Mispronounced words that drive you crazy!

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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    What is funny is that when I was taking a TEFL class, my British friends heard an American girl say "orient" (as opposed to "orientate") and they had no idea what she meant! They thought she had confused her words, or was talking about the East Orient. :lol:
  • pretext
    pretext Posts: 1,294
    LackSadaisical instead of lackadaisical. Stupid sports announcers trying to sound smart. ARGH.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Axe instead of ask.

    Mispronunciations of 'nuclear' drive me nuts too.

    But, above all, i HATE when people don't understand the difference between conscience and conscious. Makes me furious. eg: "I was going to burn him, but then I remember I have a conscious."
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    soulsinging wrote:

    But, above all, i HATE when people don't understand the difference between conscience and conscious. Makes me furious. eg: "I was going to burn him, but then I remember I have a conscious."

    ME TOO!!!!!!!!! Good one. Thanks for pointing that out.

    And, in the same note...I go ballistic when people don't know the difference between their/there/they're and to/too/two oh and your/you're.
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  • Red_Dot
    Red_Dot Posts: 1,454
    I hate it when people say 'erb' instead of 'HERB'

    When my friend tryes to say 'new' he says 'nu'

    I always say 'magine' instead of 'imagine'
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    'fillings' instead of feelings
    'ricutta' instead of ricotta
    'cunnit' instead of couldn't. That goes along with wunnit, dinnit and shunnit. argh! That really bugs me!
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  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    M.G wrote:
    I hate it when people say 'erb' instead of 'HERB'


    as a former chef in seattle I believe the correct pronunciation is 'erb'.


    edit-when talking about plants etc...
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,254
    edited January 2009
    pearljamjen wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    also, some people say "orientated" when they mean "oriented."

    Actually, orientated is also correct.

    I respectfully disagree.

    edit: apparently the Brits do say orientated, but since when do they speak english? :o
    Post edited by Wobbie on
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,333
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    'fillings' instead of feelings
    'ricutta' instead of ricotta
    'cunnit' instead of couldn't. That goes along with wunnit, dinnit and shunnit. argh! That really bugs me!
    How about innit
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    these don't bother me:
    AMM-mond, almond
    APE-ricot, apricot

    But, HERB is pronounced with a silent H. Unless you're talking about Herb the guy.
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    oh yeah! and when Paula Dean says 'oil' it comes out 'ole.'
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,333
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    oh yeah! and when Paula Dean says 'oil' it comes out 'ole.'
    Just about ANYTHING that woman says ain't right.
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  • strummers
    strummers Posts: 2,611
    Commy wrote:
    M.G wrote:
    I hate it when people say 'erb' instead of 'HERB'


    as a former chef in seattle I believe the correct pronunciation is 'erb'.


    edit-when talking about plants etc...

    Nope it's herb! Reminds me of Eddie Izzard's rant about people not pronouncing the 'h's at the start of words - he is genuis!
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    when people say V and F instead of TH. Also the way some people pronounce the letter H.
  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Samwich NOOOO!! It's SANDwich....even on Subway ads on the radio or TV they say "samwich"...

    I also dislike when people pronounce words that end in e-r-y as ree....

    I need new flashlight batrees soon, before tuesdy....

    And Costcos, Safeways...

    OH! there is a medication called Zopiclone...but one of our doctors ALWAYS pronounces it Zoplicone
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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    imalive wrote:
    pearljamjen wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    also, some people say "orientated" when they mean "oriented."

    Actually, orientated is also correct.

    I respectfully disagree.

    edit: apparently the Brits do say orientated, but since when do they speak english? :o
    So the dictionary is wrong then? :shock: LMAO

    Well I think Brits know a thing or two about speaking English. ;)
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    soulsinging wrote:
    But, above all, i HATE when people don't understand the difference between conscience and conscious. Makes me furious. eg: "I was going to burn him, but then I remember I have a conscious."


    that makes you furious??

    here's me irked by some flag waving braggadocio and you can't see why... and yet you get furious about the use of a wrong word?


    also... i have to say axe instead of ask bugs the shit out of me.

    and thanks to cmjsteak... that chart is now added to my flickr account for all such occasions that someone says "i could care less"

    then instead of than... that bugs me.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.

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