What words bug you the most when mispronounced?
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Route. (Technically, rout is accepted, but I hate it that way!) Nuclear.
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Nuclear= Nuke-you-ler (Come ON Bush! The man graduated from YALE for God's sake.) Foliage= Foil-age (Really people, learn to READ.) Anyway= Anyways (A common mistake, that anyone can make, but it still annoys me.)
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A lot of people in the media in Australia cannot say words containing 'str' without them sounding like 'shtr'. My name gets mispronounced heaps, as well, but I'm used to that.
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Cavalry and library. It also drives me crazy to hear "orientate" instead of "orient" and "interpretate" for "interpret". The one that really gets me is when someone lists points with "Firstly" and "Secondly", instead of "First" and "Second".
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wit(with) wat (what) or dis(this).all of them words are crap and i think ebonics shouldnt even be a language.
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Realtor (should be pronounced Real-tor, not ree-lit-or) Nuclear (should be new-klee-er) Mischievous (should be miss-chi-vous, not miss-chee-vee-ous) Oh, and "take it for granite" instead of "take it for granted".
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I absolutely HATE it when people say "supposably". The word is "supposedly". Drives me NUTS!
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Bangor. It's always idiots from out of state. It's BANG-GORE, not BANG-GER or BING-GER
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Using "axed" instead of asked. Heres a funny tidbit: a lady I knew was watching a talk show where they were discussing personal sex matters and she said to me "Dont you just hate it when everyone just talks about their organisms in public nowdays?" She would also use the word 'articulate' instead of the word 'particular' If I said "Would you like coffee or tea", she would say "I'm not articulate about it"
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People who can't say the letter H properly. It is pronounced aitch NOT haitch!! People who say off of, as in "get off of there" instead of "get off there" George Bush and his Newcyoolar weapons......GIVE ME STRENGTH!!
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Aks (ask) Duck tape (duct tape) Expresso (espresso) Often (Often, but it should be without the T sound) upmost (utmost)
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escape said as exscape... so childish. and heard as heared
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Hmm some interesting ones here but my pet hate one has to be when people say 'Torlet' insted of the correct Toilet! It might be cute to hear kids trying to pronounce words but for grown women it really isnt very nice and irritates me!
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Banal. It's buh-nal, nor ban-ul!
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WARRIOR Americans must learn how to say it I have nver heard one pronounce it correctly all my family say it the American way but they are from Tenn and Florida
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Nuclear, all ebonics and slang, and almost every word that comes out of George W. Bush's mouth.
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nucler is prononsted nuclr
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espanol.....ugh, I hate Peggy Hill
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Four. its not pronounced "foe" Sure. not "show" Door. not "doe" and the big one - SWORD ;)
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Expediate instead of expedite.
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Also, when people misuse less and fewer. It's less money, fewer dollars.
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"WiF" instead of "with" and the made up word, "irregardless". http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irregardless
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hostile I also don't like slang words.
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i hate when people mispronounce timbre. i know it LOOKS like it should be pronounced "tim-ber" but you're supposed to pronounce it like "tam-ber"
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The absolute worst is haft to. They're so used to saying haveto that when they actually spilt it up, they can't get rid of the extra T. "I just HAFT to see that movie!" Ugh, somebody give me an aspirin.
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Aks-Ask Judy-Duty Often-Often(without T sound) Duck-Duct
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"Irregardless" It's regardless, people. Stop the insanity!
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People that say, axed instead of asked, strenth instead of strength, or birfday or use f sound on any of the words that have a th sound, deaf instead of death or the other way around, or instead of saying didn't, they say di-unt(What is that about),and oh, yeah, Wal-Marks instead of Wal-Mart. I just want to laugh in their face and do sometimes. I can think of hundreds.
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People pronouncing Aluminium "Aloominum"... Just look at the word Aluminium, and pronounce it letter by letter :P You're wrong when you say it "Aloominum" lol, but meh, as long as it gets the message across its fine (Just bugs me when mispronounced, as the question asks)
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lol My name. My name is Jenni, but I am often called: Jeannine, Jeannie, Janey, Jean, Debbie (mostly on the phone). Oh and I hate Axe for ask. Generally, specific words mispronounced don't bother me unless it happens often, in the same conversation.
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when people say OFFEN. the word is often people...i dont know why they do it.
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excetera or eckcetra instead of et cetera
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Oceana its not ocean-a its pronounced o-C-eana
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wat da hail.. instead of what the hell
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the word SPECIFIC... it's not PACIFIC people, that S isn't silent!
