Pronunciations that drive you mad

Susie_Q · 09-05-2012 8:08am #1

One girl I know says "pellow" instead of "pillow". I am pedantic enough that this really bugs me.

She also says "on-velope" for "envelope".

Any other pronunications that annoy you?

The King of Moo · 09-05-2012 8:10am

"Arr-T-É," "podato," and, even though it's fairly common here, "th" pronounced as "t."

jack presley · 09-05-2012 8:11am

Defin-eye-tly and when people pronounce a G in tremendous.

Lionel Messy · 09-05-2012 8:11am

Gee. Damn yanks can't say it right.

Dead Kennedys · 09-05-2012 8:14am

Gaaaaarrrrrdeee....The RTE pronunciation of Gardai.

duploelabs · 09-05-2012 8:17am

Eggs-presso
teeesue (tissue)
eeesssue (issue)

Paz-CCFC · 09-05-2012 8:18am

Dead Kennedys wrote: »

Gaaaaarrrrrdeee....The RTE pronunciation of Gardai.

The correct way?

Lando Griffin · 09-05-2012 8:19am

Yisterday I heard a fellow say tomorra is Wehendsday.

KittyeeTrix · 09-05-2012 8:20am

When vehicle is pronounced Feh-heh-kill

Usually done on Crimecall or Crimewatch or whatever the hell its called these days!!

Typewriter · 09-05-2012 8:21am

Lis-bon

Uriel. · 09-05-2012 8:22am

I axed him a question. Drives me nuts. You're not in the ghetto or Harlem ffs.

Or sangwich. Though this doesn't quite drive me nuts.. Just yet

Or I folleed him

Pherekydes · 09-05-2012 8:24am

Eck setera.

Anything with a 'th' by Ian Guider.

Window Still

Chimley

Scaff

Damp squid (by Bertie Ahern)

I'll tink of more anon...

Wibbs · 09-05-2012 8:25am

Many of the examples so far just sound like Hiberno English to me and that's cool. The pronunciations that would grind my gears are those that the user thinks makes them sound "posh". Riiindabite for roundabout, adding aitches where they don't exist out of a fear of dropping them where they do. HeightH a good example, throatH instead of throat another. TBH I'd rather hear someone say tirty tree and a tird than those examples.

The Big Red Button · 09-05-2012 8:27am

Supernanny: "asseptable" :mad:

adamski8 · 09-05-2012 8:32am

Valentina · 09-05-2012 8:32am

A woman I work with describes herself as "volumptuous" and she also pronounces pyjamas as "perr-jarr-merrs".

This bothers me immensely.

earlyevening · 09-05-2012 8:33am

thongue for tongue. (+invariably misspelt tounge or something like it)

Gummy Panda · 09-05-2012 8:34am

Gord as in: "Gords.. Gords protect them!"

Sky King · 09-05-2012 8:36am

Yea. The Gore Thee. It's an Irish word ffs!

Pacific
Expresso
Ek Cetera

Everyone says amount of people and less people whereas it should be number of people and fewer people.

It doesn't annoy me when general peons speak like this because many of them don't know any better, but I would expect broadcasters on our national media to be able to speak properly, and many of them can't. Some of them even have atrocious speech impediments like the one with the lithshp on R1 who reads out whash itsh shayshs in the papersh.

There are a great number of smart people who can speak out of work now. Why not give them a shot?

Pisses me off it does!

.E_C_K_S. · 09-05-2012 8:36am

Tissss- ooooohs when saying Tissues:mad:

bnt · 09-05-2012 8:36am

People saying "en-velope" (rhyming with "pen") instead of the correct "on-velope". It's a French word, like "entourage" or "ensemble".

Plus: there is no "x" in "Espresso" (coffee).

bnt · 09-05-2012 8:42am

Sky King wrote: »

Expresso

bnt wrote: »

Plus: there is no "x" in "Espresso" (coffee).

Snap!

Another one is a "h" on the end of "height", so it becomes "heighth". Does not compute. :rolleyes:

sunflower27 · 09-05-2012 8:51am

Thighland really bugs me.

And I have a friend that doesn't say fab-uuuuuu-lous, she says fab-a-lus. Really irritiating for some reason.:p

CruelCoin · 09-05-2012 8:56am

Roish, and D4 accents in general.

Also, those stupid ****ing man-bags and scarfs.

counterlock · 09-05-2012 9:03am

People who don't know the difference between 'then' and 'than' and just pronounce them the same when they are speaking.

'its better then buying it in the shop'

Plazaman · 09-05-2012 9:06am

Million is not Millen

The A to Z is not Ah to Zed

If you want to be specific, please do so but don't be Pacific

If there is an obstacle in your way, calling it an oxtable will not help

Off course I've often mispronounced things myself. Only recently when trying to ask my ex-girlfriend "Would you like to go out for dinner tonight dear?", I mispronounced it to sound like "You've ruined my life you manipulative bítch".

cocoshovel · 09-05-2012 9:07am

counterlock wrote: »

People who don't know the difference between 'then' and 'than' and just pronounce them the same when they are speaking.

'its better then buying it in the shop'

This one really annoys me, moreso when its written than anything because I dont really notice it much when its spoken. How in the name of christ do people not know the difference between these? :mad:

frag420 · 09-05-2012 9:09am

My old boss could not pronounce secretary and instead pronounced it sec-ertary!! Did my head in.

