picked up some though. Tired or mad is when mine comes out (I don't drink). Point is, when we're less self-censoring and self-aware.
Nah, they're just regional variations. People who love language intensely don't really get on their ear about people saying things "correctly" because we're more interested in the way the living language is actually used. It doesn't do anybody any good sitting in a museum under glass.This thread is making me paranoid that I am not saying some of these words correctly and just never knew it.
There are a lot of things I CAN say correctly, I just get lazy with them. For instance, the days of the week - if my mom and I are having a conversation and a day comes up, "-day" comes out "-dee". Mon-dee, Tues-dee, etc.
I'm also not quite sure how the word "oil" is pronounced. My mom says "oi-ull", my dad says "oll".
I guess by the beautiful bluebonnets that surround you in your pitcher that you're from my neck o' th' woods. I think "oll" is a more West Texas accent, and "OY-ull" is a less regional pronunciation. I certainly say "Wens-dee" in colloquial speech. I also say "ten" and "tin"/"pen" and "pin" exactly the same way too... "seven, eight, nine, tin!" :laugh:
After years of choir and working on proper pronunciation for certain words, I don't have much of an accent left in everyday conversation. I've had people ask me if I was a transplant from up north, but I come from a long line of Houstonians. It isn't until I'm around a lot of family or a lot of alcohol that my accent really comes out.
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Specific. Gets me everytime!0
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It's "new-CLEE-are" not "new-CUE-ler" :explode:0
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Ok so when I was younger, I grew up in the north and my parents are from the north. But then we moved to the south and I've lived her for 15 years or so...
When I am discussing Pecan Pie (which I love!) I use two different pronunciations!!!
I use peCANS in my peCAHN pie.
So everytime time I am referring to the actual pie it is peCAHN. But when I am referring to the ingredient that goes in the pie I say it as pecan.
Am I the only person who does this? Maybe it is because of my mixed up background...
nope not the only one! it's very common where i live actually0 -
Oh, no! That's horrible! Why would you put something so gross into pie?! :laugh:
If you say "puh-CAN" and not "PEE-CAN" I'm inclined to forgive you.Ok so when I was younger, I grew up in the north and my parents are from the north. But then we moved to the south and I've lived her for 15 years or so...
When I am discussing Pecan Pie (which I love!) I use two different pronunciations!!!
I use peCANS in my peCAHN pie.
So everytime time I am referring to the actual pie it is peCAHN. But when I am referring to the ingredient that goes in the pie I say it as pecan.
Am I the only person who does this? Maybe it is because of my mixed up background... I don't see how people can let a word that sounds so gross come out of their mouth to describe such deliciousness.
No, it definitely comes out like PEE-CAN when I say it that way...0 -
I can pronounce most words correctly. But my problem is mental. There are times where the word I am trying to say will not come out of my mouth. Even if it is CAR. I will be able to talk but I can't say CAR. I will say, you know that thing we drive around in??? It has happened on the phone with customers too, very embarrasing. I work in the mortgage business and I was trying to say interest rate and I could not! I just put him on hold and tried to calm my mind down. UGH!!0
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Hahahahaha... I get that way when tired.I can pronounce most words correctly. But my problem is mental. There are times where the word I am trying to say will not come out of my mouth. Even if it is CAR. I will be able to talk but I can't say CAR. I will say, you know that thing we drive around in??? It has happened on the phone with customers too, very embarrasing. I work in the mortgage business and I was trying to say interest rate and I could not! I just put him on hold and tried to calm my mind down. UGH!!
"That thingymabob" is what I say, instead. Seems to work for me.0 -
It's not the American pronunciation... it's the French one, whence the word comes, so that's why it wins.Just had a discussion with DH about oeuvre. I insisted it was "uhvh". He insisted it was "oohvreh". Turns out I use the British pronunciation and he uses the American. We live in the US, so.... I guess he won. I'm not going to change, though. "oohvreh" sounds dumb.
Oddly, the Google pronunciation gives it as "you-ver". Which makes me stabby.0 -
my daughter says "am-blee-ants" for ambulance.0
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Ok so when I was younger, I grew up in the north and my parents are from the north. But then we moved to the south and I've lived her for 15 years or so...
When I am discussing Pecan Pie (which I love!) I use two different pronunciations!!!
I use peCANS in my peCAHN pie.
So everytime time I am referring to the actual pie it is peCAHN. But when I am referring to the ingredient that goes in the pie I say it as pecan.
Am I the only person who does this? Maybe it is because of my mixed up background...
