Word prounounciations that drive you nuts

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  • deniseearheart
    deniseearheart Posts: 919 Member
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    sammich-sandwich

    east coasters say wudder-water
  • DaisyHamilton
    DaisyHamilton Posts: 575 Member
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    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 heard any American say sub-leem. All the people on this side of the pond say sub-LIME when they do say it.
    Agreed. I've only heard Aussies say Sub LEEM.
  • ExplorinLauren
    ExplorinLauren Posts: 991 Member
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    Aks, nothing drives me more bonkers.

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


    Ugh! I agreeeeeeeeee
  • bullisnn82
    bullisnn82 Posts: 110
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    when people say "pooberty" like grrrr, it's pronounced (py 'bər-tē)
  • Valleydachs
    Valleydachs Posts: 56
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    Liberry for library.
    Impordant for important
    alblum for album
    sing or bring or any similar ING word with a hard G.

    Folks that can't get their THEIR/THERE/THEY'RE s right. Also To, Too and Two.

    Let us not forget the proper use of Your and You're and Its and It's.
  • SquidNebula
    SquidNebula Posts: 107 Member
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    "Expresso"

    .. It's Espresso.. It bothers the barista in me but it's not a big deal.

    I try not to be too judgmental. My mom says "warsh" and it used to drive me crazy but I don't like making her
    feel self conscience about it-- it's not worth it. People are people and we all come from different parts. I don't need to make someone feel stupid because they grew up in a certain area or have a certain background and they just happen to speak a certain way.
  • firedancer8780
    firedancer8780 Posts: 338 Member
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    An ex-boyfried of mine would always say "I'll give it a world" instead of "I'll give it a WHIRL". It drove me nuts! I would dread asking him if he wanted to try something new the longer we were together because I knew the response would involve the world!

    It also drives me crazy when people use "whenever" instead of "when". Example-Whenever I was in 5th grade we would go to the library every week in school. It's "When", not whenever. I hear this all the time and it is so annoying!
  • chelovik
    chelovik Posts: 200 Member
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    asked/axed
  • chelovik
    chelovik Posts: 200 Member
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    it is Jersey dialect
  • MrDelts
    MrDelts Posts: 209 Member
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    Did you spell pronunciation wrong??? Ironic lol
  • ebbtime
    ebbtime Posts: 35 Member
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    I work in a middle school.....Where do I start?

    aks
    dis
    dat
    you's
    y'all

    But the worst is mines & "without no"

    Can you make mines "without no" cheese?
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
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    Shedule instead of schedule...makes me nuts. It's a hard "C".

    Shedule is the British pronunciation. I am Canadian and here you get both the American and the British pronunciations.

    At least for this word the British pronunciation makes some sense...ie we have schnapps, and schnausers, and schnitzel....not to mention school...pronounced shool of course..:laugh:

    But the one that got me most when I was a kid trying to learn spelling was "Lieutenant." We Brits and Canucks pronounce it "Lef ten-ant." Where did that come from?
  • ebbtime
    ebbtime Posts: 35 Member
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    And still there's the ... birfday... baffroom
  • mmtrnr
    mmtrnr Posts: 25 Member
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    Drives me crazy when I hear people say "lots" instead of "a lot."
  • ebbtime
    ebbtime Posts: 35 Member
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    It took me DAYS to get my 13 AND 8 yr old to believe colonial was "ker-nal" & not "kol-o-nal"!
  • BARBY1956
    BARBY1956 Posts: 51
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    My mom says hurricane as hurricun. Argh!

    My Mom says cellophone for cell phone. I really think she thinks its pronounced the same as cellophane. Sorry Mom!
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
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    It took me DAYS to get my 13 AND 8 yr old to believe colonial was "ker-nal" & not "kol-o-nal"!


    Did you mean COLONEL??? im pretty sure COLONIAL is pronounced just how its spelled:flowerforyou:
  • rileydog14
    rileydog14 Posts: 19
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    ok, I'll play.

    Valentimes - really? there is no m in that word

    It is a val - en - tine

    smh
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
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    chicargo.

    cadillac converter.

    prolly for probably
  • babarabrooks
    babarabrooks Posts: 3 Member
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    Kekkle instead of kettle
    Free instead of three

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