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Mispronounced words that drive you crazy!

Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
edited January 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
My best friend is nearly perfect in every way, but she always says "HONKY dory" instead of "hunky dory"...I laugh a little bit inside when she says it, but I have never commented on it because I kind of like the laugh every time she does.

Several years ago I worked with a girl who was dumb as a box of rocks on many levels but she said" ma-naisse, totally ignoring the "yo". I asked her why the hell people called it mayo if it was pronounced ma-naisse.....she looked at me like a confused puppy.

Lots of people pronounce ruined as rurnt...which just pisses me off

People say Wal Mark or Wal Marts

So what are some the ones you hear regularly...
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    restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,946
    milk said as melk
    boba fett said as bubble fett
    C-3P0 said threeseepeeyo. the grace period is over. its been 30 fuckin years people.
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    PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,261
    Supposably
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    Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    expecially (no) = especially (yes!)

    irregardless (no) = regardless (yes!)
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    pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,218
    people constantly say 'member' when they mean 'remember' like 'member when i was a dumbass'

    and cinnamon girl i have no clue on regardless vs. irregardless
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    inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    valentimes day and fustrated are two of my favorites....
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    pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    I don't like when people say "warshed" instead of "washed." :shock:

    And when they say "expresso" instead of "espresso." :o
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    wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    pjhawks wrote:
    people constantly say 'member' when they mean 'remember' like 'member when i was a dumbass'

    and cinnamon girl i have no clue on regardless vs. irregardless
    Irregardless isn't a word, that's why. ;)
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    Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    wolfbear wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    people constantly say 'member' when they mean 'remember' like 'member when i was a dumbass'

    and cinnamon girl i have no clue on regardless vs. irregardless
    Irregardless isn't a word, that's why. ;)

    :D
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    BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    Poncier wrote:
    Supposably


    Agreed, except when my fiance says it because for some reason I think it's adorable.
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    Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    BinFrog wrote:
    Poncier wrote:
    Supposably


    Agreed, except when my fiance says it because for some reason I think it's adorable.

    give it a few years ;)
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    mindimindi Posts: 1,858
    My husband can't pronounce fellatio right, so he never gets any. :lol:
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    DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,259
    i think i'll go pick up some books at the li-berry.
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
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    libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    I do say Walmarts kidding around. I don't know though..i really don't get down on people for mispronouncing words..god know there are big words i stumble on. If someone continously mispronounces a word then maybe i will leave a fun with phonics tape for them :lol:
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    mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,938
    mindi wrote:
    My husband can't pronounce fellatio right, so he never gets any. :lol:
    Is it because of mispronunciation or the fact that your married now?
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    Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    My dad doesn't hear so well anymore, but he was always terrible with names so now when he tries to relay something from ESPN to me he never gets the name of the commentator/analyst right and sometimes it is so far off I can't figure out who he is talking about.

    For example, he started telling me all about "Shearer" one day and I had no clue. After several mentions of this Shearer character I finally realized he was talking about Mark Schlereth because I had seen what he was telling me about......and he gets made at me when I act like I don't know who he is talking about
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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    AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    My roommate in college always said "Birfday". No joke. She was going for her masters in teaching and couldn't pronounce a simple word. Also, I had a boss who always said "pacifically" instead of "specifically"...that one drove me nucking futs.
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    libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    AmentsChick wrote:
    My roommate in college always said "Birfday". No joke. She was going for her masters in teaching and couldn't pronounce a simple word. Also, I had a boss who always said "pacifically" instead of "specifically"...that one drove me nucking futs.

    wow..that is something. I know people will deliberately mispronounce words because they think it's cute..I have said Birfday before kidding around but damn that is stupid.
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    AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    libragirl wrote:
    AmentsChick wrote:
    My roommate in college always said "Birfday". No joke. She was going for her masters in teaching and couldn't pronounce a simple word. Also, I had a boss who always said "pacifically" instead of "specifically"...that one drove me nucking futs.

    wow..that is something. I know people will deliberately mispronounce words because they think it's cute..I have said Birfday before kidding around but damn that is stupid.

