Word prounounciations that drive you nuts

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  • jevoyager
    jevoyager Posts: 59 Member
    Admittedly I hadn't read through all these yet, but had to jump in with my pet peeve of sale vs sell.
    e.g. "I'm going to sale this online" or "There are a lot of holiday sells this week"

    yup, drives me nuts, especially as i've been seeing this used by businesses now!


    The funniest mispronunciation happened to me a few weeks ago sitting in a doctor's office, and overheard bits of chatting between two others about 'going to golf' - it wasn't until they started talking about the oil spill like, 15 mins later, did i realize the whole conversation was about the 'gulf', lol
  • FlyByJuly
    FlyByJuly Posts: 564 Member
    Worcester (as in Massachusetts) pronounced WHOO-stir

    How ARE you supposed to say that? I've never been able to figure it out.

    Depends, if Worcester [England] then as wooster, but I have heard some Americans pronounce it Woosester, then compound it but saying woostestershyre [ is pronounced woostershear in UK English]

    But Dianne Warwick is still Warik over here, pronounced as per the town & county

    So how about Worcestershire sauce? When I was a kid I thought it was "War-chest-er-shyre" but that's not right. Now I just grab the bottle and try not to pronounce it. :laugh:

    Lol! I know! I have a bottle that has been in the fridge for several years. It's like I'm afraid that if I get it out to use it, I'll have to say it!
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    Some of these I am totally guilty of.

    I sometimes pronounce words incorrectly on purpose because I like how silly they sound.

    This! Sezackly! I also spell them oddly sometimes, too. Sometimes I deliberately am redundant such as ending with too when I already started with also!:laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile:
  • preacheraflame
    preacheraflame Posts: 26
    Incregible instead of incredible.
    toof instead of tooth.
    sketti instead of spaghetti
  • FlyByJuly
    FlyByJuly Posts: 564 Member
    Some of these I am totally guilty of.

    I sometimes pronounce words incorrectly on purpose because I like how silly they sound.

    This! Sezackly! I also spell them oddly sometimes, too. Sometimes I deliberately am redundant such as ending with too when I already started with also!:laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile:

    You, my dear, are a rebel! And you crack me up!!
  • JayPeeGee
    JayPeeGee Posts: 41
    i have a friend that says ''MINUS WELL!'' instead of might as well.. its funny.. and my wife is french so she spells AM instead of I'm.
  • PunkyG210
    PunkyG210 Posts: 94 Member
    A woman I worked with always said: Ty-nol (Tylenol) and Albaquerque Tuna (Albacore tuna)
    Cousins say: Melk and Poke Chop.
    Lots of others that I hate but Axe for ask drives me crazy...especially in songs. HeigTH for height UGH!
    Nucular especially when said by a President.
    Hanbanade (Hand Grenade)
    Flingshot (Slingshot)
    My grandmother used to say: Termastak (thermostat), See-saym (sesame) K-Mark, Wal-Mark
    Neighbor used to say: Creeky corn (concrete) ammonia (pneumonia) Woggely (wobbly)
    Patients say: Blood clog (clot) Had**** (headache) Acid reflex (reflux) Dylawda (Dilaudid)
    Others have been said already like: supposably, expresso, exspecially....the list goes on and on. lol
  • vickilm1976
    vickilm1976 Posts: 141 Member
    Reletor instead of realtor, ARGH!!!!
  • dizneedana
    dizneedana Posts: 40 Member
    I hate it when people say expecially for especially
  • JayPeeGee
    JayPeeGee Posts: 41
    personally i use these alot... PROLLY(probebly). FINSTA GANNA(going to).. LEMME (let me)
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    wash as warsh
    especially as expecially
    espresso as expresso
    both as bolth
    enchilada as anchilada
    treadmill as treadmeal

    I could probably continue that list for a while, especially if I just sit and listen to my husband talk. He's guilty of at least four of those on a regular basis and it drives me CRAZY!
  • vickilm1976
    vickilm1976 Posts: 141 Member
    Remembered another one, I was getting a bridesmaid dress fitted and overheard a bride telling her mom that the groom would be wearing a "cumbersome" LOL.
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    When people say "milk" like it has an "e." Like "melk."

    "Ruff" instead of roof.

    "Rum" instead of room.

    People who say "supposably" when they mean supposedly.

