What amusing mis-pronunciations have you heard?

[Arkaign]

How would you pronounce China?

/me examines the word china.

/me finds a lack of the letter 'R'

/me decides not to end the word on an R sound

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a pronunciation nazi or anything, I understand how every variant of langauge has its own eccentricities, it just gives me a laugh is all with the Chiner, Asiar, etc. I'm sure there's half a dozen or more things you could think of that Americans pronounce in ways that seem strange or humourous to you.

 

[zinfamous]

a lot of people seem to think that the word "across" has a "T" (or -ed) on the end, and they can often be heard as saying, stupidly, "It is acrosst [or maybe "accrossed"] the river."

This one has bugged me the most in recent years.


but other than that, mostly ridiculously stupid spellings that make no sense:

foetus
colour
favour
etc...

 

[HAL9000]

The Deutsche Mark has been replaced by the Euro, but a local newsreader once pronounced it as douche mark. She went on with the story but the other newsman just looked down and tried not to laugh.

Haha genius.

This thread is winning already.

 

[zinfamous]

lol at "port-hole."

 

[HAL9000]

/me examines the word china.

/me finds a lack of the letter 'R'

/me decides not to end the word on an R sound

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a pronunciation nazi or anything, I understand how every variant of langauge has its own eccentricities, it just gives me a laugh is all with the Chiner, Asiar, etc. I'm sure there's half a dozen or more things you could think of that Americans pronounce in ways that seem strange or humourous to you.

Sure but I don't understand how a word ending with an e sounds could not sound like it has an r after it as it trails of.

a lot of people seem to think that the word "across" has a "T" (or -ed) on the end, and they can often be heard as saying, stupidly, "It is acrosst [or maybe "accrossed"] the river."

This one has bugged me the most in recent years.

That would piss me off.

but othrr than that, mostly ridiculously stupid spellings that make no sense:

foetus
colour
favour
etc...

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[zinfamous]

I hear a lot of people say "sammich."

I don't know why.

 

[zinfamous]

Sure but I don't understand how a word ending with an e sounds could not sound like it has an r after it as it trails of.



That would piss me off.



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you're doing it wrong!

 

[Arkaign]

apropos :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IzDbNFDdP4&feature=related

 

[Inspector Jihad]

stupid brit way of saying privacy and capillary.

also, its awesome trying to get a foreign person to pronounce Des Moines.

 

[sactoking]

wash => warsh
creek => crick
pedometer => pedo-meter
milk => melk
truck => chruck

 

[Arkaign]

wash => warsh
creek => crick
pedometer => pedo-meter
milk => melk
truck => chruck

is that the bell that rings when uh-ohs comes around?

 

[HN]

pedometer => pedo-meter

do we know for sure the person was not actually talking about a pedo-meter?

"Bing it" (clearly missed pronounced 'google')

 

[HAL9000]

apropos :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IzDbNFDdP4&feature=related

Is that true about 'erbs and thru?

 

[HAL9000]

stupid brit way of saying privacy and capillary.

also, its awesome trying to get a foreign person to pronounce Des Moines.

How do you pronounce privacy or capillary then?

 

[WelshBloke]

The Deutsche Mark has been replaced by the Euro, but a local newsreader once pronounced it as douche mark. She went on with the story but the other newsman just looked down and tried not to laugh.

A douche mark is one of those tribal tattoos that goes around your bicep isn't it?

 

[Schfifty Five]

crayons pronounced as "crowns"

 

[sactoking]

Illinois => Illinoise

 

[Jaepheth]

nucular.

garage pronounced "gararge"

 

[Soundmanred]

How do you pronounce privacy or capillary then?

pry-vuh-see; Brit. also priv-uh-see

 

[Drako]

Jaguar - it's a two syllabel word, not three.

 

[sactoking]

garage pronounced "gararge"

garage => gayraj => homosexualraj

 

[HAL9000]

pry-vuh-see; Brit. also priv-uh-see

And Capillary?

 

[Miscthree]

What was that meant to be?

Not a western film fan huh? It's 'Get out of Dodge', as in Dodge City.

 

[HAL9000]

Not a western film fan huh? It's 'Get out of Dodge', as in Dodge City.

I am actually I just didn't get that straight away

 

[dainthomas]

How do you pronounce privacy or capillary then?

The correct way. An 'I' followed by a single consonant then another vowel has a long sound.

What f'ed up way do Brits pronounce capillary?