Mispronounced words that make me crazy

[DigMe]

Pronounciation varies from region to region.

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

This one is the source of a lot brain flatulence for me (we could say it's the refried beans of my brain). I long ago mastered the usage of these three words and yet when I'm typing and I get in a hurry I will still sometimes type the wrong one even though I could stop right then and tell you the correct form to use. I'm always a little embarrassed when I do that.

bc

 

[Relic]

"SUPPOSE" as In, I was SUPPOSED to go there, and not I was SUPPOSE to go there.
hate that one...yes I'm anal.

and it's "toe-MAY-toe" not "toe MOT-toe"

 

[Georynn]

well yes, because we pronounce and spell it right.

At least we drive on the correct side of the road...

I think the different dialects of "english" could almost be considered 2 or (3 if you count Austrailian) different languages at times...

British (English)
American (English)
Aussie (pronounced OZZY) (English?)

 

[Relic]

At least we drive on the correct side of the road...

I think the different dialects of "english" could almost be considered 2 or (3 if you count Austrailian) different languages at times...

British (English)
American (English)
Aussie (pronounced OZZY) (English?)

Canadian ("eh"-nglish?)
sorry...I'm bored

 

[DaveDeVille]

the word is " specific " ....

from one of our ex-supervisors ...

" oh yes , i was very pacific about telling them how to do it ... "

 

[moomoocajoo]

I wouldn't say there was a significant enough difference to label them as different languages.

Then again I'd rate scots as only barely being it's own language (which I think it is)

bruschetta is not "broo-shetta". It's "bru-sketta"

The worst one is in glasgow when you order a ciabatta roll you'll often hear "Anoither THEE-A-BATTAH roll Billy!" >_<

 

[TheDarkReaver]

I did some research into the whole aluminium affair...and I found this:http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/aluminium.htm

Apparently the guy who named the metal in the first place, an Englishman, spelled it 3 different ways, finally settling on "aluminium" which was used anyway by his contempories both here in England and then in America. However, websters put one of the disgarded spellings in their dictionary so when the metal became popular people in the USA started using the webster spelling.

I also really don't like people from the North East of England prouncing 'book' the way they do. For some reason they but a stress on the oo sound so they ended up prouncing it how we may percieve a monkey saying 'ook', if you can tell what I mean. It's most irritating especially since I mainly live in Newcastle now.

 

[Dan1099]

well yes, because we pronounce and spell it right.

Actually, the (British) scientist Humphry Davy who first proposed it's isolation from metals, and was the first to name it, called it "Aluminum." It was an anonymous writer in a British literary magazine who coined it Aluminium, because Aluminum "has a less classical sound."

Leave it to you imperialists to stick with something just because it sounds fancier.

 

[moomoocajoo]

Coffee - kawwfee

 

[TheDarkReaver]

Actually, the (British) scientist Humphry Davy who first proposed it's isolation from metals, and was the first to name it, called it "Aluminum." It was an anonymous writer in a British literary magazine who coined it Aluminium, because Aluminum "has a less classical sound."

Leave it to you imperialists to stick with something just because it sounds fancier.

Davy himself later settled on "Aluminium" himself, he also spelt it "alumium" before "aluminum". so

 

[jomahu]

well yes, because we pronounce and spell it right.

so is it ah-loo-min-ee-um?

 

[TheDarkReaver]

so is it ah-loo-min-ee-um?

Al-u-min-ee-um

 

[jomahu]

At least we drive on the correct side of the road...

I think the different dialects of "english" could almost be considered 2 or (3 if you count Austrailian) different languages at times...

British (English)
American (English)
Aussie (pronounced OZZY) (English?)

yes, because those are the only countries that speak english...

 

[Peaved]

Supposedly <> Supposably
Purchased <> Bought'nd
MySQL <> My sequel

 

[TheDarkReaver]

yes, because those are the only countries that speak english...

not to mention all the different dialects within the countries themselves.

 

[Relic]

not to mention all the different dialects within the countries themselves.

Not to mention that there are a LOT more than 3 countries where English is the dominant language!

 

[zac2944]

Mirriam Webster actually accepts both forms of the word. FWIW.

Wow, you're right. They do.

The have an entry for the word Irregardless too, but I'd still consider anyone who used it an idot.

 

[TheDarkReaver]

Not to mention that there are a LOT more than 3 countries where English is the dominant language!

well that was implied in the post I quoted.

 

[bassteban]

I have a friend who routinely makes up words- for example, 'expressionate'. 'That cat has such an expressionate face'. *Shenanigans*

 

[Cambass]

My once told me to see a band called 'Kaspian'. I said "do you mean Kasabian?" "Yeah, that's the one, 'Kaspian'".