Mispronounced words that make me crazy

[Visirale]

The former is the proper English while the latter is the americanisation.

But those are both the same thing. I am confused . It's not our fault you guys stole our language...

And here's a bass one for you. I always pronounced Lakland wrong until I went into a store and heard it. Not my fault they spelled their own name wrong .

 

[IanStephenson]

Any pronunciation of the word "Methodology".

OK I guess I'd be ok if it was a comparative study of different methods, but I've never seen it used as such. For some reason people feel unable to just use the word "method".

(and while we're at it what's with that american thing of "herb" - it begins with an H)

 

[Relic]

Any pronunciation of the word "Methodology".

OK I guess I'd be ok if it was a comparative study of different methods, but I've never seen it used as such. For some reason people feel unable to just use the word "method".

(and while we're at it what's with that american thing of "herb" - it begins with an H)

And just how do you pronounce that letter on it's own?
"aych" as in the US or "haych" like in the UK?
Even in US name for the letter, the damn "h" part is silent

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

Actually "herb" can properly pronounced with or without the "h" being sounded. It may be a dialect thingy.

I've always referred to Thyme as "urb"
but a fellow's name is always "Hurb".

Silly innit?

 

[lump]

Kawasaki Concours 14 - Concore, not Concourse

Tejano - Not Tay Hano

Huh? What is the San Antonio pronunciation of Tejano if not tā-ˈhä-(&#716nō, as is found in every reference I could find, and the only way I've ever heard it? Based on the Texas pronunciations of Bexar as "Bear," Montague as "Mon-TAYG" and El Dorado as El Do-RAY-do though, I'm gonna go with "Frank." Am I close?

(And no, I'm not from your "country")

 

[peterbright]

Let's annex the UK, Australia & New Zealand and really get back together. Then it would be all of our language.

 

[Eric Perry]

Be sure you specify the greek food gyro (yee-roh), not the abbreviation for gyroscope!! (which is Jie-roh)

as in gryoscope? it's pronounced jahy-roh

My bad... I was referring to the Greek food.


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[TheDarkReaver]

My bad... I was referring to the Greek food.


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Ah, that would make more sense

 

[Andy Brown]

Victoria's Secret <> Victoria Secrets
supposedly <> supposebly
regardless <> irregardless
kiosk <> k-eye-osk

 

[lump]

Actually "herb" can properly pronounced with or without the "h" being sounded. It may be a dialect thingy.

I've always referred to Thyme as "urb"
but a fellow's name is always "Hurb".

Silly innit?

Eddie Izzard has a good explanation for this one (some naughty language):

 

[Jared Lash]

I used to grade lab papers by the hundreds so there a ton of writing mistakes that would constantly annoy me. Loose/lose as already mentioned, it's/its was another as was their/they're/there. And there were plenty of others.

Some of the things that annoy me are specific to a very small percentage of people. For instance, I have a friend (and have met a few other people) who say "out of bounce" rather than "out of bounds" in relation to basketball, football, golf etc.

But I'm shocked that my biggest pet peeve hasn't been mentioned in this thread. The word anyways just drives me ape****.

The worst part about it is that it seems anyone who uses that word does so CONSTANTLY.

 

[werbo1]

I would say "It is across the chasm (Kasm)"

Some people say "It is acrossed the chasm (CH-azm)"

 

[Rudyboy98]

I still can't stop laughing at ass-tricks (instead of asterisk)!!!! LOL!

I am very big on spelling and using the correct pronunciation of words, no matter what language they're in.

I can understand if a non-American were to mispronounce words in English. That's to be expected, and I can tolerate that long enough. Then, if given the confidence, I will correct the person.

However, if you are a person that swears English is your first and primary language, I don't see how the words are being misused, mispronounced, and mistaken.



Supposebly drives me nuts.
Aks is just as bad.

But anyways and fo' reals really ticks me off.

To be fair, I know for a fact that when learning a new language, it's really easy to screw it up...but how is it that we have absolutely no trouble at all learning the bad words perfectly, right away???

 

[Georynn]

Any pronunciation of the word "Methodology".

OK I guess I'd be ok if it was a comparative study of different methods, but I've never seen it used as such. For some reason people feel unable to just use the word "method".

(and while we're at it what's with that american thing of "herb" - it begins with an H)

Tell me about it I work for a company that has herb in the name... people pronounce it all kinds of different ways...

 

[niftydog]

When you crazy yanks say "mirror" it always comes out as a one syllable utterance that sounds something like a large Russian spacecraft - "miirrrrrr"!

Kari on Mythbusters (mmmm...slurp) a few months back said the word 'mirror' like ten times in a row and I was a ROFLcopter.

A personal peeve - in the word "Aussie" the s's are pronounced like z's. "ozy" not "ossy".


Re aluminium vs alluminum - anyone else think the element "americium" seems fairly ironic... the "Morrisette" dictionary definition of 'ironic' that is!

 

[Eric Perry]

Kari on Mythbusters (mmmm...slurp)...

LOL

I was a ROFLcopter.

LOL again!

 

[ZH_Driver]

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

When I looked in to this in detail (being in the Aero industry and dealing with Yanks often, it was getting to me...) I found that:

Aluminum was the discoverers original intended spelling. (It is hard to write that). However it was officially listed as Aluminium due to either pressure from his pears or ignoring his wishes etc.
There is eveidence of the US using it as aluminium in the 1800's butsometime around the turn of the century (19th to 20th) it was actually listed as aluminum by a company... I.e. more like a brand name. As it became popular under that name, that is how it became known in the US. (Noting that the general publics interest in AL back in those days would not be anywhere near what it became once the material started to be used en mass like it is now).

Someone wrote:

Brittish speak English.
Americans speak English.
Australians speak Ozzy.

???
Since when did Americans speak English? I thought you all spoke "Yank".
In the word's of a great American hero...

"Why do I need to learn English, I'm never going to go to England" - Homer Simpson.

So in that light... no problems on saying that us Aussies don't speak English either, some here would joke that we actually speak 'Stralian'.

And my contribution to mis-pronound words.
Accelerate - How the hell do people get Eggs-cell-er-ate out of that?

 

[Atoz]

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?

Your first instinct was correct:

A-toz with an A as in "hay" and a toz as in rhymes with "laws"

 

[Atoz]

I always wondered why in English Porsche is pronounced this way.
While in German it is just (foneticly) Porsch, one syllable.
Why not pronounce it the easy way like in other languages?

But then again, brand names over the languages barriers get always pronounced the best fitting in the language the name is used in.

For example (staying with cars): Chevrolet.
In my dutch language it gets pronounced: Chevro-let, we pronounce the letter 't' because then it doesn't feel like a word from another language.

I don't know why Porsche is pronounced with the "e" at the end here in the US if it's not pronounced that way in Continental Europe (I thought that it was )... It's just the way they've always said it on the TV advertisements.

 

[ZH_Driver]

I'm a big fan of (in jest) pronouncing words as they look... just to get a rise out of people.

Eg. Pronounce Monet (as in the painter) as if if rhymed with Bonnet... no silent T here!
Similar for Ballet, I ike to watch people as I pronounce it more like Ballot (but with the e still obviously).

It helps people stop taking some things so seriously.

Another good example is how the Monty Python people pronounced "Knight" in the Holy Grail movie (as said by the French taunter).