Nope....see all my prior posts. Born in the North to Northern parents, raised in the South, but surrounded by people who are from all over the dang place.0 -
Hahaha, my husband says "frun-TIER" and "res-er-VOR". I gave up trying. But I think those are less likely to get noticed than saying "mel-EE" because then people know you don't know what the word means/ whence it comes.After a few years of listening/watching my husband play Call of Duty, he STILL does not pronounce the word "melee" correct. He says it exactly how it's spelled. It's pronounced "MAY-LAY"!!! We had an argument/fight over this once, upon which he told me to just never correct him again.0 -
When my boy spelt tree for the first time he wrote chree. I thought I better enunciate my words better. How about sect and sex.0
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I have always had issues with the word anesthetist
I usually end up just saying anesthesiologist, it's much easier to pronounce0 -
That's very interesting, but you're right, it's a different matter called anomia. If it's happening more and more frequently, I would seriously recommend mentioning it to your doctor. Not to alarm you.I can pronounce most words correctly. But my problem is mental. There are times where the word I am trying to say will not come out of my mouth. Even if it is CAR. I will be able to talk but I can't say CAR. I will say, you know that thing we drive around in??? It has happened on the phone with customers too, very embarrasing. I work in the mortgage business and I was trying to say interest rate and I could not! I just put him on hold and tried to calm my mind down. UGH!!0 -
My husband mocks me all the time because I always say Root properly when it's with another syllable (root beer, rooted, rooting), but if it's just root I pronounce it closer to Riut. Sort of the same way you would pronounce the ou sound in Could. He says it must be a Minnesotan thing, but might just be a me thing.0
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Do you also say "chune" for the melody of a musical piece? Not to mock you, but I find that accent feature very charming.When my boy spelt tree for the first time he wrote chree. I thought I better enunciate my words better. How about sect and sex.
If you pluralize "sect", it does sound exactly like "sex" unless you slow it down a lot.0 -
worcestershire sauce
To this day, I am still not quite sure what the correct way to say this word is..............obviously I mean "Worcestershire" and not "sauce". Lol I can pronounce "sauce"
Anyone who grew up watching Bugs Bunny knows the correct pronunciation, wor-cester-sister-cester-sister-shyy-er0 -
Vichyssoise
Not exactly common, but I do love to cook and am usually very good with pronunciation, so the fact that I can never seem to say this right aggravates me.0 -
Me too. I CANNOT say it unless I slow down and think about saying it first. If I don't think about it, it comes out as spific. :blushing:Specific. Gets me everytime!0 -
I think it may be an Upper Midwest thing. I lived in NW Illinois until I was 8, and that "oo" as in "could" or "hook" is the one they use in "roof" (rhymes with "hoof") and "root". Thanks for reminding me about yet another variation!My husband mocks me all the time because I always say Root properly when it's with another syllable (root beer, rooted, rooting), but if it's just root I pronounce it closer to Riut. Sort of the same way you would pronounce the ou sound in Could. He says it must be a Minnesotan thing, but might just be a me thing.0 -
I think that's spiffy!
Me too. I CANNOT say it unless I slow down and think about saying it first. If I don't think about it, it comes out as spific. :blushing:Specific. Gets me everytime! 0 -
If we are gonna include kids....
My 5 yr old says OOH-jah-ly, for the word usually. I have corrected her for about 3 years now and it still comes out wrong.
My 2 yr old sa DUNK instead of DONE. (i.e.: Me: Are done with your dinner? Him: I dunk)
Yesterday my 5 yr old was picked to do the Word of the Day on the school's news channel and she had to read the word and say a short definition and sentence to go with it. The word was CONFIDENT. When she came home and re-created it for me, she kept using a 'n' in place of the 'd' and saying CONFINENT.
Honestly, it is all so cute that I am always sad when they stop saying something wrong and start getting it right. One day my little boy will say "done" instead of "dunk"...and I will probably cry!0 -
No offense intended, but it looks like one of those poopin' in the bluebonnet pictures. :laugh:
[/quote]Sweetie, if you poop in the bluebonnets, you're liable to end up with fireants bitin' your *kitten*. And if that happens, everybody's gonna have a bad day! :laugh:
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Google poopin' in the bluebonnets. It's hilarious. Generally making fun of those you see off the side of the highway squatting down in the flowers as it looks like they're...well, poopin' in the bluebonnets.0 -
"Acrylic." I have also been told that "Don" and "Dawn" aren't pronounced the same, but I pronounce them the same – I think that's a CA vs. LA accent thing, though.
Nothing personal, but my name is Dawn, and I intensely dislike when people call me by a man's name. It never occured to me that the person speaking it may not be able to pronounce it correctly. I usually have to get all Boston on them. I will keep this bit of info in mind for the future, though, so thanks for sharing :flowerforyou:
So how do you say your name? I don't know any other way to say "Dawn."
It's Dawn, like fawn, yawn, or lawn. I never had anyone call me "Don" (with the "ON" sound) until I entered the workforce. I've literally had to say "no, I am not a man. It is DAAWWWWWN. Like Awning" ... sheesh.0 -
I have taken and been the subject of many a bluebonnet poopin' picture, which is how I know about the fireants... got no need to google it. I've seen it 45 gajillion times on the highway too. Just don't pick 'em, 'cause that's illegal.No offense intended, but it looks like one of those poopin' in the bluebonnet pictures. :laugh:Sweetie, if you poop in the bluebonnets, you're liable to end up with fireants bitin' your *kitten*. And if that happens, everybody's gonna have a bad day! :laugh:Google poopin' in the bluebonnets. It's hilarious. Generally making fun of those you see off the side of the highway squatting down in the flowers as it looks like they're...well, poopin' in the bluebonnets.
Just kiddin'. Trespassing is what's illegal, and that's usually the problem.
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