Anything that comes out of Paula Deen's mouth. My family is from the south and I have never heard anybody with an accent as thick as hers.
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Mispronounced words that make me crazy
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That is so geeky it makes me feel like this:
bc
Well, uh... why do you think I look like this in the first place?
I hate that one. Where does the extra 'a' come from?
Height. It ends in a hard 't' sound.
ADbassman said:
My mother-in-law can turn a one syllable word into two. My father-in-law's name is Jim and she pronounces it Jeeyum.
It really grates on me when people substitue brought for bought... As in:
'I brought it from the shops.' ...It kinda makes sense, but is WRONG!
And to stretch the intent of the thread, can I say that I hate it when people end a sentence with an elongated: Or.......??
Do you want a fist to the groin, or....???
'I brought it from the shops.' ...It kinda makes sense, but is WRONG!
And to stretch the intent of the thread, can I say that I hate it when people end a sentence with an elongated: Or.......??
Do you want a fist to the groin, or....???
Oh believe me, I've heard southerns turn Jesus into a five syllable word, but Paula Deen just takes it too far.
well technically they did have to bring it from the shop where they bought it.
Yes, I believe I did make that point!
But, the intent of their sentence would render them grammatically incorrect.
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My last name.
Seeing as I have a french last name and live in an english speaking country I'll have to deal with "May-loox" for the rest of my life.
It's pronounced "Ma-you"
My last name.
Seeing as I have a french last name and live in an english speaking country I'll have to deal with "May-loox" for the rest of my life.
It's pronounced "Ma-you"
at least your last name is not like my co worker: Butts
what about Houston?
is it Hue Ston or How Ston??
Neither. If you live in Texas, it's pronounced YOU-ston.
Also deepinahearta, it's pronounced "awl" (same as a punch with a sharp tip).
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You say eeether and I say ayther, You say neeeether and I say nayther
Eeether, ayther, Neeether, nayther, Let's call the whole thing off.
You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off
Eeether, ayther, Neeether, nayther, Let's call the whole thing off.
You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off
Here in Australia we have an even more extreme version of the Ask vs. Aks fiasco. I've heard peope pronounce Ask as Arksk. Yes, thats right... Ah-rr-k-sk. It infuriates me and my ex girlfriend used to do it, in fact it anoyed me so much that I would credit it as being one of the main reasons I broke it off.
I also get peeved with Herb and Erb. There is an H at the beginning of the work. The fact that the letter is pronounced Aych doesn't mean anything. Just because the letter C is pronounced 'see' it doesn't mean it can't make the k sound. it is Herb. Not Erb. Full stop
Also, a few australianisms that people don't seem to understand:
Aussie is pronounce Ozzy
G'day is pronounced with a very soft G, not Guh-Day. It's just gday, no vowel sounds, comes from the throat.
that is all.
I also get peeved with Herb and Erb. There is an H at the beginning of the work. The fact that the letter is pronounced Aych doesn't mean anything. Just because the letter C is pronounced 'see' it doesn't mean it can't make the k sound. it is Herb. Not Erb. Full stop
Also, a few australianisms that people don't seem to understand:
Aussie is pronounce Ozzy
G'day is pronounced with a very soft G, not Guh-Day. It's just gday, no vowel sounds, comes from the throat.
that is all.
Singlish? Closer to british than to american, but not as thick. I'd like to think that the singaporean accent is the easiest amongst all to understand, but that's if you can get used to us speaking much faster than "normal".
And, of course, that's only if you find the English-as-first-language singaporeans.
NEW ORLEANS! It's not Nyarlins or Nawlins or N'wahleens.
New. Orleans. Say it right, or I'll ****ing stab you.
(Lafayette and Baton Rouge too)
New. Orleans. Say it right, or I'll ****ing stab you.
(Lafayette and Baton Rouge too)
One that bugs the hell out of me is "mine as well."
It doesnt even make any sense!!! Why in the world would people say that??!?
It doesnt even make any sense!!! Why in the world would people say that??!?