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It drives me crazy when people say "anyways." It can also bother me when people say "acrost." It's anyway and across!
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mischievous probably picture mispronunciation
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My last name. Why? Because, the french way to pronounce it is De-Queer. And I always get snickers and comments afterwards...
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simuelar instead of similar
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Pecan
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Physical year instead of fiscal year. . . .I hear that one a lot and I laugh every time. Across pronounced acrosst, where is the "t"?
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i don'T speak ebglish everyday, so there'S plenty of word i mispronounce.......the list? it would be too long...
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when my friend and i play call of duty and I use the thompson the "H" is silent!!! but he says it like its not silent and i asked him what about the tommy gun the tommy gun is the thompson and thompson and tommy gun are both prounounced with a t not a th. so i said its not called a thomy gun
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My name. It's Candice, not Kansas. A lot of people screw it up.
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Six - thr Kiwi's pronounce it more like sex. Doesn't bug me, i find it quite funny.
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Yikes i'm starting to say the words the wrong way after reading these.
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My name: Michael. People pronounce it Mitchell.
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There are three: Both - I hate it when people say it like "Bolth" Social - More "L"s. "Solcial". What the hell? Olischar (my last name) - You would not believe the ways I've heard people say this. Allyshar Oshlahar Oscar Oshler O'Lisher Oshiler (the worst one, from a Cracker Barrel in Georgia) Seriously people, it's pronounced just as it's spelled! (Oh-lish-ar)
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Nuclear. Oh, crap yes. Also: jewelry (not jool-a-rey) realtor (not real-i-ter) temperature (not temp-a-chur) coupon (not kyewpon) familiar (NOT fer-mil-yer) and I hate when people say "pass mustard" instead of "pass muster" - ugh.
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My name Ni-oh-mee instead of Naomi(ney-oh-mee). I don't mind Noemi (no-eh-mee), but that's usually only what people who say my name in spanish call me.
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Mature...UGH. (maTure, with a hard T.)
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Oil...Being from Oklahoma I hear Ool a lot...It's like the I isn't even there
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I HATE when people say "excape." The word is ESCAPE. There is NO X.
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EXPRESSO!! I am guilty of this one. I can't stand that I can't pronounce it correctly! For some reason, when it's early in the morning and I have not had any caffeine, I can not seem to enunciate the word "Ess- presso"
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I think you English and Americans should just cave in and make "definately" the official, correct spelling of "definitely". I see it more often misspelled than correct, and that is amusing!
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Turrent (turret) pitcher (picture)
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Supposebly....yes that's a bad one but what about the Australians who say 'youse' for plural 'you'!!!!!! YUK! Or what about 'Chimley' instead of chimney! Please...some correct them.
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It really gets my back up when people mispronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Lol.... Actually what does bug me is when people say sumfink instead of something..
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"I bought a whole nother outfit" instead of "I bought another whole outfit"
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My wife says "Exspecially" instead of "especially". Axe instead of Ask Chew instead of You When mentioning Biblical names, the use of the combination "CH" always should be read "K" with the exception of Rachel... Chaldeans = Kal-dee-ans, not "ch" as in chocolate...
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My surname! And when people say wondering as won-dering instead of wun-dering, and wandering as wan-dering instead of won-dering. If you understand me. Aside from proninciation, It always annoys me when people say 'garlic bread' with the emphasis on 'bread' instead of the ar in garlic. I know I can't really say that my way is the right way, I just think it sounds odd. And the only people I've ever heard say it like that are the rich bitches at my school with superiority complexes.
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It's not mispronounced, it's not a word at all: "irregardless"..it's just "regardless".
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Banal. At the moment I'm fighting for a reform of the English language. It's going to be a lot like a Fascistic government if I get my way.
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Our President's,"Nucular" when trying to say "Nuclear". It is terrible!
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Pronunciation. It is not "pronounciation". This is a tooth-grating one for me.
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animal.. many people say aminal.. what is that?
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I hate when people say Exxxxspecially and Exxxscape... There is no X in there!
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fRustrated libRary else (people say "eltze" both (people say "bolth"
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I hate when people mispronoucne the word "fungi"... I know it doesn't ome up much but when it does it drives me nuts.
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my name My name is Katrena but I have been called Katarena, Katerina, Kate, Kat, Kathrena, Kathirina, Katherina And it drives me nuts.
