Mispronunciation

Home ▸ Archive ▸ Serious Business ▸ Mispronunciation
GOONx19's avatar

GOONx19

An exceptional poster.

7,147 posts
Dec 1, 2011 9:27 AM
People at UK accent the wrong syllables of words and it drives me crazy. Umbrella is not pronounce UMbrella. Insurance is not pronounced INsurance.
Dec 1, 2011 9:27am
ManO'War's avatar

ManO'War

Senior Member

1,420 posts
Dec 1, 2011 9:28 AM
My Mom mispronounces so many words that I can't keep track. It's to the point that on holidays we will bring up her current faux pas.
Dec 1, 2011 9:28am
Bigred1995's avatar

Bigred1995

Ohio Chatter - CFO

1,042 posts
Dec 1, 2011 10:11 AM
Is he foreign?
Dec 1, 2011 10:11am
ZWICK 4 PREZ's avatar

ZWICK 4 PREZ

Senior Member

7,733 posts
Dec 1, 2011 10:28 AM
Bigred1995;996259 wrote:Is he foreign?
Kinda. He's from Dover.
Dec 1, 2011 10:28am
B

baseballstud24

Senior Member

547 posts
Dec 1, 2011 12:07 PM
I remember a guy on here that used to spell "steroids" "steraroids"
Dec 1, 2011 12:07pm
ernest_t_bass's avatar

ernest_t_bass

12th Son of the Lama

24,984 posts
Dec 1, 2011 12:13 PM
baseballstud24;996443 wrote:I remember a guy on here that used to spell "steroids" "steraroids"
I miss sowing season.
Dec 1, 2011 12:13pm
justincredible's avatar

justincredible

Nick Mangold

32,056 posts
Dec 1, 2011 12:19 PM
Cincinnat-uh.
Dec 1, 2011 12:19pm
Midstate01's avatar

Midstate01

Senior Member

14,766 posts
Dec 1, 2011 12:21 PM
In Ohio it's (lancaster) Lang-kis-ter not LangCassTer. Drove me nuts growing up.
Dec 1, 2011 12:21pm
stroups's avatar

stroups

Senior Member

3,223 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:25 PM
Midstate01;996454 wrote:In Ohio it's (lancaster) Lang-kis-ter not LangCassTer. Drove me nuts growing up.

I admit that I call it langcasster, I a also say Newark really fast so it comes out as nerk most of the time. If you want to see something funny go to Perry county and watch people order taco bell. I am not kidding you it is like the wild and wonderful whites of west virginia.
Dec 1, 2011 1:25pm
Devils Advocate's avatar

Devils Advocate

Brudda o da bomber

4,539 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:32 PM
You farkin bastages are a bunch of iceholes....
Dec 1, 2011 1:32pm
justincredible's avatar

justincredible

Nick Mangold

32,056 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:38 PM
stroups;996526 wrote:I admit that I call it langcasster, I a also say Newark really fast so it comes out as nerk most of the time. If you want to see something funny go to Perry county and watch people order taco bell. I am not kidding you it is like the wild and wonderful whites of west virginia.
I'm a Newark native and the correct pronunciation is Nerk.
Dec 1, 2011 1:38pm
ernest_t_bass's avatar

ernest_t_bass

12th Son of the Lama

24,984 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:44 PM
How do you all pronounce Louisville?

- Loo-eees-ville
- Loo-uh-vil
- Loo-iss-ville
- Loo-eee-ville
- lvile
Dec 1, 2011 1:44pm
Fab4Runner's avatar

Fab4Runner

Tits McGee

6,196 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:44 PM
My boss is the worst of all time. We work in transportation and he cannot say 90% of the cities we deal with and even some of the states. He gets everyone's name wrong (it took him 8 months to learn how to say my last name) and I am convinced that he doesn't even try to read things...he just looks at the first few letters and guesses.

His texts and emails are also a complete nightmare.
Dec 1, 2011 1:44pm
justincredible's avatar

justincredible

Nick Mangold

32,056 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:46 PM
ernest_t_bass;996562 wrote:How do you all pronounce Louisville?

