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What amusing mis-pronunciations have you heard?

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meme, as ME-ME.

I always thought thru was a slang abbreviation for through, didn't know it was an actual word in itself.

also, I'm guilty of:
Don't say: cannidate | Do say: candidate
Don't say: drownd | Do say: drown
Don't say: Febyuary | Do say: February
Don't say: libary | Do say: library
Don't say: mannaise | Do say: mayonnaise
Don't say: perscription | Do say: prescription
Don't say: pronounciation | Do say: pronunciation
Don't say: realator | Do say: realtor
Don't say: snuck | Do say: sneaked
Don't say: supremist | Do say: supremacist
 
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My grandmother calls Mozzarella cheese "Musk-or-ella"
She also called my friend Vladimir "Vald-a-meer"
But it's ok, because it's grandma. She has earned the right to mispronounce things.
 
I overheard someone the other day trying to explain what A.T.F had to do with fire fighting. This is what came out:

"Something..T.F Oh what is it? Oh, F.T.F.

Firearms Tobacco & Fire...I don't really know how Tobacco fits in though."
 
HAL9000 said:
That's a different word not a mis-pronunciation, I don't think you're getting this.

This thread is a great success.
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Good that you've realized you're wrong, now start using the correct word.

Do you know what success is? Trolling a troll.
 
glenn1 said:
There's a sizable amount of people who pronounce Missouri as "Miz-OAR-rah" also. It sounds idiotic, and those who say it that way probably are.
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I thought they were intentionally sounding like retards. I've said miss-er-awww before. I also said Arkansas that included that last S.
 
BurnItDwn said:
My grandmother calls Mozzarella cheese "Musk-or-ella"
She also called my friend Vladimir "Vald-a-meer"
But it's ok, because it's grandma. She has earned the right to mispronounce things.
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There was a rant on these forums many years ago about some lady coming into a grocery store and arguing with the OP, insisting that it was pronounced "Moo Za Ray Ya" or something like that.

makken said:
meme, as ME-ME.

I always thought thru was a slang abbreviation for through, didn't know it was an actual word in itself.

also, I'm guilty of:
Don't say: cannidate | Do say: candidate
Don't say: drownd | Do say: drown
Don't say: Febyuary | Do say: February
Don't say: libary | Do say: library
Don't say: mannaise | Do say: mayonnaise
Don't say: perscription | Do say: prescription
Don't say: pronounciation | Do say: pronunciation
Don't say: realator | Do say: realtor
Don't say: snuck | Do say: sneaked
Don't say: supremist | Do say: supremacist
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Meme is a made-up word from thelargely textual world of the Internet circa 10 years ago. Until it was spoken with lulz-authoritah in videos and such, there was no wrong or right way to say it.

As for Thru/Through, it's an alternate spelling, but not a different word. I still usually spell "through" unless I'm talking about a "Drive-Thru" (universally spelled that way so that they can write it in the lane without getting too small).
 
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I had a friend tell me he had to go shopping to pick up some "Nyks". It took me a while to realize he meant Nike shoes.

It is spelt such that it should be pronounced nyk, as in dike or bike, but as the company is named after some Greek goddess they want the high falutin pronunciation of Ni-kee.
 
chitwood said:
I have a friend who pronounces the 'L' in salmon. drives me nuts
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I used to have a friend from South Carolina who did that.

<him> "Hey, let's go sall-mon fishing this weekend."

<me> "No dumbass...it's "sah-man," not "sall-mon."

<him> "Whadyameen? You pronounce almonds as "all-monds," why is "sall-mon" different?"

<me> "Around here, almond is pronounced "ah-mond," just like sah-man."
 
CZroe said:
Ichinisan said:
Chimenny.

* head asplode
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Chimley.
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Chimbley. :colbert:

D1gger said:
I had a friend tell me he had to go shopping to pick up some "Nyks". It took me a while to realize he meant Nike shoes.

It is spelt such that it should be pronounced nyk, as in dike or bike, but as the company is named after some Greek goddess they want the high falutin pronunciation of Ni-kee.
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I never heard the single-syllable pronunciation until recently. Sounds strange to me.

Perknose said:
spisghetti.
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Buh-skettey. :colbert:
 
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Ore-ee-gone as opposed to Or-uh-gun. This one doesn't come up as much as it used to, but it's still a handy tool to distinguish outsiders.

I'm still pissed that so many people mispronounced regardless as irregardless that the dictionary decided it would just make irregardless a word. That's just lazy, dammit!
 
HAL9000 said:
Wait, which one are you saying is right because it is Or-ee-gun isn't it?
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Definitely NOT pronounced like "Oreo." I can't say I've *ever* heard it pronounced that way.

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AyashiKaibutsu said:
Anytime someone adds an r after an a that doesn't belong I want to put an ice pick through their eye for some reason...
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I've never noticed anyone do that...? Examples?
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There were some examples earlier in this thread. Someone linked to a YouTube video with British news presenters casually using words like "Asia-er".
 
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