Mispronunciations that drive you up a wall

JoeEkaitis · Feb 2, 2011

"Comfterble" for "comfortable".

"Cariokey" for "Karaoke" (ka-ra-OH-keh).

"Farfell" and "popperdale" for "farfalle" (far-FAH-leh) and "pappardelle" (pa-par-DEL-eh).

and the one that will never die:

"Mischeevious" for "mischievous".

Et tu?

Silent Rob · Feb 2, 2011

Slebity!

brainstorm77 · Feb 2, 2011

This is often a regional thing. It does not bother me.

Devil Ledbetter · Feb 2, 2011

A local public radio announcer, Howard Sharper, says kimmewnity college and yenneversity.

Speaking of public radio, it drives me bananas how the NPR reporters feel obligated to completely change the way they pronounce the names of foreign leaders roughly every 8 weeks. Am I the only one who notices this? It's been going on for years. I also love the way they suddenly develop exotic accents when they have to pronounce their own last names.

Cella · Feb 2, 2011

"acrosst" for across.

Chris P · Feb 2, 2011

Being "driven up A wall" when it's "driven up THE wall"

But I have a deep hatred for "irregardless."

I love your avi pic, btw.

milly · Feb 2, 2011

samwich for sandwich
libary for library
pronounciation for pronunciation
pacific for specific

Chris P · Feb 2, 2011

Devil Ledbetter said:
A local public radio announcer, Howard Sharper, says kimmewnity college and yenneversity.

Speaking of public radio, it drives me bananas how the NPR reporters feel obligated to completely change the way they pronounce the names of foreign leaders roughly every 8 weeks. Am I the only one who notices this? It's been going on for years. I also love the way they suddenly develop exotic accents when they have to pronounce their own last names.

Saturday Night Live did a sketch on that about 20 years ago. Jimmy Smits was the guest star, and they all thought they had to use the Mexican pronunciation for everything. "Jimmy? Do you want a burrrrrrrrrrrr-E-to?" I'll link to Youtube if I can find it.

ETA: "Sammich" gives me the RAGE!

cray · Feb 2, 2011

milly said:
samwich for sandwich
libary for library
pronounciation for pronunciation
pacific for specific

oh good lord, quit yer yappin and go make me a sammich.

*runs*

quickWit · Feb 2, 2011

nucular for nuclear
calvary for cavalry

cray · Feb 2, 2011

quickWit said:
nucular for nuclear
calvary for cavalry

oh good lord, now you quit yer yappin and go make me a sammich.

Cella · Feb 2, 2011

It's been pointed out to me that I say "ceraint" instead of "certain" on a fairly regalar basis.

milly · Feb 2, 2011

cray said:
oh good lord, quit yer yappin and go make me a sammich.

*runs*

NO

and, hell NO!

milly · Feb 2, 2011

ooh, I also can't stand when people say flustrated instead of frustrated

WTF?

quickWit · Feb 2, 2011

cray said:
oh good lord, now you quit yer yappin and go make me a sammich.

*rolls over, nudges mrs. cray*
I think he's talking to you

cray · Feb 2, 2011

milly said:
NO

and, hell NO!

roast beef. rare.

thank you.
mayo. none of that miracle whip crap, either.

cray · Feb 2, 2011

quickWit said:
*rolls over, nudges mrs. cray*
I think he's talking to you

tell her she forgot to take the trash cans out last night.
there's still time if she gets home within a few hours.

...but be nice! don't just leave, qw. understand?
some cuddling would be nice.

milly · Feb 2, 2011

I also hate when people shorten mayonnaise with mayo...

:tongue

how lazy!

Bmwhtly · Feb 2, 2011

expresso.

Devil Ledbetter · Feb 2, 2011

EXpecially
AWmost
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soapdish · Feb 2, 2011

Chris P said:
Being "driven up A wall" when it's "driven up THE wall"

But I have a deep hatred for "irregardless."

I love your avi pic, btw.

Irregardless. YES! That drives me up the wall.

especially when people argue with you that it's correct.

And supposably instead of supposedly. Though, I always thought supposably was merely a mispronunciation, and it turns out it is actually a word. It just doesn't mean the same thing as supposedly and is misused more often than it is used correctly. At least according to an article I read recently.

DamaNegra · Feb 2, 2011

Well, I once said I was going to jail rather than Yale.

Also, apparently I can't say "yogurt" to save my life, I say "jogurt".

Shadow_Ferret · Feb 2, 2011

JoeEkaitis said:
"Comfterble" for "comfortable".

"Cariokey" for "Karaoke" (ka-ra-OH-keh).

"Farfell" and "popperdale" for "farfalle" (far-FAH-leh) and "pappardelle" (pa-par-DEL-eh).

and the one that will never die:

"Mischeevious" for "mischievous".

Et tu?

I say all those. (Except I have no idea what farfalle or pappardelle are).

And I say Mis-chiff-us and sometimes do say mischeevious.

Often it's just a local dialect, so no, mispronunciations don't bother me. I mean, so what? Big deal. There's other things to worry about.

Devil Ledbetter · Feb 2, 2011

How did I forget Real-it-or? I am stunned by the number of otherwise educated people who don't know it's spelled Realtor and pronounced Realtor. Two syllables. No "IT" in the middle. Gah!

Likewise, there is no such thing as a Real-it-ee. It's Realty. Same deal as above.

Devil Ledbetter · Feb 2, 2011

Shadow_Ferret said:
I say all those. (Except I have no idea what farfalle or pappardelle are).

And I say Mis-chiff-us and sometimes do say mischeevious.

Often it's just a local dialect, so no, mispronunciations don't bother me. I mean, so what? Big deal. There's other things to worry about.

People tell me I say "woof" when I try to say "wolf." :tongue

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