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Mispronounced words that make me crazy

#224
SpankyPants said:
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Mine as well?

Like "Whose banana hammock is this?"

"Oh, that's mine."

"And this super-deluxe handheld massager?"

"Oh, that's mine as well."

Or

"My girlfriend broke my bass."

"Yeah, mine as well."
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No, its supposed to be "might as well." I have no idea why anyone would think "mine as well" would fit into any situation where "might as well" is appropriate.
 
#225
funkalicious101 said:
No, its supposed to be "might as well." I have no idea why anyone would think "mine as well" would fit into any situation where "might as well" is appropriate.
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I've used 'mine as well', but I think it was totally appropriate. Pointing to one of my 3 insane children, I'd say, 'He's mine. According to my also insane wife, the other two are mine as well.' If this bothers anyone I'll make a weak effort to stop. :)

Sidetrack/derail/tangent: When/where does 'appropo' work?
 
#227
f'nar f'nar said:
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.
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arksk/ with an extra K sound? Weird. Of course we all know it should be "Ar-sk".
 
#229
premise vs. premisis.
"I'll be checking the premise at 1234 SE Stark". :scowl:

light skinded.
"he's a light skinded black male" :scowl:

Baby mamma/Baby daddy
It's your ex-whatever it was... or at least make "baby" possesive. ie: babies whatever. :rollno:
 
#231
I live just outside baltimore, here people can't seem to even get their own area names quite right.

Washington - Warshington
Baltimore - Ballmer
Maryland - Merland
Dundalk - Dun Dak

and I have no idea how it happened but highlandtown became hollandtown. and worchester county become wooster ???
 
#234
Relic said:
LOL the "Wooster/Worchester" thing cracks me up. I've actually experienced that one myself.
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It's named after the British county Worcestershire (like the sauce) - which is pronounced wooster-sheer. So "wooster" is right.

On a similar note (and somewhat bass-related), I hate the whole Warwick being pronounced as "War-wick" thing - it's "Warrick". Again, it's named after a British county.
 
#237
Georynn said:
I just meant to MY ears (American) the South African accent sounds "more similar" to Australian (or NZ) and "less similar" to a London accent. The one visit I made was years ago and things might have changed, or I could have gotten in a crowd of "ozzy's" while there, but those were my perceptions, misremembered or not

I realized they were both colonies, but India was a colony much more recently, and again to MY ears they sound much more like a British accent, than a 'stralian accent.
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Look mate, I'll give ya the tip...Aussie English sounds absolutely nuthin like "sart effrrrican" English

And another thing... tell an aussie he sounds like a bloody kiwi (someone from New zealand) 'and he'll kick ya bloody arse so hard ya wont be able to sit down for a week.

We Aussies havent quite figured out what language New Zealanders speak...but 'ert diffinutly usnt unglish' ;)
 
#240
Let me extablich sumpin' righcheer, from jumpstreet...

How do you pronounce the name "Manor"? If'n y'all's in Texas, they say May-ner, not "manner"

Houston is "Yew-stun" in these here parts; in Georgia, the town Houston is "House-tun".

And I always thought "Holla-peeno" was the male offspring of a Dutch man and his Filipina wife.

And it's Weaselton, DC, NOT Warshington DC. Say it right!

And the name !Xobile...figure THAT one out! (The ! is in the right place, BTW...)

And the hick "et". As in "I et seven aaygs fer breakfast s'mornin'."

It's ATE, moron!

"Hunh. Come to think of it, maybe it WAS eight aaygs I et..."
 

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