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07-16-2008, 08:41 AM
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nuclear = nukular
larynx = lari niks
escape = ex cape
especially = ex specially
ask = aks
Just a few that come to mind, but the list goes on & on.
Is there anyone else here bugged by this stuff? |
07-16-2008, 08:42 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:44 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:45 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:45 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Anyone can have a good education and still sound ignorant.
That's how it sounds to me.
BTW, "ignorant" doesn't mean "stupid". It means:
1. Lacking education or knowledge.
2. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
3. Unaware or uninformed.
None of these are a compliment to the speaker.
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07-16-2008, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by zac2944 espresso = ex presso | Yeah, that's another one. |
07-16-2008, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by zac2944 espresso = ex presso | Mirriam Webster actually accepts both forms of the word. FWIW.
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker you're nothing but a **** stirring troll | Set your expectations accordingly.
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07-16-2008, 08:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the Netherlands, Amsterdam | | but i wuv nukular  |
07-16-2008, 08:57 AM
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07-16-2008, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Latimour Mirriam Webster actually accepts both forms of the word. FWIW. | Probably because it's been "Americanized." In other words, if enough people say it a certain way it becomes right/acceptable. Is it an Italian word that we appropriated? |
07-16-2008, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by vinny Probably because it's been "Americanized." In other words, if enough people say it a certain way it becomes right/acceptable. Is it an Italian word that we appropriated? | Yes, AFAIK the original words comes from Italy in the early 1900s.
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker you're nothing but a **** stirring troll | Set your expectations accordingly.
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07-16-2008, 09:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | | I think I've gotten over being "driven crazy" by the way someone pronounces something but I do notice it.
These don't drive me crazy but here are some words that I've noticed people commonly mispronounce because they just don't know the correct pronunciation. Maybe you will learn something:
bruschetta is not "broo-shetta". It's "bru-sketta"
Ubuntu is not "you-bun-too" it's "oo-BOON-too". That can be found in their user documentation.
Teva (the brand of river sandals and flip-flops) is not "TEE-va" it's "TEH-vah"
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07-16-2008, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by moomoocajoo aluminium - aloominum
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how can it be pronounced 'aloominum'!? I jsut don't see how. |
07-16-2008, 09:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | yeah, espresso is Italian and yeah I believe "expresso" is in the dictionary due to constant mispronunciation to the point where I've seen cafes that serve "expresso" on their menu.
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07-16-2008, 09:06 AM
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The one thing that drives me crazy is the misuse of their, there, and they're in the written English.
Let's go over their
It's there house
Their not home |
07-16-2008, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver + a lot
how can it be pronounced 'aloominum'!? I jsut don't see how. | I believe it's because it is actually spelled differently in Europe...I think they spell it "aluminium" over there.
bc
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07-16-2008, 09:07 AM
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07-16-2008, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver + a lot
how can it be pronounced 'aloominum'!? I jsut don't see how. | I think he's pointing out that we have two different spellings AND pronunciations on different sides of the pond. |
07-16-2008, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by DigMe I believe it's because it is actually spelled differently in Europe...I think they spell it "aluminium" over there.
bc | well yes, because we pronounce and spell it right. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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