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    I have been OFFENDED and everyone needs to KNOW IT!

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    • Posts: 228 Member
      Words I'd Only Read And Never Heard Said, Then Felt Stupid When Someone Called Me Out For Pronouncing Wrong

      Albeit = Al-Bait
      Chagrin = Chah-Grin
      Colonel = Col-en-al
      Ravine = Rah-vine
      Caveat = Cah-veet

      Now you may all shoot lasers with your eyes at me!

      I know the feeling! I have a different list- but my vocab is much better in the reading sense. Like I get a feel for it, like the word, know what it means contextually and then say it wrong- so embarrassing! I thought pseudonym was pronounced "sway-doh-nim" until I was about 20. AND the girl the called me out on it was the girl who had nicknamed me "big word b*tch" lol. I suppose that's how we learn.
    • Posts: 124 Member
      As I am reading this my 2 year old had me writing letters on a paper so he could tell me what they were. I wrote an "R" and he says "aah"... yep you gotta love that Boston accent. Talk about NOT pronouncing things right. hahahahaha

      My son too! One of his first words was "Cah" (you know, the thing people drive)
    • Posts: 503
      I fear for my life when someone wants to "axe" me a question.
    • Posts: 825 Member
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      The correct pronunciation is toe-may-toe, all others are incorrect. This ruling is final and binding on all peoples in all nations.

      Negatory! I farkin love my TO MAH TOES MATE
    • Posts: 2,008 Member
      Whenever I hear "Can I AX you a question?" ...... I wan't to scream "NO!"
    • Posts: 831 Member
      OH. And I think it's funny the way Americans butcher Van Gogh's surname by pronouncing it Van Go.

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    • Posts: 1,785 Member
      That freaking made up word "hangry" and the idiots that use it....I am angry that you assume I'm hungry, other than that your an idiot in my world.:yawn:
    • Posts: 1,320 Member
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      The English language is pretty much just a mush of languages pinched from everywhere else, often pronounced differently to the original. For example, 'herb' is a French word and the 'h' is silent, but most British people sound the 'h', so I'm not really convinced we can ever say there is a 'proper' pronunciation.

      While it is true that there are different pronunciations across national dialects and that those pronunciations are correct in their respective places, the only correct pronunciation of the word herb in American English is -erb. The H is silent.
    • Posts: 263 Member
      OMG people... The word is "for" not "fir." Stop the madness!
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      I get skeeved out when people say mature like manure.
    • Posts: 1,320 Member
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      Negatory! I farkin love my TO MAH TOES MATE

      While it is true that there are different pronunciations across national dialects and that those pronunciations are correct in their respective places, the only correct pronunciation of the word tomato in American English is toe-may-toe.
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      And milk, not melk.
    • Posts: 2,042 Member
      I have recently started working with a few people who say good mornTING...when did they put a T in morning? WTF?! I swear I want to smack them every time they say it. It's more than one person. It's like a stupid epidemic.

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      ^ Pretty much when this came out.
    • Posts: 124 Member
      What about Am-blEE-ance instead of ambulance
    • Posts: 1,320 Member
      I get skeeved out when people say mature like manure.

      I enjoy the word skeeved.
    • Posts: 1,748 Member
      That freaking made up word "hangry" and the idiots that use it....I am angry that you assume I'm hungry, other than that your an idiot in my world.:yawn:

      Notice that no one else in this thread is actually calling people names for using a particular word. Perhaps you should follow suit.


      But what do I know, maybe I'm just HANGRY.
    • Posts: 1,320 Member
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      Notice that no one else in this thread is actually calling people names for using a particular word. Perhaps you should follow suit.


      But what do I know, maybe I'm just HANGRY.

      Whoa! Hey now, let's take a time out and feel the love.

      Ok, times up, back to being offended!
    • Posts: 8,927 Member
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      Guuuuuuurl! It's totally Pass-ta! That's how we pronounce it in England :wink:

      Although, Americans often say 'bay-zil' (Basil) instead of Bazz-ill. And Oh-rag-ah-no (Oregano) instead of or-a-gah-no.

      It just ain't right. :sad:

      Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there! :wink:
    • Posts: 2,042 Member
      What about Am-blEE-ance instead of ambulance

      "Am-ba-lance."
    • Posts: 1,223
      How about wash vs. warsh...there is no "r" in wash. Drives me nuts and makes me cringe every time I hear it!
    • Posts: 1,320 Member
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      Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there! :wink:

      The correct pronunciation is Or-EGG-uh-no.
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      Whoa whoa whoa whoa, just hold up a minute there!!! I say or-a-gah-no!! There is no rag in there! :wink:

      It's hard to describe. Maybe it's more about how Americans stress some of the syllables.

      It's more like orraganoh.

      Brits say it more like ora gah no.

      That probably didn't explain it any better!
    • Posts: 8,927 Member
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      The correct pronunciation is Or-EGG-uh-no.

      Oh, yeah. That's actually how I say it.
    • Posts: 22,281 Member
      I work in Bangor Maine. That's Bang-gore, not Banger. THERE IS NO FREAKIN' E IN THERE! Sales reps call it Banger (as in Bang-ger) all the time.

      I would do the same. Everytime. On purpose.
    • Posts: 1,748 Member
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      The correct pronunciation is Or-EGG-uh-no.

      That's how I say it and I've actually never heard anyone pronounce it differently.
    • Posts: 831 Member
      Can you well-spoken Americans please explain to me why you say 'jagwire' for jaguar? It's jag-you-are.


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    • Posts: 3,198 Member
      I have major issues when the wrong "there/their/they're" is used.

      So do I.
    • Posts: 2,042 Member
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      I still think they meant "wretched" & not "ratchet," but to each their own.
    • Posts: 503
      How about affidavid? I just heard this on TV.
    • Posts: 3,927 Member
      If Weber were pronounced with the long E like OP asserts, then there would be an I in the word. It would be spelled "Wieber".

      You need an I to make the long E sound in words that begin with W and B.

      I didn't make the rules. I just merely follow them because I am smart.

      However, because OP is not wholly unattractive, he can be forgiven for his misunderstanding of how pronunciation works in English. It's ok, OP. Lots of people rely on their looks.

      :flowerforyou:
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