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What words do you hate when someone pronounces differently than you?

NovemberSue Posted:

What words do you hate when someone pronounces differently than you?

I hate when people say on-velope instead of envelope. I also hate when people say fuss-trated instead of frustrated.

mlp924 Posted:

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Sedule instead of schedule

and eeether instead of either.


Great threads Sue!
Helene718 Posted:

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axe instead of ask. It drives me up the wall. It's all I can do not to say, 'Did it hurt?'
StayandJohn Posted:

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None come to mind, but I say egg and it comes out as AAAEG, drives John up the wall

NovemberSue Posted:

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OMG Mo. I am LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
AlisonMT Posted:

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NuCUlar instead of nuCLEar.
Jordan Posted:

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axe - ask
smittown - smithtown
dog (like: hog) - dog
any word with a LI accent twist on it. drives me up (and DOWN) the wall!
NovemberSue Posted:

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Alison: Are you referring to our president?
MrsTC Posted:

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caramel is pronounced Car-a-mel not CARMEL!! Grrr... Graham cracker is a GRAM cracker not a Grayum....

LOL the begel / bagel

ayg / egg pronunciation drives me nuts too!
Jordan Posted:

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OMG! Stay - I say it that way too...everyone makes fun of me. Leg & keg come out that way as well. Fa-reaky.

Wendy Posted:

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Graviate instead of gravitate
Pacific instead of specific
I hate the axe instead of ask
and most of all I hate it when someone says yous...like yous guys instead of you guys...
Janice Posted:

RADIATOR

i say raadiator instead of raidiator and it drive dh craxy

AlisonMT Posted:

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who me???
dawnie Posted:

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My name...
Don instead of DAWN!!..not that hard name is in dictionary with proper pronunciation people...
Guy at work thought a was a boy!! Would ask is Don there..I need to speak to him!
DUH!
StayandJohn Posted:

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I have to try REALLLY hard not to say it that way Glad I'm not alone
What-Now Posted:

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People who say AKS should not be allowed in public!
there is a woman in my office with a very loud voice who says it all the time! Thank god i moved to a dif cubicle!
AlisonMT Posted:

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Oh, and I don't have an LI accent at all but I still laugh when my cousins from upstate NY pronounce my name AIL-ison instead of AL-ison.

Helene718 Posted:

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probally instead of probably
Febuary instead of February
prostrate instead of prostate (two totally different meanings!)

I could go on.

The nucular (instead of nuclear) one really bugs me too.
Sage10.03 Posted:

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I hate when people add the 'er' sound to words that end in an 'a'

My dad has a bad 'NY type' accent and pronounces my name as Jessicer
Sassyz75 Posted:

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My DH is from the South- they say things differently and oftentimes put the emphasis on the wrong syllable.. for example.. when we are watching TV he says it TEEvee instead of teeVEE....

Exspecially instead of Especially... Liberry instead of library...

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