Temperature != 'tempichur'

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: CKent
I'm anal about this stuff, not only do I say tempERature, I also say febRuary, libRary, etc. And you people out west need to learn that roof is not pronounced ruff >.<

OK, that one is just stupid. The "R" is silent, foo.

Do you also pronounce it K-nife, K-night, or of-Ten?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
Do you also pronounce it K-nife, K-night, or of-Ten?

You're supposed to pronounce the 't' in often.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
In the Southern states they say "temper chair". 😉

How do you say strontium? Potentiometer? Those have ch in them as well. So you pronounce Pentium as PEN-TEE-UM or PENTY-CHUM? :laugh:

Haha, that's a funny one about "Pentium".

I say "po-ten-tee-ometer".

I also say "stron-tee-um", but apparently that's incorrect.. lol.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Rubycon
In the Southern states they say "temper chair". 😉

How do you say strontium? Potentiometer? Those have ch in them as well. So you pronounce Pentium as PEN-TEE-UM or PENTY-CHUM? :laugh:

Haha, that's a funny one about "Pentium".

I say "po-ten-tee-ometer".

I also say "stron-tee-um", but apparently that's incorrect.. lol.

No, your pronunciation of strontium is acceptable: Link.

I've never heard "temper-chair" either.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Rubycon
In the Southern states they say "temper chair". 😉

How do you say strontium? Potentiometer? Those have ch in them as well. So you pronounce Pentium as PEN-TEE-UM or PENTY-CHUM? :laugh:

Haha, that's a funny one about "Pentium".

I say "po-ten-tee-ometer".

I also say "stron-tee-um", but apparently that's incorrect.. lol.

Think of potential. (poe-ten-chill)...

Potentiometer - poe-ten-chee-ah-meter.

I've heard strontium both ways. Also temp-ah-tore for temperature.

Interestingly enough the word camera has three syllables but a lot say CAM-RAH.

I also hear comp-ass-it-or for capacitor. There is no M in that word. Say condenser instead. 😉

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: CKent
I'm anal about this stuff, not only do I say tempERature, I also say febRuary, libRary, etc. And you people out west need to learn that roof is not pronounced ruff >.<

OK, that one is just stupid. The "R" is silent, foo.

Do you also pronounce it K-nife, K-night, or of-Ten?

LOL @ you.

 

[Bill Brasky]

In the lab it's usually abbreviated to temp.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
You think temperature is bad? You ever watch King of the Hill? Imagine a whole state that talks like Boomhauer. That really does exist.

A whole state? Really? Where?

Parts of Alabama. In some cases, you need a translator to understand these guys. Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...PPITAM&feature=related

 

[tokie]

Originally posted by: yh125d

Originally posted by: sandorski
Dude, New Zealanders don't pronounce anything correctly......

so me ehn my m8 were w8'n 4 our m8 who was l8 cos eh had a d8 with a grade 8 m8 of his an eh said it was gr8 so ne woiys me m8 pulls up en ehs subaru an ahm loik "m8 y dont we droive on the footpawth an run owvah sem m8s

i lost a great many brain cells reading this aloud.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: zinfamous
Do you also pronounce it K-nife, K-night, or of-Ten?

You're supposed to pronounce the 't' in often.

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: CKent
I'm anal about this stuff, not only do I say tempERature, I also say febRuary, libRary, etc. And you people out west need to learn that roof is not pronounced ruff >.<

OK, that one is just stupid. The "R" is silent, foo.

Do you also pronounce it K-nife, K-night, or of-Ten?

LOL @ you.

no

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/often

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/often

Only merriam-webster lists the 2nd, and less frequent pronunciation with the "t" pronounced (behind their inclusion of the more accepted pronunciation: of en). Most sources will tell you that the "t" is silent.

I'd say it's 70/30. I admit that I've fallen to occasionally saying "of ten," but only when I feel like being douchey.

Before you know it, you clowns are probably going to try and argue that it's pronounced: "acrosst." Fucking midwesterners. 😛

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
Only merriam-webster lists the 2nd, and less frequent pronunciation with the "t" pronounced (behind their inclusion of the more accepted pronunciation: of en). Most sources will tell you that the "t" is silent.

