Mispronounced words that drive you crazy!

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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen 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:
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-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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  • libragirl
    libragirl 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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  • mindi
    mindi Posts: 1,862
    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-Hiker
    Hitch-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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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,333
    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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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,256
    My boss, when trying to impress, will say something is a mute point. It's his trailer trash side showing through. :o
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Yah really! stoopid yanks mispronouncing Ahmonds 8-)

    ha..ha..okay!
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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K 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.



    For those needing it spelled out...

    Bob says "I hit my hand with a hammer".
    Jane says "I could care less".
    Bob says "Thank you, I'm glad there are things that you care less about, so my pain does matter somewhat to you".


    Bob says "I dropped a peanut when I was in the third grade".
    Jane says "I couldn't care less".
    Bob says "yes, I agree, there is nothing less to care about than a peanut I dropped years ago".


    Here's a chart:
    caring.png
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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen 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.) ;)
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,256
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • strummers
    strummers Posts: 2,611
    Not a word, but a phrase;

    "I could care less" - this implies that you must actually care about it as you are able to actually care less, but you don't.
    Surely the phrase needed is "I couldn't care less". Meaning it is at the very bottom of your priorities and therefore you don't care about it at all.
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  • strummers
    strummers Posts: 2,611
    imalive wrote:
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:

    Weird - has this already been brought up? Didn't read through everyone's posts.
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  • strummers
    strummers Posts: 2,611
    CJMST3K wrote:
    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.



    For those needing it spelled out...

    Bob says "I hit my hand with a hammer".
    Jane says "I could care less".
    Bob says "Thank you, I'm glad there are things that you care less about, so my pain does matter somewhat to you".


    Bob says "I dropped a peanut when I was in the third grade".
    Jane says "I couldn't care less".
    Bob says "yes, I agree, there is nothing less to care about than a peanut I dropped years ago".


    Here's a chart:
    caring.png

    Hahaha, as you can probably tell - I totally agree!

    Where I'm from everyone pronounced film, 'filim' too - arghh :evil: !

    My sister has 2 bizarre pronunciations - empty is 'empfty' and united is 'unineted'.
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I know a guy who always says "putt kick" when talking about a punt...I would like to punt his ass out the window
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,256
    strummers wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:

    Weird - has this already been brought up? Didn't read through everyone's posts.

    an attempt at sarcasm. :o

    also, some people say "orientated" when they mean "oriented."
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    edited January 2009
    fustrated

    tyenol

    libary

    people who confuse then and than

    people who confuse accept and except

    "Hey Lisa! Want to go to the Library tomorrow!! Notice how I didn't say libary or tomoree!"
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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    imalive wrote:
    strummers wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:

    Weird - has this already been brought up? Didn't read through everyone's posts.

    an attempt at sarcasm. :o

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

    Actually, orientated is also correct.

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    –verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
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    v. tr.
    To orient: "He . . . stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge" (John le Carré).
    v. intr.
    To face or turn to the east.
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  • DonJon
    DonJon Posts: 5,089
    Damn R&B artists that say "witchoo"

    Its fuckin "with you"
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    DonJon wrote:
    Damn R&B artists that say "witchoo"

    Its fuckin "with you"


    I dont know, you better axe someone...
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