Too late. I stopped using this word specifically because people are going to think you're mispronouncing it no matter how you say it.
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Words people mispronounce that rustle your jimmies
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Okay, I exaggerated by saying every commentator says it that way. But both Tottenham and Everton currently each have a Davies and every time I watch either side play the people say "Davis."
i never knew this was even a word people mispronounced until i saw the venom trailer lol.
That joke also doesn't work in American
Sorry
This occurs from time to time in the New England dialect of American English
When people pronounce "realtor" as real-uh-tor. There's nothing between the L and the T, you twats.
Also came to post this one.
It seems weird that Americans (at least here) pronounce "route" like "root" rather than "rowt," but "router" like "rowt-er" rather than "root-er." Or maybe that's just me.
I can't stand people who mispronounce "pop" as "soda." The only letter they have in common is "o."
There's someone I've worked with for years, and the sole reason I refuse to take their opinion seriously is because they pronounce it pacifically. And because they're an idiot.
I have a lot in French Canadian also but I will just mention this one that makes me laugh each time...
Cartron instead of Carton ;)
Cartron instead of Carton ;)
I go crazy when people pronounce "compass" as "cum-piss". It's "COMP-ass". Mealy mouthed motherfuckers.
a really simple one i don't understand how people get wrong:
ask...some people pronounce it 'axe'
it's 3 letters, it's not that hard.
woman in the venom trailer basically says it "sim bye ot"
ask...some people pronounce it 'axe'
it's 3 letters, it's not that hard.
woman in the venom trailer basically says it "sim bye ot"
Less of a mispronounce I know but when Americans say they have Math or they will need Math or do Math - rustles my jimmies for sure. You have singular mathematic do you? Are you going to a class to learn 1 Mathematic? Why it bothers me I don't know. Add the s you buggers. Maths. It flows perfectly.
I think Americans do the same thing with Iraq and Iran, don't they? Eye-ran and Eye-raq rather than Ih-ran and Ih-raq.
Tinnitus is pronounced tinn-uh-dus. It does not rhyme with arthritis. Idk why, but it makes my eye twitch
I mentally mispronounce "queue" as "kway-way" to remember how to spell it. (This suggestion has helped many aspiring CS undergrads).
In my forty six years as a real life walking, talking, English fella I have never once heard saw pronounced like that. Having said that, I am from the industrial Black Country in England's West Midlands and it is our God given right to butcher pronunciation of any word with a vowel and consonant in it ;)
When people native to Toronto pronounce Toronto as Toh-ron-toe. That last 't' in Toronto is silent!
I genuinely don't understand what he's talking about. "Saw" is the past tense of "see", and I certainly have never heard anyone append an "r" onto the end of it.
Mathematics isn't a plural.
As a Brit who has been brought up saying "maths" and continues to do so in spoken English, I do admit that American English is right on this one.
The original poster was talking about the intrusive "r". It's common among British, Southern, and New England accents. Like "Pizza" is pronounced as "petes er" or "wash" becomes "warsh". Though, I've never heard my British family ever say "saw" with an "r".
Also, jalapeño pronounced as "hala pee no". Like the "ñ" is right there...
Everything!
I'm not asking you to not make mistakes. We all say shit with some lazy southern slang equivalent. The important thing is to want to be a person who always strives to be, well at least a tiny bit better.
For the thread, I'll throw out an obvious one. etcetera as excetra
I mean, once you are corrected, why wouldn't you make an effort to say the correct word? Don't be a stubborn ass, just do it.
I'm not asking you to not make mistakes. We all say shit with some lazy southern slang equivalent. The important thing is to want to be a person who always strives to be, well at least a tiny bit better.
For the thread, I'll throw out an obvious one. etcetera as excetra
I mean, once you are corrected, why wouldn't you make an effort to say the correct word? Don't be a stubborn ass, just do it.
Mischievous: Mischievious
Aluminium: Aluminum
Solder: Sodder
Niche: Nitch
But then there are also people that confuse either with neither.
Aluminium: Aluminum
Solder: Sodder
Niche: Nitch
But then there are also people that confuse either with neither.
