I hate it when people pronounce words wrong. My two top words on my list are:
imported when the person means important
Libary instead of Library (oh please!).
What are yours?
I hate it when people pronounce words wrong. My two top words on my list are:
imported when the person means important
Libary instead of Library (oh please!).
What are yours?
Have you ever had somebody axe you a question?
supposibly instead of supposedly
eXpecially instead of eSpecially
chimenny or chimbley insteas of chimney
pissketti instead of spaghetti
Feberary instead of February (my husband is guilty of that one), LOL!
I work about a half hour west of Boston.
Paahk the caah.
PolymerBob, how about (also Boston), Buy a pot for the caah instead of "part for the car"
Doris, that's my midwest accent coming through.Originally Posted by dorispulaski
I hate it when people say.....I'll check my puter....meaning computer. Sounds like a body part.
Or...I just had a hyster....meaning hysterectomy
Or how did your mamo results come out???.....meaning mammogram
Or....what did the Doc say.....meaning of course Doctor
Or.....I'm having taters for dinner....of course potatoes
Much of my family lives in Pennsylvania. I have heard 3 contractions for "dare not".
I've heard "daren't", "daresen't" and "dassen't" .
That sounds about right.
My husband says "acrost" instead of "across." And is extremely attached to it.
crick instead of creek
Amends instead of Almonds (I blame this one on Martha Stewart she taught my gma how to say it that way and it drives me batty)
warsh instead of wash
and some mispronunciations done by tourists and new transplants to Alaska
can-eye instead of Kenai (Keen-eye)
valdez (like dezi arnez) instead of Valdez (valdeez)
Sea-ward instead of Seward (Sew-ard)
Mt. McKinley instead of Mt. Denali
Last edited by Tonichelle; 05-28-2010 at 12:19 PM.
When I lived in an eastern state it would drive me crazy to hear "filum" for "film".
There are states where you can lose in the primaries for US Senate because of mispronunciations!
In VT, a fellow lost in the Republican primary when his opponent asked this series of questions in a debate:
http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/a...fredtuttle.htm
The debate went sort of like this:
Fred Tuttle: How would you pronounce this names of towns in Vermont. Let's start with B A R R E
Opponent: Bar
Fred: Nup Barry. How about C A L A I S
Opponent: Callay
Fred: Nup Callus . How about C H A R L O T T E
Opponent: Sharlet
Fred: Nup Sha lott' Now tell me how many teats on a cow?
Opponent: 5
Fred: You mean to tell me that you can't pronounce the names of 3 of the largest towns in the state, and have no idea how many teats there are on a cow, and you think you're qualified to be a Senator from VT?
(If you're a Republican, you have to win the farm vote in VT)
Last edited by dorispulaski; 05-29-2010 at 05:07 AM.
When she was living, my grandmother used to say "twiste" instead of "twice".
In Jamaica, I heard somebody say "flim".
Drives me nuts when I hear "betroom" for bedroom! 42
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