Annoying Pronunciations.

doomsday

FebUary instead of february, chewsday instead Tuesday.
muppah instead of muppet!

UnknownSpecies

The only time I get snookered for pronunciation is with the word "router". I usually go with "rowter" as opposed to "rooter", because it's the same spelling and pronunciation used for the woodworking tool.

dxhound2005

doomsday wrote: »

FebUary instead of february, chewsday instead Tuesday.
muppah instead of muppet!

People get confused with February following on as it does from January (why not Janruary?). It is a common mispronunciation all over the English speaking world. This is the Urban Dictionary take on it.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Febuary

the_syco

Ghost Buster wrote: »

we have a restaurant called The Aubergine which is known far and wide as The Orrburjeen which is at the bohom of de main street.

Oh, me and wan of de lads nose the plaice. It has luverly fud, so it doves!

Arpa

dorgasm wrote: »

The only time I get snookered for pronunciation is with the word "router". I usually go with "rowter" as opposed to "rooter", because it's the same spelling and pronunciation used for the woodworking tool.

Comes from the word "route" as in a direction.

American's say "rowt" we say "root".

Stick with root, I will never, ever let an American tell me that their pronunciation or spelling is the correct way.

An annoying one talked about way too often is "aluminum" instead of "aluminium". I know this is spelling more than pronunciation but it might be interesting to know that the only reason it's aluminum in the USA is because some bloke when filing a patent application in the US spelled aluminium incorrectly. The chemical name is aluminium and don't let them ever tell you differently.


Also if anyone knows Kipkay...the way he says "soder" instead of "solder" p*sses me off greatly.

rob w

"Crips" instead of crisps...

Broads.ie

Not exactly a mispronunciation but it might fit in here.

I hate when people start a sentence like this: "Yeah yeah, but no, yea"

confusticated

doomsday wrote: »

FebUary instead of february, chewsday instead Tuesday.
muppah instead of muppet!

FebUary? So they put the emphasis on the second syllable? I don't think I know anyone who pronounces the first "r" in February, or at least I've never noticed it. I've said it out loud so many times now though that it's lost all meaning.

Also, can't believe "pronounciation" hasn't been mentioned!

Wattle

I knew a lad who pronounced basics as bass-iks.

pickarooney

Wattle wrote: »

I knew a lad who pronounced basics as bass-iks.

You mean like sea bass or double bass?

Wattle

Sea Bass.

smash

Sandra in this year's Apprentice... Jesus women, it's an advertisement, not an advertizment!

http://youtu.be/XAfeF4-xV4Y?t=31m39s

GKidd

Contra-versy instead of controversey...

smash

N'Anyways.

*cough ... you sound like a knacker ... cough*

secrecy_ie

Lurry instead of Lorry.

Barkeley instead of Berkeley (I used to work in the Berkeley Court many years ago...)

goose2005

The King of Moo wrote: »

That seems pretty close to the original French pronunciation, which surely has some claims to legitimacy.

not really, it's meesh-lo', and the word should only take a quarter second to say.

The King of Moo

goose2005 wrote: »

not really, it's meesh-lo', and the word should only take a quarter second to say.

True, but it's still closer to the French pronunciation than the phonetic English-language pronunciation.

I suppose my point is that it's futile to insist on a universally "correct" pronunciation for a French word that's widely known in the English-speaking world where it's pronounced very differently to the original pronunciation.

Hibernianeggs

Ashbourne hoop wrote: »

Crips intstead of crisps does my head in as does safety pronounced saf-e-ty...don't know where that has come from. Michael McMullen on Today FM saying Orsenal insteas of Arsenal also annoys me.

I knew,roysh:D

LordSutch

Courtesy (commonly pronounced as curtesy) and yet some people still persist in Court-esy, Pat Kenny comes to mind

Liam Byrne

Urban Dictionary wrote:

You should never correct someone who says "pacific" instead of "specific" because it is a very easy way to instantly guage IQ.

Seriously ? A so-called dictionary that can't spell "gauge" ?

Urban Dictionary wrote:

Uh... I don't know which robbery you are talking about Your Honor.

Yankee crap.

lastlaugh

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Seriously ? A so-called dictionary that can't spell "gauge" ?



Yankee crap.

Grammar Nazi Alert!

pickarooney

lastlaugh wrote: »

Grammar Nazi Alert!

It's a fair call when it's pointing out Muphry's Law.

Liam Byrne

jiltloop wrote: »

Niles wrote: »

Never heard it myself, don't doubt you though. That's pretty bizarre, wonder if it originated from something else altogether.

I may have it slightly wrong I think it goes a bit like this "again the time I had me jacket out I was soaked already". Yeah its bizarre and seemingly baseless as far as I can tell.

Any chance it might be a shortened "against", as in "up against" ?

da_shivsta

AdverTISement -there is an 'e' there guys.

I have a friend who always says 'Lee Stanford' instead of 'Lee Stafford' (hair products).

I'm not sure if it counts, but the whole 'D4' pronunciation of pretty much everything still gets on my nerves.

'Enbarrassment'

pickarooney

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Any chance it might be a shortened "against", as in "up against" ?

It is, as in "up again the wall". It sounds weird to most people in a way that "among" and "while" don't.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=again

AngryBollix

Some people sometimes pronounce faith as face.

Mickey Dazzler

When cultchie politicians say "Finance"

mikemac1

The Dublin girl behind the deli counter asks if I want buh har

LordSutch

Mirrow instead of Mirror?

At least I think I have heard that several times over the years, maybe I misheard?

pickarooney

LordSutch wrote: »

Mirrow instead of Mirror?

At least I think I have heard that several times over the years, maybe I misheard?

I definitely remember hearing that from time to time growing up.