Word Pronunciation Pet Peeves

[dorispulaski]

My very proper cousin always called it pissketti. But then she had trouble with b/p, too. I wonder if there was a NJite in her family?

I couldn't stand to hear her say itl

[Dee4707]

Ruff for roof

dowel for doll

Clowset for closet

[Tonichelle]

Sell instead of sale

pacific instead of specific

[show 42]

My mother-in-law used to say, "I give three dollars for that" instead of "I paid three dollars for that"..............she's gone now, so I miss her mid-western way of speech...........42

[PolymerBob]

It is very common to hear "laid" ( past tense of "lie" ) rather than "lay".