Most annoying mispronunciation

kyote00

prefer 'tot num' myself :eek:

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

As far as I know, aluminum was there first, twas the Europeans (or whoever) added the extra syllable.

What's wrong with Tot-ten-ham?

diomed

Not Perrr jo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bxGoY_fB8U

Sam Kade

Glenster wrote: »

TH does not equal D

But English isn't our native language, can you not get that? Irish for Thomas is Tomas.

ziggy

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Cee-Jay-Cee

H3llR4iser wrote: »

After nearly a decade in Ireland, I still cringe when I hear "Peugeot" pronounced as "Pew-jot"; It's so deeply seated in the public that even the company themselves mispronounce it in their commercials.

Funnily enough, it's pronounced relatively well in the UK, so it's not an "English speakers" thing.

In the UK they pronounced it PERSH-oh which is completely wrong. The proper pronunciation is Pooj-oh.

Cee-Jay-Cee

VonLuck wrote: »

People pronouncing paella "pie-ella" instead of "pie-ey-ah".

I'm sorry but would ya f*** off!! The only place its pronounced properly is in spain but the vast majority of people who say it wrong have never been to spain and have never heard the correct pronunciation. I call it Pie-ella too but that's because (rightly or wrongly) Pie-ey-ah sounds downright stupid.

Malari

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I'm sorry but would ya f*** off!! The only place its pronounced properly is in spain but the vast majority of people who say it wrong have never been to spain and have never heard the correct pronunciation. I call it Pie-ella too but that's because (rightly or wrongly) Pie-ey-ah sounds downright stupid.

Do you pronounce vol-au-vent with a hard "t" at the end?

I think it depends on how common the word is used in the English language.

MRnotlob606

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas. Just call me Tony

Boom_Bap

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas. Just call me Tony

Michael D Not Higgins

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas. Just call me Tony

Reminds me of the Chelsea chant:

We'll just call you Dave, We'll just call you Dave,
Azpilicueta, We'll just call you Dave

Ciaran_B

Portugal being pronounced 'port-u-gal' instead of 'porch-a-gal' irritates me greatly.

ScrubsfanChris

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

As far as I know, aluminum was there first, twas the Europeans (or whoever) added the extra syllable.

What's wrong with Tot-ten-ham?

Because its pronounced Tott-nham
The same goes for many other English town/village names.

whiskeyman

Probably mentioned before, but everyone is now calling the country Chile 'Chee-lay'.
Apparently it's the correct pronunciation, but I much preferred 'Chilly'!

For all intensive purposes :rolleyes:

Few people are stupid enough to argue with a grumpy arse guard, but when you role down the driver's window who doesn't choke back a snigger when asked if you are "the owner of this vah-hick-el"?


Oh, and "either". It doesn't matter which one I say is right, the other camp are always ready with a good barney on that one.

Glenster

Sam Kade wrote: »

But English isn't our native language, can you not get that? Irish for Thomas is Tomas.

English is my native language mate.

And when I speak English I do it properly.

LordSutch

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Portugal being pronounced 'port-u-gal' instead of 'porch-a-gal' irritates me greatly.

Portugal being pronounced 'port-oo-gal' instead of 'port-u-gal' irritates me greatly.

chris445

I think every newsreader pronounces Gardaí as Gór-dee instead of Gar-dee which is annoying.
A lot seem to add a "h" in Taoiseach and Tánaiste too by saying Thaoiseach and Thánaiste.

maudgonner

chris445 wrote: »

I think every newsreader pronounces Gardaí as Gór-dee instead of Gar-dee which is annoying.
A lot seem to add a "h" in Taoiseach and Tánaiste too by saying Thaoiseach and Thánaiste.

It's correct to have a long A in Gardaí (also a soft D), and a soft T in Taoiseach and Tánaiste.

People pronouncing it as Tea-Shock drives me nuts.

Malari

maudgonner wrote: »

It's correct to have a long A in Gardaí (also a soft D), and a soft T in Taoiseach and Tánaiste.

People pronouncing it as Tea-Shock drives me nuts.

How should you say it?!

maudgonner

Malari wrote: »

How should you say it?!

Taoiseach? There's a pronunciation guide with sound clip here (towards the bottom of the page)

ETA: Actually this one is better.

Hungrycol

Padayto.

