Word prounounciations that drive you nuts
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nucular
YES! I can't stand it when I hear "New-que-lar" instead of "new-clear"0 -
Oh, so many but I think the one that makes people sound the dumbest is Aks. It is Ask people. Learn the language and how to speak it.0
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My wife, love her to death, says
"light bob" instead of "Light Bulb"
Shes from South Florida so im guessing it can be a florida thing?0 -
Hands down for me is flustrated. It is like they are trying to say flustered and frustrated...and that is frustrating! lol!0
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sammich - sandwich........... omfg, I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :explode:
daygo - San Diego
gurl- gIrl you idiot, its GIRL!!!!! :grumble:0 -
just watch the show Swamp people for a good list.....0
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ebonics in general annoy the hell out of me. How hard is it to learn English words in the first place? I used to work at a call center, and I was HAPPY when people who didn't speak English as a first language called and attempted English, because THEY spoke it better than most others who have English as a FIRST language. No offense to anyone on the East coast of the US, but it's more prominent on that side than it is here in AZ.0
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Crick for creek
Guilty!! But that is how we say it in MT! lol We do spell it right though, well at least I do!!
Enroot instead of enroute0 -
Zinc for sink............awful..0
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Pee-can. It's puh-cahn.
THANK YOU! I knew a girl who pronounced it "puck-on". Just sounds like something really rude to do, "puck on" somebody. ugh.0 -
Aks, nothing drives me more bonkers.
an axe is what I'm swinging in the picture...
THIS! I can't stand that this the norm.
I have a pet peeve with the area where I live now they call a roof of a house a "ruff". I felt like a fool because I didn't understand them and when they elaborated I said "isn't that what a dog says."
Another one is instead of saying "with you", they say "which you". I always want to say god bless you afterward.
(gosh I have a lot of hidden anger that I didn't realize:noway: )0 -
nucular
^^^ YES!!!!! OMG my mom says this all the time and i want to scream0 -
Expresso instead of Espresso is another!
This times a million.
As a coffee-snob I want to punch my dad every time he says it.
I once had a customer order a MO-cha latte... so i repeated the order back to him exactly as he said it and he thanked me for not calling it a Mo-kah.0 -
My wife, love her to death, says
"light bob" instead of "Light Bulb"
Shes from South Florida so im guessing it can be a florida thing?
I live in Florida and I've never heard that one.. maybe it's from one of the more 'country' areas. The more towards the beach you go is usually far from anything 'country'.. and then there are places (usually more inland) that I can't even understand what they're saying because of their accent.0 -
Caw-ledge - college
PO-Lease - Police0 -
my husband says HOtel and it drives me crazy. hoTEL.
being from the south i hear lots of stuff.
piller for pillow
winder for window
alot of older people add an R to the end of names that end in A.
my parents always tell me i need to learn my kids to do <insert action here> you don't LEARN them you TEACH them.
my aunt says oxygen like osh ic gen.0 -
'erbs instead of Herbs.
There's a ****ing haitch in it.
And getting SPECIFIC and PACIFIC mixed up
and I-Bru-Fen instead of I - BU - PRO - FEN0 -
Most Americanisms make me twitchy.
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'erbs instead of Herbs.
There's a ****ing haitch in it.
Hour
Honor
they also begin with an "h", but it is 'silent'0 -
my mom and sister say 'birfday'. and they make fun of my son because he takes his time to speak correctly! ha! :grumble: :noway:0
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