Misprounounced Words

[MonaVox]

What words do you hear ppl say that you think are like BUTCHERED.. or maybe YOU'RE the butcher.

I say syrup like "sare-up" and everyone else says "seer-up"

Some people say "orange" as written, some say "ornsch"

And today I was told that I say "always" as "ole-wees"

I annoy myself

Anything else?

 

[Laura M]

Some ppl here say towel like tarrrl and that REALLY gets me, they also say window like windy


I cant say pound town sound tho i say pouuuund, taaaown, saaound I dont notice it but my family always at me

I cant say Tara Palmer Tompkinson either i call her Zara Tara Tompkinson

 

[Cowgirl]

haha the good ole windy.
like fridee and satdee

Its starting to bug me that some Australians are starting to pronounce certain letters like a certain other country, and its from laziness, not our accent.
Not naming any names, but the word is get not git, but not bi/et, been not bin.

do u say envelope or onvelope?
ee-ther or eye-ther?
advertis-ment or ad-vertISE-ment?

We aussies are very confuddled when it comes to plant/plahnt, dance/dahnce.
but we all say carn't.

 

[bono-vox]

haha the good ole windy.
like fridee and satdee


do u say envelope or onvelope?
ee-ther or eye-ther?
advertis-ment or ad-vertISE-ment?

We aussies are very confuddled when it comes to plant/plahnt, dance/dahnce.
but we all say carn't.

I DONT say windy And i say friday and saturday too!

I say envelope, ee-ther and adverTISEment

We say gareege and not GAR-aaaage

I say YO-GHURT and not youghurt and oh oh i say lorry like lurry but my friend says it like laurie

Oh oh oh I say hair like haar and air like eer and not A-ER and HEY-ER!!! My friends mum had elocution lessons and I cant say hair or air in her presence without being at


I think the English say DAHNCE and Plhant and they say "h" like atch

 

[bono-vox]

Oh oh and an interferencer (i think it was meggy) pointed out that we all say "yousins" here that is also true

Lots of ppl say yer ma and da for mum and dad and aye for yes *shudder* I dont say that tho

 

[hiphop]

Ayrish. Trrrruuuu Ayrish.

 

[bono-vox]

Ayrish. Trrrruuuu Ayrish.

Yeh i say aaaariiiish Our accents are AWFUL


Aaaw my little cousin and ppl from the country here say car like Key-aaaaar hahaha and girls like Guuuurls and skool is skull

 

[Bonochick]

People tell me that I pronounce "about" like "aboot" or "aboat". They ask me if I am from Canada, and I say, no, I'm from the UP, and they say, oh, it's all the same.

I have a hard time pronouncing conscientious most of the time. I usually end up saying conshe-enshish.

 

[MonaVox]

I say iron "eye-rin"

others say "eye-ern"

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I cant say Tara Palmer Tompkinson either i call her Zara Tara Tompkinson

she dated nick!

 

[TripThruUreWires]

Most New Jerseyians--if you haven't already noticed--butcher just about every word in the English language...

word: drawer
New Jerseyian pronunciation: droooowr

word: dog
New Jerseyian pronunciation: dawg

word: New Jersey
New Jerseyian pronunciation: Joisey

i must say that sometimes i catch myself talking in this manner...either when i'm really passionate or frustrated about something. whatever you do, just don't be the one to point it out to me, or you'll be on my bad side

 

[*BOOMCHAA!*]

Scared.
As in "don't be scarrrrrred",

 

[souLnation2002]

i say toMAYto. not toMAto.
i also say ass. not arse. heh

 

[Lilly]

aye, tis time for a minnesotan to chime in here. i have a terrible accent - even minnesotans tell me this.

word: boat
pronunciation: boooooooooooat, yah

word: dave
pronunciation: daaaaaaaaave, yah

word: casserole
pronunciation: hot dish, donchya know

word: lake
pronunciation: laaaaaaaake, you betchya.

i DON'T like when people say crick instead of creek.

