Word prounounciations that drive you nuts
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Exclamation.....I stumble over it every time. It doesn't all go together right!0
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I have an employee that says she bathed her dog. Reading that you just said bAthed. She says it batht, like bath then adds the ed on the end. No matter howmuch she is corrected, she still says it.
Most of my pet peeves have been stated, but that one kills me!0 -
Okay, here is mine. Purdy for Pretty and Ruff for Roof. Drives me insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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shoont for shouldn't0
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I hate it when people pronounce "schism" with a hard "K" -- "skizm." It is acceptable, but pronouncing it "sizm" sounds better and is more elegant.0
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WARSH! instead of wash.
THIS!0 -
shoont for shouldn't
I've heard people pronounce it "shu-nit." I HATE that.0 -
Since I live in Las Vegas, I hear this a lot from friends and family out of state that think I live in Nev-AH-da.
Nev-AD-a, not Nev-AH-da.0 -
I'm from Texas, born and raised here. I, however, have a grasp on the English language and how to enunciate. One of my pet peeves from people around here is for them to say "cadillac converter" when they mean catalytic converter.0
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In sure ants - insurance
Pin - pen
Malk - milk
It is amusing. I don't go crazy over it or anything. LOL0 -
Oh I have another employee that says flusterated, instead of frustrated. Drives me bonkers.0
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Uk southeners that put an 'R' in words where there aren't any like Class and Glass and Bath
Huh? So then it's clarse, glarse and barth? Never heard those before. How about diddint for didn't.0 -
Coyot-E instead of Coyote (yote, like note)...Could be a regional thing though.0
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A little off topic but I hate when people type "yeah" and mean "yay." These are two different words with different sounds people.0
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Omg, I cannot stand when people use "Yall". Its a southern thing and with me being from the north, it doesnt exist. Its like nails on a chalkboard every single time I hear it. Just say you or you all!
Another one that "grinds my gears" is when people call it expresso. It is ESPRESSO. There is no X!
Well, youse guys from the north just don't unnerstan! It takes two long too say YOU ALL. It's much kwiker too say ya'll. One of my pet peeves is not using youre apostophees! "Ya'll, not yall; it's (for it is), not its. Ahm jest sayin'!0 -
A little off topic but I hate when people type "yeah" and mean "yay." These are two different words with different sounds people.
that awkward moment when you recognise someone you used to know on mfp lol0 -
I love hearing how people say things and how their pronunciations differ from region to region. It is interesting to hear different accents, but for some reason folks get really annoyed at accents and pronunciations from others who would be considered native to their region.
The English language is so screwy anyway, who's really to say if it is pronounced WILL-a-mette or wil-LAM-ette? There are also crazy words like through (threw) that sound nothing like rough (ruff), but only two letters have been added to the beginning and the vowel sound is totally different. You just have to know how to say it.
Phonetics in English are really terrible. No wonder why we all have such a hard time understanding each other!0 -
Actually, it's the misspelling of pronunciation that drives me nuts:)
Pronouncing it as proNOUNciation is even worse.0 -
instead of saying, "you know what I mean"
I've heard "ya mean"0 -
I know it's a regional accent thing but AUNT= AUNT, not ANT!!!!0
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