Word prounounciations that drive you nuts
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nucular0
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Hearing someone say "nukular" (nuclear) makes my head do Linda Blair spins.0
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These drive me nuts!
Valentimes = VALENTINES
Pacifically = SPECIFICALLY
Axe/Axt = ASK
Toof = TOOTH
Polk Chop = PORK CHOP
Witch you = WITH YOU
Liberry = LIBRARY.0 -
....you spelt pronunciation wrong.....I suppose that would be a good example.0
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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!0 -
Aks, nothing drives me more bonkers.
an axe is what I'm swinging in the picture...
Bahahaha. Fo sho.0 -
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.0 -
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."0 -
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.)0 -
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:0 -
latte...not lahte, or larte, its latte..... as in hat, sat,fat,cat,pat,drat,prat,bat......
get it now???:grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :explode:0 -
latte...not lahte, or larte, its latte..... as in hat, sat,fat,cat,pat,drat,prat,bat......
get it now???:grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :explode:
comes from the italian, cafe latte....(milky coffee)
and if mcdonalds cant pronounce it right, well that tells you everything y ou need to know about them, doesnt it??grumble: :grumble: :grumble:0 -
pacifically instead of specifically
know a couple of people that say pacifically, why!!!!!! :laugh:0 -
Libary and not library.
Screet and scrong for street and strong.
Teef for teeth.0 -
Jewellery
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When people say envelope like onvelope0
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latte...not lahte, or larte, its latte..... as in hat, sat,fat,cat,pat,drat,prat,bat......
get it now???:grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :explode:
Actually, I don't. :laugh: Are you saying it's pronounced "lat", like the back muscle? Because I've always heard it as "lah-tey".0 -
AmbAlance versus AmbUland
Axe vs ask
shoont vs shouldnt
cousinT vs cousin
tooken vs taken
pacific vs specific
aurm vs arm
yaurd vs yard
warsh vs wash
ackshully vs Actually ( I type the former online a lot because it does irk me) go figure
which is another.......
figger vs figure
day to day talking I think people get sloppy and dont pay attention. Though it should never be "ok"..I suspect it's more acceptable. What rubs my last nerve is when it's done in the professional setting.0 -
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...
I have never ever heard 'puh-cawn' before! Is it an American thing?? cause I'm faaaaairly sure everyone in australia says 'pee-can' very interesting0 -
the fu@king word I hear being used a lot lately...
conversate / conversating
....what happened to conversation? or even conversing. but CONVERSATE???
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WTF is up with that?0
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