Malari

maudgonner wrote: »

Taoiseach? There's a pronunciation guide with sound clip here (towards the bottom of the page)

ETA: Actually this one is better.

To my ears there is no difference (in the Ulster dialect anyway) between what they are saying in that clip and "tea-shock". I must be missing out on some Irish subtlety.

Day Lewin

maudgonner wrote: »

Taoiseach? There's a pronunciation guide with sound clip here (towards the bottom of the page)

ETA: Actually this one is better.

@maudgonner - absolutely spot-on. Native speaker here. Perfect pronunciation in those clips. :-) Lovely to hear.

Day Lewin

My two commonest hates: "Pantomine" with an N
and
"Portry" for Poetry.

maudgonner

Malari wrote: »

To my ears there is no difference (in the Ulster dialect anyway) between what they are saying in that clip and "tea-shock". I must be missing out on some Irish subtlety.

The T is soft (tends to be slightly harder in Ulster dialect alright, but still not a hard T. For an example of a hard T in Irish, listen to the word tae - quite a different sound). The CH is also soft & quite guttural - not a K sound.

DvB

One close to home that always raises an eyebrow...

Arch -e -tech instead of Arc -i- tect... so many people mispronounce it in the construction industry alone it beggars belief.

tiredblondie

Stab*City wrote: »

Nathan or Naa in

That one really bugs me - work with someone who when quoting a price will say "thir-ee" Drives me round the twist!!!

Potatoes....i mean, how hard is it to say it....POTATOES.....no badatas, badaees, potaoes....POTATOES!!!

Sandwich.....sammich....seriously???

Dave_The_Sheep

Malari wrote: »

I must be missing out on some Irish subtlety.

Doubt it. Tea-Shock is exactly how I'd explain the Connacht proununciation for example.

languagenerd

H3llR4iser wrote: »

After nearly a decade in Ireland, I still cringe when I hear "Peugeot" pronounced as "Pew-jot"; It's so deeply seated in the public that even the company themselves mispronounce it in their commercials.

Funnily enough, it's pronounced relatively well in the UK, so it's not an "English speakers" thing.

Do they not say "Perr-joe" in the UK? That's even further from the French pronunciation than "Pew-joe" is!

(French would be like "puh-zjo" - with the first syllable like the u in "ugh" and the emphasis on the second syllable)

Day Lewin

tiredblondie wrote: »

Sandwich.....sammich....seriously???

Ah now, Sammich or Sammidge is defensible...Dublin dialect...also known as Sambos, of course.
The variant "hang-sangwiches" even occurs in Myles na Gopaleen, that venerable bastion of all things correctly Irish. ;-)

(Writing, if I remember correctly, as Flann O Brien in The Dalkey Archive.)

"hang-sangwiches in sodden flitters" as I recall...a memorable picnic, indeed.

Padre101

People who pronounce "new" as "noo" instead of "nyoo".

One I noticed on The Apprentice - some people pronounced contribute stressing the last syllable: Contri-BUTE when it should be the second syllable that gets stressed: Con-TRI-bute.

tiredblondie

Day Lewin wrote: »

Ah now, Sammich or Sammidge is defensible...Dublin dialect...also known as Sambos, of course.
The variant "hang-sangwiches" even occurs in Myles na Gopaleen, that venerable bastion of all things correctly Irish. ;-)

(Writing, if I remember correctly, as Flann O Brien in The Dalkey Archive.)

"hang-sangwiches in sodden flitters" as I recall...a memorable picnic, indeed.

nope...have to disagree there....and i have a dublin accent :P

earlytobed

the Car brand Dacia:
Irish TV ad......Dass ee ah
English TV ad... Datch ee ah

earlytobed

Radio people unable to pronounce a t sound
Twitter becomes Twidder
Today FM Sport becomes Today FM Sporshh

HeidiHeidi

Just heard a radio ad for "Ethihad" airlines..... Fairly sure it was Etihad last time I looked?

Also there's another radio and for something where the woman gives the phone no. as "twenny seven, twenny seven, twenny seven". Grrrrrrrr :mad:

Also, renumeration instead of remuneration.

Lurching

RTE newsreaders calling the Gardai the Goredee.

mackerski

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

In the UK they pronounced it PERSH-oh which is completely wrong. The proper pronunciation is Pooj-oh.

