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Mispronounced words that make me crazy
- Thread starter vinny
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You'll get NO argument from me on that subject!
...hey hey hey-yeah hey Pocky Way!!!
here's one that may not enter into everyday conversation but annoys me - it's "cavalry" cah-val-ry, NOT "calvary"
Thank you! That bugs the heck out of me and I hear it mispronounced that way far too often!
I'll go back to sleep now.
I do, too!
But really, I hear the word pronounced to rhyme with the "hana" part of Benihana. That's how most Americans I know say the word, and that is actually incorrect of Finnish, the language of origin of the word "sauna".
It's like "sah-oo-nah", but without aspirant Hs.
Another American/rest-of-the-English-speaking-world difference. In the rest of the world, the word is "jewellery", as in the produce of a jeweller.
Oh, and PS... the correct pronunciation of "jalapeño."
My mother will often say out of pure laziness "hala-peeno" because she doesn't want to make the "ny" sound of the tilde-N. Nothing hard about it. Normal sound for English speakers ("Onion"! Hello?!) It's as bad as deciding to throw the whole word out the window and say it "jah-lah-pee-no" (with a hard J).
My mother will often say out of pure laziness "hala-peeno" because she doesn't want to make the "ny" sound of the tilde-N. Nothing hard about it. Normal sound for English speakers ("Onion"! Hello?!) It's as bad as deciding to throw the whole word out the window and say it "jah-lah-pee-no" (with a hard J).
I'm picky about language as well; I do teach junior high language arts, after all.
However, I think if I can understand what someone is trying to communicate, the purpose of language is being upheld.
I find some of these 'ignorant' pronunciations to be quite laughable. It seems that people couldn't care less if they sounded 'dumb' or not.
However, I think if I can understand what someone is trying to communicate, the purpose of language is being upheld.
I find some of these 'ignorant' pronunciations to be quite laughable. It seems that people couldn't care less if they sounded 'dumb' or not.
I think you mean quibbling, and accents are important because they change the sound of the letter.
My ex-husband used to make fun of me for saying "ca-ba-net" instead of "cab-net." But hey, I'm not an Indiana Hick. I also don't eat "sammaches" although I do drink "melk" in my parents' house. That's how Mom pronounces it so I grew up saying it that way too.
I now know better.
So, I need to know:
Is it A-toz with an A as in "hay" and a toz as in rhymes with "laws"
or is it Ah-toz
or Ah-toes
or maybe even A-toes?
I now know better.
So, I need to know:
Is it A-toz with an A as in "hay" and a toz as in rhymes with "laws"
or is it Ah-toz
or Ah-toes
or maybe even A-toes?
yes, because those are the only countries that speak english...
No, but those are clearly the main dialects...
An English speaker from South Africa has a dialect more closely resembling someone from Australia.
Same for Canada, sounds more like American dialect than British or Australia.
Geographically speaking, it kinda makes sense somewhat, large bodies of water to isolate their development and evolution. There are a few exceptions of course..
Like India, closer to Australia, sounds like British (former colony).
My ex-husband used to make fun of me for saying "ca-ba-net" instead of "cab-net." But hey, I'm not an Indiana Hick. I also don't eat "sammaches" although I do drink "melk" in my parents' house. That's how Mom pronounces it so I grew up saying it that way too.
I now know better.
So, I need to know:
Is it A-toz with an A as in "hay" and a toz as in rhymes with "laws"
or is it Ah-toz
or Ah-toes
or maybe even A-toes?
AE-Tozz
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Atoz
The same people that removed the "r" from "cahh". lol
I get irriated when people refer to a gyro as jie-roh. It's yee-ro fer chrissakes!
Be sure you specify the greek food gyro (yee-roh), not the abbreviation for gyroscope!! (which is Jie-roh)
