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English speakers get the pronunciations of many non-English words wrong. It makes me cringe, also.
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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I know several of the languages I've heard pronounced incorrectly.
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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My dad used to pronounce nuclear "nucular", and chimney "chimley". And for awhile, he would call Tucson "Tulsa", just to get a rise out of me. Worked every time, too, dammit.
"Warsh" for "wash" is especially annoying when you live in Washington. Fingernails-on-the-blackboard time....
My favorite mispronunciation story: When I lived in WV, I overheard several beehive-hairdoed women discussing words that are spelled differently than they sound. One woman said, "It's like the word Babtist -- you wouldn't think it was spelled with a 'p'!" It took all my self-control to not barge in and say, "It would if you SAID it right!"
So MM, I'm curious: When you talk about people who pronounce "route" like "about", do you mean the American pronunciation of "about", or the weird Canadian way (closer to "aboot")? (Just kidding, of course. )
Oh, and Syl, I never knew for sure how to pronounce Teva, so I usually hedge my bets and waffle my way through it ("Teh-va? Tay-va? However you say it...").
"Warsh" for "wash" is especially annoying when you live in Washington. Fingernails-on-the-blackboard time....
My favorite mispronunciation story: When I lived in WV, I overheard several beehive-hairdoed women discussing words that are spelled differently than they sound. One woman said, "It's like the word Babtist -- you wouldn't think it was spelled with a 'p'!" It took all my self-control to not barge in and say, "It would if you SAID it right!"
So MM, I'm curious: When you talk about people who pronounce "route" like "about", do you mean the American pronunciation of "about", or the weird Canadian way (closer to "aboot")? (Just kidding, of course. )
Oh, and Syl, I never knew for sure how to pronounce Teva, so I usually hedge my bets and waffle my way through it ("Teh-va? Tay-va? However you say it...").
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I guess my speaking pet peeve lately is how much people run sentences together in one or two words. I work on a help desk for a bunch of stores, and everyone who answers the phones at the stores goes through a long routine and then then says, "malp you" (instead of "may I help you.") Last night while being seated at a restaurant, there was a serious run together of some statement like "enjoy your meal" or something like that. I can't remember how it came out now.
It can be kind of amusing at times.
It can be kind of amusing at times.
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I my God I watched a documentary about Operation Able Archer the other week and it was really good, but the narrator drove me mad by pronouncing it 'nucular' every single time. And it came up a whole lot!MsMary wrote:What about "ekcetera"? That's another one that drives me crazy. As well as "nucular" for "nuclear."
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Menolly wrote:MsMary...just a quick warning...
Beware the mesmer...
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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I had a college physics instructor who said "nucular."Nav wrote:I my God I watched a documentary about Operation Able Archer the other week and it was really good, but the narrator drove me mad by pronouncing it 'nucular' every single time. And it came up a whole lot!MsMary wrote:What about "ekcetera"? That's another one that drives me crazy. As well as "nucular" for "nuclear."
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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All this "nuclear" talk brings to mind that scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home where Chekov is asking the SF cop where to find the "nu..cleee..er wessels.."
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altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.
~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~
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Seriously. If the rusky can pronounce it (THE RETARDED RUSKY, as the naval officer would shout,) then why can't the PRESIDENT?Furls Fire wrote:All this "nuclear" talk brings to mind that scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home where Chekov is asking the SF cop where to find the "nu..cleee..er wessels.."
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Shield is not spelled sheild.
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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And is there such a word as "suposably"?
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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Amen to that.
"The Cheat is GROUNDED! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves!"
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