    I KNOW!! And I finally asked her about it one day...she didn't even know she was doing it. And after she realized it, she didn't stop.
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    libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    AmentsChick wrote:
    libragirl wrote:
    AmentsChick wrote:
    My roommate in college always said "Birfday". No joke. She was going for her masters in teaching and couldn't pronounce a simple word. Also, I had a boss who always said "pacifically" instead of "specifically"...that one drove me nucking futs.

    wow..that is something. I know people will deliberately mispronounce words because they think it's cute..I have said Birfday before kidding around but damn that is stupid.

    I KNOW!! And I finally asked her about it one day...she didn't even know she was doing it. And after she realized it, she didn't stop.

    ha..ha...she probably was embarrassed :p
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    AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    libragirl wrote:
    ha..ha...she probably was embarrassed :p
    I was tactful...and nice...I think.
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    pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    I had a coworker who you used to say "AMM-monds" instead of almonds. Drove me nuts :x :lol:

    She tried to say she picked it up from her roommate and blamed it on the region of the state that the roommate is from, not realizing that we were in that region too. :roll: She wasn't always the brightest one...

    I also don't like when people say "axed" instead of "asked." A client in our office this morning kept saying it. :shock:
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    Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    pearljamjen wrote:
    I had a coworker who you used to say "AMM-monds" instead of almonds. Drove me nuts :x :lol:

    She tried to say she picked it up from her roommate and blamed it on the region of the state that the roommate is from, not realizing that we were in that region too. :roll: She wasn't always the brightest one...

    I also don't like when people say "axed" instead of "asked." A client in our office this morning kept saying it. :shock:
    But...the L is kinda silent :?
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    libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    pearljamjen wrote:
    I had a coworker who you used to say "AMM-monds" instead of almonds. Drove me nuts :x :lol:

    She tried to say she picked it up from her roommate and blamed it on the region of the state that the roommate is from, not realizing that we were in that region too. :roll: She wasn't always the brightest one...

    I also don't like when people say "axed" instead of "asked." A client in our office this morning kept saying it. :shock:
    But...the L is kinda silent :?

    not really :)
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    mindimindi Posts: 1,858
    mickeyrat wrote:
    mindi wrote:
    My husband can't pronounce fellatio right, so he never gets any. :lol:
    Is it because of mispronunciation or the fact that your married now?
    :lol: Probably because we are married.
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    Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    libragirl wrote:
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    pearljamjen wrote:
    I had a coworker who you used to say "AMM-monds" instead of almonds. Drove me nuts :x :lol:

    She tried to say she picked it up from her roommate and blamed it on the region of the state that the roommate is from, not realizing that we were in that region too. :roll: She wasn't always the brightest one...

    I also don't like when people say "axed" instead of "asked." A client in our office this morning kept saying it. :shock:
    But...the L is kinda silent :?

    not really :)
    Yah really! stoopid yanks mispronouncing Ahmonds 8-)
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    mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,938
    mindi wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    mindi wrote:
    My husband can't pronounce fellatio right, so he never gets any. :lol:
    Is it because of mispronunciation or the fact that your married now?
    :lol: Probably because we are married.
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,526
    My boss, when trying to impress, will say something is a mute point. It's his trailer trash side showing through. :o
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Yah really! stoopid yanks mispronouncing Ahmonds 8-)

    ha..ha..okay!
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    CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    I severely dislike it when someone says "I could care less". If you COULD care less, that means it DOES have some higher priority than other things.

    I believe the correct statement is "I couldn't care less" because if you could NOT care less, then that means it is all the way at the bottom of your caring priorities.



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    Bob says "I dropped a peanut when I was in the third grade".
    Jane says "I couldn't care less".
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    pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Yah really! stoopid yanks mispronouncing Ahmonds 8-)

    If you are from another country, words are pronounced differently and that's okay. :lol:

    But the fact that she was from the same area was just weird. (And the L isn't really silent.) ;)
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