No it isn't.

Day Lewin

Don't you mean Pyoo-zho?

Means Of Escape

It lee for Italy
Aloo min um for aluminium
Temp ra chur for temperature

VonLuck

Means Of Escape wrote: »

It lee for Italy
Aloo min um for aluminium
Temp ra chur for temperature

Americans pronounce aluminium that way because it's spelled "aluminum" in the US.

Means Of Escape

VonLuck wrote: »

Americans pronounce aluminium that way because it's spelled "aluminum" in the US.

Like gray, Color ,flavot etc etc

CalamariFritti

Day Lewin wrote: »

Don't you mean Pyoo-zho?

Not a bad description. I can't think of an english word that sounds exactly or almost like the first syllable. But the second syllable sounds like Joe just with a much softer J.

You can find a lot pronunciations on youtube. Peugeot is there too.

Peregrinus

VonLuck wrote: »

Americans pronounce aluminium that way because it's spelled "aluminum" in the US.

Aluminum is in fact the older spelling.

This element was first identified by the British scientist Humphry Davy, who in 1808 proposed to call it "alumium", because (he predicted) it would be extracted from the naturally occurring mineral alum. He later changed his mind; in 1812 he proposed "aluminum". Others objected, saying that "aluminium" had a more classical sound. Nobody actually succeeded isolating the metal until 1825, by which time both "aluminum" and "aluminium" were in common use.

A UK/US distinction didn't really develop until much later. In 1886 an American inventor called Charles Martin Hall developed a cheap and safe process for producing the substance in commercial quantities. He preferred the term "aluminum" and he used that term in his marketing. His dominance of the commercial market for the substance as a result of his invention led that term to become dominant in the US, while the UK and Europe generally settled on "aluminium".

ArielAtom

Matt Coopers inability to say Saturday, it's not Sahurday Matt!!!!

earlytobed

I live in a rural area of the south east and there is an alternative way of pronouncing a lot of things. Some that come to mind are:

weak tea = wake tay
cold peas = cowld pays
beat with hurley = bate with hurl
heap of onion sandwiches = hape of ingin sangwidges
threw the ball = thrun the ball
no difference = no differs
cheap = chape

apologies if some of these have already been mentioned

leck

VonLuck wrote: »

Americans pronounce aluminium that way because it's spelled "aluminum" in the US.

Means Of Escape wrote: »

Like gray, Color ,flavot etc etc

No, gray and grey are pronounced the same way irrespective of spelling. Likewise color and colour.

VonLuck is making the point that there are two different pronunciations for aluminium/aluminum, which are reflecting in the spelling.

Django99

earlytobed wrote: »

I live in a rural area of the south east and there is an alternative way of pronouncing a lot of things. Some that come to mind are:

weak tea = wake tay
cold peas = cowld pays
beat with hurley = bate with hurl
heap of onion sandwiches = hape of ingin sangwidges
threw the ball = thrun the ball
no difference = no differs
cheap = chape

apologies if some of these have already been mentioned

For a lot of those you'll notice the letters "ea" being the part that's pronounced differently. I would guess that it comes from Irish, because "ea" is pronounced differently in Irish and English.

Omackeral

earlytobed wrote: »

I live in a rural area of the south east and there is an alternative way of pronouncing a lot of things. Some that come to mind are:

weak tea = wake tay
cold peas = cowld pays
beat with hurley = bate with hurl
heap of onion sandwiches = hape of ingin sangwidges
threw the ball = thrun the ball
no difference = no differs
cheap = chape

That all sounds very look-at-your-cousin-lustfully.

Malari

earlytobed wrote: »

I live in a rural area of the south east and there is an alternative way of pronouncing a lot of things. Some that come to mind are:

weak tea = wake tay
cold peas = cowld pays
beat with hurley = bate with hurl
heap of onion sandwiches = hape of ingin sangwidges
threw the ball = thrun the ball
no difference = no differs
cheap = chape

apologies if some of these have already been mentioned

Onion sandwiches?! Whatever way you pronounce it, that's just wrong.

On topic: Cork people seem to say joy-ant instead of giant a lot. And voy-lent instead of violent.

Sam Kade

Omackeral wrote: »

That all sounds very look-at-your-cousin-lustfully.

The thing is city slickers have a better chance of being inbred.