- Loo-eees-ville
- Loo-uh-vil
- Loo-iss-ville
- Loo-eee-ville
- lvile
bolded
Dec 1, 2011 1:46pm
Fab4Runner's avatar

Fab4Runner

Tits McGee

6,196 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:48 PM
justincredible;996569 wrote:bolded
Same.
Dec 1, 2011 1:48pm
GOONx19's avatar

GOONx19

An exceptional poster.

7,147 posts
Dec 1, 2011 1:50 PM
ernest_t_bass;996562 wrote:How do you all pronounce Louisville?

- Loo-eees-ville
- Loo-uh-vil
- Loo-iss-ville
- Loo-eee-ville
- lvile
None of these. The Kentucky version, anyway, is pronounce Loo-will-ville.
Dec 1, 2011 1:50pm
ernest_t_bass's avatar

ernest_t_bass

12th Son of the Lama

24,984 posts
Dec 1, 2011 2:01 PM
GOONx19;996577 wrote:None of these. The Kentucky version, anyway, is pronounce Loo-will-ville.
That sounds beyond retarded. Loo-will-ville?
Dec 1, 2011 2:01pm
GOONx19's avatar

GOONx19

An exceptional poster.

7,147 posts
Dec 1, 2011 2:25 PM
Yupp. I say it Loo-ee-ville and they get mad. So I continue saying it.
Dec 1, 2011 2:25pm
Sykotyk's avatar

Sykotyk

Senior Member

1,155 posts
Dec 1, 2011 2:49 PM
My grandmother grew up in Western Pennsylvania and had some great ones. The most notable being: en-velps = envelopes. Never knew why she pronounced it in that manner. My father says "chwuh-nee" dollars instead of twen-tee. My father adds the 'r' to words that don't need it: Warshington D.C., "Warsh the car", etc. My friend's wife says "wooder" instead of 'wah-ter'.
Dec 1, 2011 2:49pm
justincredible's avatar

justincredible

Nick Mangold

32,056 posts
Dec 1, 2011 2:51 PM
I say crick instead of creek.
Dec 1, 2011 2:51pm
T

Timber

Senior Member

935 posts
Dec 1, 2011 3:00 PM
Common ones that I hear mispronounced on a daily basis at work:

Once = "Onced"
Twice = "Twiced"
Angioplasty = "Angioplastic"
Chimney = "Chimley"
Dec 1, 2011 3:00pm
Midstate01's avatar

Midstate01

Senior Member

14,766 posts
Dec 1, 2011 3:04 PM
stroups;996526 wrote:I admit that I call it langcasster, I a also say Newark really fast so it comes out as nerk most of the time. If you want to see something funny go to Perry county and watch people order taco bell. I am not kidding you it is like the wild and wonderful whites of west virginia.

Lol I'm from junction city... I've heard some bad bad language lol
Dec 1, 2011 3:04pm
Midstate01's avatar

Midstate01

Senior Member

14,766 posts
Dec 1, 2011 3:06 PM
justincredible;996693 wrote:I say crick instead of creek.

Me too and my wife said only people from perry county say that, so she's wrong!!!
Dec 1, 2011 3:06pm
Belly35's avatar

Belly35

Elderly Intellectual

9,716 posts
Dec 1, 2011 3:08 PM
Fab4Runner;996564 wrote:My boss is the worst of all time. We work in transportation and he cannot say 90% of the cities we deal with and even some of the states. He gets everyone's name wrong (it took him 8 months to learn how to say my last name) and I am convinced that he doesn't even try to read things...he just looks at the first few letters and guesses.

His texts and emails are also a complete nightmare.
ate when that appens :D
Dec 1, 2011 3:08pm
Midstate01's avatar

Midstate01

Senior Member

14,766 posts
Dec 1, 2011 3:10 PM
Words pronounced here in Hawaii
How you doing is how's it
Three is tree
That's ok is no worries
If its 3:30 it's tree tirty
No thanks is no tanks

I could go on all day. They sound very very uneducated, but for the most part they are. School is very much on the backburner here. If there are waves, most kids aren't at school. They get out at noon on wed and Friday's.
It's pretty bad
Dec 1, 2011 3:10pm