Also people who are trying to be "pacific" about something!!

Cookie_Monster · 09-05-2012 9:11am

the kiwis pronounce mullet as mouleé :mad:

harney · 09-05-2012 9:16am

ash-hume instead of assume

09-05-2012 9:17am

Apperantly.

Milk & Honey · 09-05-2012 9:17am

I blame the parents!

Crooked Jack · 09-05-2012 9:18am

Yer one on RTE who says fin-ance instead of fy-nance.

Paz-CCFC · 09-05-2012 9:19am

Wibbs wrote: »

Many of the examples so far just sound like Hiberno English to me and that's cool. The pronunciations that would grind my gears are those that the user thinks makes them sound "posh". Riiindabite for roundabout, adding aitches where they don't exist out of a fear of dropping them where they do. HeightH a good example, throatH instead of throat another. TBH I'd rather hear someone say tirty tree and a tird than those examples.

Is that not another effect of Hiberno-English, to some degree at least? In Irish, when Ts are next to a broad vowel, it's not pronounced as a hard T. It's sounds somewhat like a TH - maybe halfway between a hard T and a TH, if that makes any sense?

I wouldn't know how to write this phonetically, but for words like "Tá", "Taoiseach", "Tóg" etc., when you say the T part, the tip of your tongue should be hitting off the bottom inside of your teeth. It creates a sort of a TH sound, but not as strong as what it's like in English (here, the flat top part of your tongue seems to hit off the very bottom, narrow/sharp part of the teeth).

A similar "process" is done when Ds and Ns are next to broad vowels. That's why, when RTÉ say "na Gardaí Síochána", it sounds more like "Gore-thee" (the Ns in the first and third words are also affected), rather than "gore-dee".

Not sure if that makes sense to you!

Dub Ste · 09-05-2012 9:20am

Why can't people on the radio/tv pronounce the rather simple word OFF.

OFF is spelt OFF,that's why it's OFF,not ORF,as in kick ORF is at three.

OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF !!!!!!

Shower of feckers :mad::mad:

Lionel Messy · 09-05-2012 9:25am

Oym Moykull McMullen and oym going to get my head kicked in if i keep talking like that.

09-05-2012 9:26am

Car-pen-ter
Cal-en-der
Pass-en-ger

Electreeeeshan
politeeeeeshan

Mote Cotrol

celticbest · 09-05-2012 9:28am

Curcle instead of Circle.
Wan instead of One.

not yet · 09-05-2012 9:30am

Forehead pronounced forit. Our your for it i.e your getting it pronounced for et.

fasttalkerchat · 09-05-2012 9:31am

Wibbs wrote: »

The pronunciations that would grind my gears are those that the user thinks makes them sound "posh"... aitches

'dafuq's an aitch??
Do you mean haich?:p:p

Carlos_Ray · 09-05-2012 9:32am

English pronunciations of Irish names especially football players. A lot of Irish people are starting to use the English pronunciation now ffs.

KAY-HILL instead of Cahill.

Dough-herty instead of Doherty.

fasttalkerchat · 09-05-2012 9:33am

Lionel Messy wrote: »

Oym Moykull McMullen and oym going to get my head kicked in if i keep talking like that.

I HATE his voice, accent and being!
The worst is when he tries to say Aironi (rugby team) in his fake accent.

damienirel · 09-05-2012 9:34am

turty tree and a turd!!

Nearly all Irish people are guilty of pronouncing a three (3) as 'tree'
Newstalk radio is worst for this.

Oh and the Marathon Sports ad. on newstalk - 'Mariton sports'

- why does the whole country speak like they've got stones in their mouths('moutts')

omahaid · 09-05-2012 9:35am

Scone - when the cone part is pronounced like gone.

ablelocks · 09-05-2012 9:42am

Comm-i-tae instead of committee

fricatus · 09-05-2012 9:43am

Chicargo... drives me bananas!

Also when Dubs say words with a short vowel where there should be a long one:

FÁS = "foss"
Audit = "oddit"

I heard one particular journalist on RTE call the new president of France François "OllANday". :eek:

bnt · 09-05-2012 9:43am

omahaid wrote: »

Scone - when the cone part is pronounced like gone.

Hate to break this to you, but that is the correct pronunciation in Scotland, where Scones were invented. The "s-cone" pronunciation is an English affectation.

Crooked Jack · 09-05-2012 9:47am

omahaid wrote: »

Scone - when the cone part is pronounced like gone.

Ah here now. If you pronounce it your way then this joke doesnt work.

What's the fastest bun in the world?

Scone

silverwood · 09-05-2012 9:54am

People who call the iPod Touch an iTouch. Drives me bonkers, but then that's not too difficult :mad:

09-05-2012 9:56am

Dub Ste wrote: »

Why can't people on the radio/tv pronounce the rather simple word OFF.

OFF is spelt OFF,that's why it's OFF,not ORF,as in kick ORF is at three.

OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF !!!!!!

Shower of feckers :mad::mad:

how orkward

i'm off to drink some larger in chicargo

omahaid · 09-05-2012 9:57am

bnt wrote: »

Hate to break this to you, but that is the correct pronunciation in Scotland, where Scones were invented. The "s-cone" pronunciation is an English affectation.

Hate to break this to you, we're not in Scotland

Pronunciations that drive you mad

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