I have been OFFENDED and everyone needs to KNOW IT!

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  • aloranger7708
    aloranger7708 Posts: 422 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.

    Haha I live in Maine also. I think it's the accent... most people have trouble pronouncing/enunciating it.
  • april_mesk
    april_mesk Posts: 694 Member
    People not from MA that do this:

    For Worcester: "Wor-chester" or "Worse-ester" when it's pronounced "Woo-ster".
    Leominster: "Leo-minse-ster" it's "Lemon-ster"

    All the "sters" are just not right. I suppose if I weren't from MA I would probably butcher them too.

    My husband says chimney as "Chim-in-ee". The word is not that hard to sound out!

    "Irregardless"- Don't say this around me! A woman at work does this and I correct her every time (of course, she talks in baby talk also so she just shouldn't be allowed to talk...). The woman is past 60, why must you babble?
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 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.

    Hey, no hatin' on Maine! I love that place!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 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:

    I hope to rely only on my looks someday and never have to use my brain again.
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    People not from MA that do this:

    For Worcester: "Wor-chester" or "Worse-ester" when it's pronounced "Woo-ster".
    Leominster: "Leo-minse-ster" it's "Lemon-ster"

    All the "sters" are just not right. I suppose if I weren't from MA I would probably butcher them too.

    My husband says chimney as "Chim-in-ee". The word is not that hard to sound out!

    "Irregardless"- Don't say this around me! A woman at work does this and I correct her every time (of course, she talks in baby talk also so she just shouldn't be allowed to talk...). The woman is past 60, why must you babble?

    Does she babble in baby-talk to herself?
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    Teenagers writing in SMS language on Facebook offend me.
  • alarae
    alarae Posts: 263 Member
    I hat it wen peepole can't use your langage rite. How due there parants stand conversating wit dem? Won has two wondar were they all went too skool. Or iffing they lernt sumthing. Their shood bee a app four this problem. Its a sham. What's they're problem? Tnx fore listinin.
  • Codename_Duchess
    Codename_Duchess Posts: 2,042 Member
    Can you well-spoken Americans please explain to me why you say 'jagwire' for jaguar? It's jag-you-are.

    I've a lot of non-American friends, a few of whom are avid car lovers. I've been pronouncing it Jag-u-ar even before meeting these guys. :D
  • peachfigs
    peachfigs Posts: 831 Member
    I'm an American living in Canada and I'm cool with most stuff, but I don't like the way they pronounce pasta. They pronounce it like Past..ah, like Passta. I pronounce it pah-sta

    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:

    The correct pronunciation is Or-EGG-uh-no.

    Oh, yeah. That's actually how I say it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKiBW49DaE

    This chick pronounces it our way!
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    Teenagers writing in SMS language on Facebook offend me.

    Your indignation is indisputably righteous.
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    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.

    OMFG I TOTALLY PRONOUNCED THAT WRONG JUST LIKE THAT, TOO!
    We're twins! :D
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    People not from MA that do this:

    For Worcester: "Wor-chester" or "Worse-ester" when it's pronounced "Woo-ster".
    Leominster: "Leo-minse-ster" it's "Lemon-ster"

    All the "sters" are just not right. I suppose if I weren't from MA I would probably butcher them too.

    Yeah, I'm originally from Massachusetts. Same with Peabody. We say pea-buddy (but very quickly). The first time my husband heard me talking about Peabody, he thought there was a city in MA that was called puberty. :laugh:

    And a water fountain is a bubbla. And the liquor store is a Packy.
  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    Can you well-spoken Americans please explain to me why you say 'jagwire' for jaguar? It's jag-you-are.


    I think it is an "attempt" at following the French pronunciation, which (as everyone should know) is impossible for Americans.
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    People not from MA that do this:

    For Worcester: "Wor-chester" or "Worse-ester" when it's pronounced "Woo-ster".
    Leominster: "Leo-minse-ster" it's "Lemon-ster"

    All the "sters" are just not right. I suppose if I weren't from MA I would probably butcher them too.

    Yeah, I'm originally from Massachusetts. Same with Peabody. we say pea-buddy. The first time my husband heard me talking about Peabody, he thought there was a city in MA that was called puberty. :laugh:

    And a water fountain is a bubbla. And the liquor store is a Packy.

    Being from Massachusetts I can confirm that both of these things are correct. Also, Massachusetts is the best state ever.
  • tmauck4472
    tmauck4472 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:

    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.

    hahahaha actually offended someone...wow *sigh*
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    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:

    *facepalm*

    You're*
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    I will "prolly" lose weight

    Say it after me "PROBABLY"....

    This!
  • Brazilll
    Brazilll Posts: 503
    How about people trying to "excape" do they want to rid themselves of capes?
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 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.


    I have this problem too. Audio books helped a lot.
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 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:

    *facepalm*

    You're*

    Oh SNAP! The tables are turned!
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    I could not care less. I could care less. No. Really I couldn't care less.
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    How about people trying to "excape" do they want to rid themselves of capes?

    Would the practice of trying to rid oneself of capes then be called "excapism"?
  • ShannonD13
    ShannonD13 Posts: 51 Member
    I was at work one day when someone said they were interested in being a "gay mormon." And they were good with animals. I just nodded and said "hmmm interesting." After I walked away I realized they wanted to be a game warden.
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    People not from MA that do this:

    For Worcester: "Wor-chester" or "Worse-ester" when it's pronounced "Woo-ster".
    Leominster: "Leo-minse-ster" it's "Lemon-ster"

    All the "sters" are just not right. I suppose if I weren't from MA I would probably butcher them too.

    Yeah, I'm originally from Massachusetts. Same with Peabody. We say pea-buddy (but very quickly). The first time my husband heard me talking about Peabody, he thought there was a city in MA that was called puberty. :laugh:

    And a water fountain is a bubbla. And the liquor store is a Packy.

    I had no idea what a packy or package store is until I moved to CT.

    Also, Greenwich is "gren-itch" not "Green-which" like most people think!
  • LisaMarie8713
    LisaMarie8713 Posts: 310
    When someone says "Pacific" instead of "specific".

    I scream inside when I hear that. Like I'm sorry, I didn't realize we were talking about the ocean...

    My coworker does that! And says "flustrated", as if flustered and frustrated had a baby....

    It used to be funny, now it just irritates me.
  • Brazilll
    Brazilll Posts: 503
    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:

    *facepalm*

    You're*
    :laugh: :laugh:
  • FitnSassy
    FitnSassy Posts: 263 Member
    Another one that is like nails on a chalkboard to me... The word is "realtor" not "relator."
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany 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:

    *facepalm*

    You're*

    :laugh:
  • JessicaRobin67
    JessicaRobin67 Posts: 275 Member
    I can't stand:

    -Idiot pronounced with an e... like ediot. I know someone who does and I just cringe everytime.
    -Wash pronounced with a R in the middle... warsh... can't stand that.
    -Egg pronounced with a long a sound... agg.

    TO name just a few.

    ...I am an American... and Weber is often pronounced as Webber... I went to school with some Webers and that is how they pronounced it.
  • h0peforthin
    h0peforthin Posts: 5
    I have fought the pronunciation of the picture file format .gif for more than 20 years. I was vindicated earlier this week by the creator. It is indeed a soft G, not a hard one.

    bugs.gif

    'sokay, I fought the same battle with Star Wars being 9 films for longer... and was right all along. I'm not crazy, I swear. Much.

    THIS

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