Most annoying mispronunciation

Glencarraig

Millon instead of million, just listen to our minister for finance!!!

Brendan Bendar

COYVB wrote: »

The strange habit some Irish folk have of adding an r into the word Chicago

Was there last Aurgust.

Anyway sorry if this one has been said 'Quarter' pronounced as'Quawter' RTE is culpable.

'Cork' being pronounced as 'Coe-erk'

Dublin people seem to have major issues with the letter 't'

Date= Daeth
Lotto=Lottho
Data=Dahttha

Loads of others .

Right Turn Clyde

Glencarraig wrote: »

Millon instead of million, just listen to our minister for finance!!!

Do you mean Minister for Finn-ance, or Minister for Fine-ance?

LordSutch

COYVB wrote: »

I've always said zee, because the alphabet rhyme doesn't work with zed, and I wasn't willing to ruin a perfectly good rhyme

As an Irish person lliving in Ireland you've always said Zee instead of zed :cool:

Maybe there's more of you "Zees" than I thought.

As a matter of interest how would you pronounce buoy?

Right Turn Clyde

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

'Cork' being pronounced as 'Coe-erk'

Q. Where are you from lad?

A. West Coooeeeoroeooeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeerrrrkkk

Wolf Club

COYVB wrote: »

A good chunk of Ireland does the very same thing, albeit with a different accent

As in "Who's dat lad dare in da pho(t)o?" Wexford/Waterford accent?

dxhound2005

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

Do you mean Minister for Finn-ance, or Minister for Fine-ance?

Both are accepted as standard pronunciations. Despite the efforts of some people on threads like this to insist otherwise.

I hope this thread will not go down the road again of people refusing to accept that some words can be pronounced in more than one way. Something which is recognised by the producers of dictionaries and pronunciation guides.

COYVB

Wolf Club wrote: »

As in "Who's dat lad dare in da pho(t)o?" Wexford/Waterford accent?

And some dubs, and some in meath, and plenty in louth, and a good chunk of the midlands. Irish people and ts don't really go together all that well.

I had to address that when I moved away in 2009 to ensure I didn't have to keep repeating myself, either out of necessity or the amusement of the locals

COYVB

LordSutch wrote: »

As a matter of interest how would you pronounce buoy?

boy

JacquesDeLad

Noirlund and Ninglund as in "Hey, did you know Ninglund they have more terrorists than we ever had Noirlund."

vienne86

Nucular instead of Nuclear - Brian Dobson is a culprit here. Does my head in.

Right Turn Clyde

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Both are accepted as standard pronunciations. Despite the efforts of some people on threads like this to insist otherwise.

I hope this thread will not go down the road again of people refusing to accept that some words can be pronounced in more than one way. Something which is recognised by the producers of dictionaries and pronunciation guides.

Well done on killing my bit of harmless humour stone dead. I couldn't give a toss what way people pronounce finance, or how those party animals at Oxford feel about it.

Let a little sunshine into your life. You'll feel better.

marmurr1916

ratmouse wrote: »

Pronouncing the word sorbet with the 't' on the end!!

Every time my valet does that, he gets a box.

Baggy Trousers

LordSutch wrote: »

As a matter of interest how would you pronounce buoy?

booeee.

Baggy Trousers

vienne86 wrote: »

Nucular instead of Nuclear - Brian Dobson is a culprit here. Does my head in.

Chartsengrafs

There's a recent trend of pronouncing Taoiseach and Tánaiste as THaoiseach and THániste with thick 'TH's at the start. It's just odd as that particular sound doesn't exist in Irish. It just sounds wrong and pretty horrible. Very common on Dublin radio stations.

FunLover18

COYVB wrote: »

The strange habit some Irish folk have of adding an r into the word Chicago

I haven't noticed this one but one I have noticed more and more is 'orcward' instead of 'awkward'.

Cheese Wagstaff

A friend of mine once said that he couldn't wait to hear the news that another friend had, because the "expense was killing him".

He's no longer my friend.

Ann22

Banjo String wrote:

Well, I'm lost.

(Re the pronunciation of 'discipline'. I think they mean the 'sip' part is stressed whereas it should be the 'dis'. I understand because my mother is an offender. Drives me nuts.

brooke 2

Contrib-ew-ted for contributed

COYVB

brooke 2 wrote: »

Contrib-ew-ted for contributed

Not sure how else you'd pronounce it... either that you're dreadful at phonetics

jamezy

In North America, they pronounce Pantene (the shampoo brand) as "Pan-teen".



I do not approve.

Pherekydes

Advertizzment.

dxhound2005

Pherekydes wrote: »

Advertizzment.

Is that a mispronunciation? Put up an audio link of what you mean or use proper phonetics.

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=advertisement&submit=Submit

Aceandstuff

One that drives me insane is "fLustrated" instead of "frustrated."
It seems to be gettng more common

FunLover18

COYVB wrote:

Not sure how else you'd pronounce it... either that you're dreadful at phonetics

I would run the last 2 syllables together as opposed to the first 2:
as in con-tribewt rather than contri-bewt

does that make sense?

brooke 2

COYVB wrote: »

Not sure how else you'd pronounce it... either that you're dreadful at phonetics

ContRIButed is the correct pronunciation! People in glass houses, etc!!!!

BizzyC

Taught vs Thought....

It's not just pronunciation, people use the wrong word in writing all the time too...


Also on Americanisms...

"Nitch" instead of "Neesh"

brooke 2

Pherekydes wrote: »

Advertizzment.

That is correct. Many people incorrectly say adverTISEment.

FunLover18

brooke 2 wrote: »

That is correct. Many people incorrectly say adverTISEment.

You mean they incorrectly pronounce it as it is spelt? How does that work?

Do you say advertizzing as well?

EDIT; It just makes no sense to me, the 'e' should turn the 'i' into a long a vowel