I'd say it's 70/30. I admit that I've fallen to occasionally saying "of ten," but only when I feel like being douchey.

Wiktionary lists it too. If you click the link on YourDictionary, it even lists the t as an option.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: zinfamous
Only merriam-webster lists the 2nd, and less frequent pronunciation with the "t" pronounced (behind their inclusion of the more accepted pronunciation: of en). Most sources will tell you that the "t" is silent.

I'd say it's 70/30. I admit that I've fallen to occasionally saying "of ten," but only when I feel like being douchey.

Wiktionary lists it too. If you click the link on YourDictionary, it even lists the t as an option.

blah blah blah. i also see what's going on with FebRuary. :laugh:

that 100 most mispronounced list is pretty damn funny.

bidness
jewery (though, I always pronounced it jewry 😱)
fillum (?)
foilage
Hieneken remover (really? there are people this stupid? i don't believe it)

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
that 100 most mispronounced list is pretty damn funny.

bidness
jewery (though, I always pronounced it jewry 😱)
fillum (?)
foilage
Hieneken remover (really? there are people this stupid? i don't believe it)

Heh, I didn't know the "card sharp" one. I also pronounce liable correctly when it means legally bound, but like "Libel" when it means likely to have. Hmm.

 

[Majic 7]

I am older than most on these forums and I continually hear things that grate. Pronunciations or total obliteration of the English language to my ears. But language is never static, it evolves. Pronunciation changes, words change usage, new ones come along. Remember Beowulf in high school? You need reference books just to understand it. Language changing may make English teachers all twitchy but that is the way it is. And as the world melds together more and more each day it will only change faster. Sucks that you never know if you are hearing the next big thing or just an idiot.

 

[Kadarin]

"Nucular" has to be the most annoying pronunciation for me.

 

[txrandom]

I thought New Zealand was a province of Australia like how New York is a state of the USA. You learn something everyday.

 

[DAGTA]

Aluminum must drive you crazy

 

[ChaoZ]

aks (ask) - I've never heard anyone say it like that.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
aks (ask) - I've never heard anyone say it like that.

You live in Wyoming?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
I also hear comp-ass-it-or for capacitor. There is no M in that word.

If I heard anyone say this I'd punch them squarely in the crotch.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Aluminum must drive you crazy

It's annoying, but at least you have the courtesy to spell it incorrectly too 🙂

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Apparently, OP hasn't heard of dialect, and that fucking pissed me off.

Yup, I think this is pretty close.

I have been a scientist professionally for ten years and my specific background is in Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer where "temperature" is a crazy common parameter to deal with. Damn well all of the peers I have meet in the field pronounce "temperature" with a more swallowed pronunciation of the middle syllable - i.e. how most people have been have been noting in the thread.

So, in summary, if us professional scientists say it that way then the OP should probably worry about other things.

Now, with all of that being said I have always wondered why 'thermometer" is pronounced "therm-om-eter" instead of "thermo-meter" . . . if that makes sense.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Apparently, OP hasn't heard of dialect, and that fucking pissed me off.

Yup, I think this is pretty close.

I have been a scientist professionally for ten years and my specific background is in Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer where "temperature" is a crazy common parameter to deal with. Damn well all of the peers I have meet in the field pronounce "temperature" with a more swallowed pronunciation of the middle syllable - i.e. how most people have been have been noting in the thread.

So, in summary, if us professional scientists say it that way then the OP should probably worry about other things.

Now, with all of that being said I have always wondered why 'thermometer" is pronounced "therm-om-eter" instead of "thermo-meter" . . . if that makes sense.

Same with kilometer, tachometer.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Babbles


Now, with all of that being said I have always wondered why 'thermometer" is pronounced "therm-om-eter" instead of "thermo-meter" . . . if that makes sense.

spectroscopy

:laugh:

 

[Chiropteran]

I pronounce it "hot", or in the winter "cold". Only nerds use the actual word "temperature" in everyday speech.