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My Name. get it right its a name its not open to your adjustment your spin on it its my name when referring to me there is only one correct way to say it. deal with it! same thing with other peoples names theirs arent open to interpretation either.
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Jalapeno. It isn't "hal-uh-PEE-no," it's "hall-a-PAIN-yo." I don't expect anybody to go learn Spanish, but my god is it really that difficult to say? I'm pretty anal about speaking properly so just about any mispronunciation bugs me, but that was the only one that came to mind when I saw this question :)
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Incorrect Correct _________ _______ Porsh Porsche expecially especially expresso espresso probly probably sawl saw for reals? really? pacific specific
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excape escape simular simalar nuclular nuclear
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Cordigal (instead of cordial) Somethink (or any ...thing converted to ...think) Ambliance (ambulance) Burgular (burglar).
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FIT... instead of fought. that damn gurl pissed me off during school so we ''fit it out'' after school. theres no such word as fit referring to fight, lol
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Linux. ppl pronounce it lai-nex or some other crap! roll number. they say rule-number.
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"Can soup"! They post it in supermarkets! Also, I have only recently heard "follage" for "foliage" -- the "learn to read!" comment above made me laugh. I, like everyone I grew up with, used to say "poinsettas" and thought "pointsettias" was unbelievably affected...till I looked it up. Oops.
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Filum for film, common amongst elderly Australians and country names such as Eye-talian instead of Italian and EYE-raq instead of Iraq.
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sword: it is pronounced sord not sword. the w is silent. Where I live people say chewsday for Tuesday, zink for sink, warter for water, patter-in for pattern, moder-in for modern
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What you all seem to be missing is typically the people that mispronounce these words have trouble pronouncing them correctly and wish they could but because of speech disorders can not!!!
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Woman being pronounced Womin. And then the plural women being pronounced Wimin. I wouldn't change it but it is exceptionally weird.
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If you listen, almost no one ever says "asked". They say ast. "Yeah, I ast him." The K-E-D almost adds a syllable so it would stand out.
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"Whole Nother" story.
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Nuclear, and i wish we were saying phrases, because I hate when people say "Same Difference".
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Rizotto: Anyone who knows italian knows that its pronounced iz-oe-toe(can't really write out the pronounciation for the o correctly), and most americans that I've heard say rizotto pronounce it riz-ah-toe, it annoys me so much. The same thing goes with ricotta Theatre: It annoys me a lot when people say the-a-ter. I hate it when they pronounce the e and the a separately in the word, rather than thee-ter. Drown: I think its southern, but my mom does this, she says drownd instead of drown, and drownded instead of drowned.
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I can't stand it when people leave the "s" off of a plural noun. It drives me crazy!
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Often, and other words. I hate it when people misspronouce Archie character names!
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Aluminium - I live in the UK, and a lot of people here would pronounce it as having 5 syllables: Al-yoo-min-i-um. People who live in the US, (like yourself), pronounce it as having 4 syllables: A-loo-min-um. I wouldn't say it 'bugged' me as such- it just amuses me! It also amuses me when people can't say the word 'specific', by missing the 's' at the beginning, making it sound like the Ocean! JamesD ;-)
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elderly Australians say "fillum" for "film".
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Nuclear when it's pronounced the way President Bush pronounces it - nucular.
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Library as Lie-bury or lie-berry... This makes me want to do serious bodily harm to the person saying it! Often as Off-in .... There is a "T" in it! Buried as Burr-eed... It's pronounced bear-ied. Misses (clothing) as "missies"... it's misses, like he shoots and misses or Misses Whisenant. Not "Missy's" or "Missies" Creek as Crik Tabernacle... I just hate this word. Hollar... another word I simply abhore!
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embarassing
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people say ecscaped instead of escaped
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Library... when people say "lie berry" it drives me insane.
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To here someone pronounce the as duh...makes my skin crawl.
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Height ends with a T. It's not heighth. Acrosst DOES sound retarded.
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I hate it when people (ussually tends to be Americans(no offence) )say pete doherty without the silent c in his name you say it as doc-a-de but people tend to say it as do-er-ty :) :)
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Should we just give up on the word February? Maybe add some more "R"? Freb-brew-rary? Nah. Let's just all try to bring back the correct pronunciation of "Feb-brew-ary.
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Posto instead of suppose to. Parbly instead of probably. The errors that really bug me are the double comparatives. "more better" "more faster", "way more better". Someone once assured me that these terms were acceptable because "spell check" did not see them as incorrect. "Got Milk" also bothers me.
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