 

[Laura M]

she dated nick!

aaaaaw lol Mr Nick from Duran Duran want it??

 

[sharky]

People tell me that I pronounce "about" like "aboot" or "aboat". They ask me if I am from Canada, and I say, no, I'm from the UP, and they say, oh, it's all the same.

Well, it is the same thing. Actually, I don't go that far but I do have a tendency to say soory for sorry. my cousins from Ohio once asked my aunt why my sister and I sound Canadian. Now I'm starting to sound New Yorkerish supposedly.

Of course, my grandmother's Ohio accent makes her say stuff like warsh instead of wash.

 

[u2popmofo]

Nuclear. Lots of people say, "nucular".

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

aaaaaw lol Mr Nick from Duran Duran want it??

he seems to have a thing for ultra-rich heiresses

 

[Bonochick]

Thought of another one...I often say the the word "barrette" too fast, and it sounds like "Brett".

 

[senrab]

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i DON'T like when people say crick instead of creek.

Haha, I live in WNY State and everyone says that. I hate it.

 

[Discoteque]

GAH! Too many to count. Ah's a stickler for good talkin n' good writin!

'Supposubbly' which should be SUPPOSEDLY

'Mawaukee' for MILWAUKEE (where I used to live)

'axe' for ASK (that is just wrong wrong wrong)

'nuke-yuler' for NUCLEAR (our own GDubya does that one)

some Texasisms that I've noticed since living here:

'all' for OIL

'innit'? for ISN'T IT?

'bidness' (or binniss) for BUSINESS

saying words on the wrong syllable, such as:

WISconsin
POlice
INsurance

Lots more where those came from!

one more: in NYC they prounounce Houston "HOUSE-ton"!

 

[cass]

what an opportunity to get some opinions on a long standing little gripe

I hope I can express this phonetically....
me and language cassperanto



Two names Penelope and Persephone

Option 1 Penny-low-puh
Option 2 Pen-elle-oh-pee

Option A Purr-sef-oh-knee
Option B Purr-sef-fone

Maybe there is option , 3,4, C, D, but a definitive answer on this could save a life

so it all ends in not

 

[The Wanderer]

nice one Eddie, but...

Jaguar is not "Jag-wire," nor "Jag-u-are"

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

my dad always pronounces the word measure "may-shure" instead of "mesh-er" I tease him about it all the time.
I'm sure that there are words that I pronounce wrong I just can't think of them at the moment. I'm always stumbling over my words. I always say Star Trak instead of Star Trek.

 

[daisybean]

i DON'T like when people say crick instead of creek.

I say creek.....but there is one creek that is called "the crick"....that is it's name....

I like to say y'all a lot

I also say sumtin instead of something
nuttin instead of nothing

 

[Angela Harlem]

One of my pet hates is people saying 'fillem' instead of film. There is NO "E" IN FILM!!!!!!


"we went to see a a fillem the other day"

me: "no you didn't!"

 

[She Is Raging]

I get comments on a daily basis about my Boston accent. Apparently it's pretty strong. Mostly for the word bizarre, which I pronounce biz-ah, and use quite often. I got quite a few comments on this from Lady Lemon and Diamond in providence when talking about the song Party Girl!

 

[bono-vox]

Nuclear. Lots of people say, "nucular".

I say nucular- how is it supposed to be said?

When most ppl would say Aren't I? we say ampina?

Angela you'd love me i say filem too

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

Okay here are a few that make me insanne...

"Illinois" is not to be pronounced with an 's' at the end. That's just the way it is people so stop saying Illinoissss!!!

Also, while I'm on the topic, it is not "Ell-inois" it's "Ill inois"

 

[Hallelujah Here She Comes]

Also, while I'm on the topic, it is not "Ell-inois" it's "Ill inois"

Yep. It also kills me when people say "pen" instead of "pin" or (this takes the cake) "melk" instead of "milk." That makes me

Although I've been told I say "ruff" instead of "roooooff" so maybe I don't have so much room to talk...