Word prounounciations that drive you nuts

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  • conservativek
    conservativek Posts: 74 Member
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    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
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    Hearing someone say "nukular" (nuclear) makes my head do Linda Blair spins.
  • Laddiegirl
    Laddiegirl Posts: 382 Member
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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.
  • maddmaddie
    maddmaddie Posts: 160 Member
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    ....you spelt pronunciation wrong.....I suppose that would be a good example.
  • dena789
    dena789 Posts: 164 Member
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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!
  • gogojodee
    gogojodee Posts: 1,261 Member
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    Aks, nothing drives me more bonkers.

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


    Bahahaha. Fo sho.
  • valeriebpdx
    valeriebpdx Posts: 499 Member
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    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: 499 Member
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    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
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    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
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    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:
  • GabriellaMaria
    GabriellaMaria Posts: 150 Member
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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: :angry: :angry: :explode:
  • GabriellaMaria
    GabriellaMaria Posts: 150 Member
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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: :angry: :angry: :explode:
    oh and for those that think it sounds posh as lahte...it doesnt, you sound like a pratt!!
    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:
  • nicadee
    nicadee Posts: 28 Member
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    pacifically instead of specifically


    know a couple of people that say pacifically, why!!!!!! :laugh:
  • Spanntastic12
    Spanntastic12 Posts: 181
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    Libary and not library.
    Screet and scrong for street and strong.
    Teef for teeth.
  • DexterDarko
    DexterDarko Posts: 235
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    Jewellery
    Basically
  • slenderizeme
    slenderizeme Posts: 154 Member
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    When people say envelope like onvelope
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
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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: :angry: :angry: :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".
  • Restybaby2012
    Restybaby2012 Posts: 568 Member
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    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.
  • charlottelouise12345
    charlottelouise12345 Posts: 16 Member
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    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' :p very interesting :)
  • Restybaby2012
    Restybaby2012 Posts: 568 Member
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    the fu@king word I hear being used a lot lately...

    conversate / conversating
    ....what happened to conversation? or even conversing. but CONVERSATE???



    .

    WTF is up with that?

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