    And OH MY GOD, pecan. It's "puh-cawn." Not "pee-can." A pee can is what you squat over in the woods when you go camping...
  • SMarie10
    SMarie10 Posts: 956 Member
    Mump ... Opps I meant Bump. :[)
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    Sublime - I think the Americans (at least the voice over on a bronzing advert) say "sub-leem"

    Lots of Americanisms of English words annoy me - but then I am from the UK and have had to start adapting now I live in Canada, although it's very mixed up here as to what people use - American or English!

    I have never, ever heard anyone, American or otherwise say "sub-leem".

    I've never, ever heard this either. I also like snark from Brits about "English vs. American." I tried watching some show on the BBC a few years ago and legitimately had to turn on subtitles. They mangle their own language far more than we ever could, I think. "Innit" is not a word...
  • hacker1234
    hacker1234 Posts: 225 Member
    When doing some laundry, my wife says I always say "warsh" for wash.
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    Nucular
  • tlo23
    tlo23 Posts: 68
    My mom says "yersterday" instead of yesterday - UGH!!! lol
  • snarky
    snarky Posts: 262 Member
    I had a boss that would say irregardless all the time as well as redic-ah-lus. funny huh?

    my favorite misuse is nauseous v. nauseated
  • martyguy74
    martyguy74 Posts: 14 Member
    My husband says "bafroom" instead of bathroom. This drives me crazy!
  • conservativek
    conservativek Posts: 74 Member
    nucular
    ^^^^ THISSSSS!!!!! AUGGGH! And paJAWmas. However, I can't judge... I say "tarlet" instead of toilet, and 'nanner instead of banana... and 'tater instead of potato. 'cause I'm a TOTAL hick... Friend me if you're a hick! Anybody?... Not really?... oh...
  • Khymera
    Khymera Posts: 67
    Hearing someone say "nukular" (nuclear) makes my head do Linda Blair spins.
  • Laddiegirl
    Laddiegirl Posts: 382 Member
    These drive me nuts!

    Valentimes = VALENTINES
    Pacifically = SPECIFICALLY
    Axe/Axt = ASK
    Toof = TOOTH
    Polk Chop = PORK CHOP
    Witch you = WITH YOU
    Liberry = LIBRARY.
  • maddmaddie
    maddmaddie Posts: 160 Member
    ....you spelt pronunciation wrong.....I suppose that would be a good example.
  • dena789
    dena789 Posts: 165 Member
    I totally agree with all of the already mentioned words, especially axe for ask!

    Sometimes written words can make me a bit crazy. Such as when people don't write the correct word for the application - confusing "your" (meaning belongs to someone) and "you're" which is a contraction of the words "you are". Another set is - to, too and two. They all sound the same but are used differently. "Too" means "also" but "to" does not! As in: I want to go too!
  • gogojodee
    gogojodee Posts: 1,243 Member
    Aks, nothing drives me more bonkers.

    an axe is what I'm swinging in the picture...


    Bahahaha. Fo sho.
  • valeriebpdx
    valeriebpdx Posts: 497 Member
    Orygun is how every person from Oregon (and the rest of the West) pronounces it. The people who live there get to decide what's right, and we snicker when East-Coasters say "Oreygohn."

    One of mine is forte, which is pronounced "fort" not "fortay." But almost nobody knows that and I actually get the look like I am the moron when I say it right.
  • valeriebpdx
    valeriebpdx Posts: 497 Member
    I had a boss that would say irregardless all the time as well as redic-ah-lus. funny huh?

    my favorite misuse is nauseous v. nauseated

    Ooh, high level grammar. Very few people recognize the chronic misuse of nauseous. Fist bump to you.
    Whenever people say they are nauseous, I always think "Oh, you're not that bad."
  • VanessaHeartsMasr
    VanessaHeartsMasr Posts: 727
    OMG, I HATE when people say comfort-a-ble. I don't know, maybe I'M the one saying it wrong. I say "comfturble."
    It also drives me batty when people say "car-a-mel." It's "carmel," darnit!!

    (And yes, I know I spelled those words wrong, for all you grammar Nazis.)
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    OMG, I HATE when people say comfort-a-ble. I don't know, maybe I'M the one saying it wrong. I say "comfturble."

    I pronounce it the way you do, but "comfort-a-ble" makes more sense, since that is the way it's spelled. After all, you don't "comftor" someone, you comfort them. But I'm still not changing the way I say it.

    For the person who asked about California, I was born here and have lived here almost all my life. We use the R.

    For the people that talked about the pronunciation of chipotle, you may get a kick out of this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRv9_Q3HOmg This commercial is the reason I mispronounce the word even though I'm from a Spanish speaking family and know perfectly well how to say it. :laugh:

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