Most annoying mispronunciation

Peregrinus

mansize wrote: »

BBC newsreader prononciation is best

The BBC doesn't impose pronunciations of English words on its staff. Any pronounciation that's recorded in the OED is acceptable on the BBC.

(There is a BBC unit that advises on the pronunciation of non-English words, though.)

darkpagandeath

Peregrinus wrote: »

The BBC doesn't impose pronunciations of English words on its staff. Any pronounciation that's recorded in the OED is acceptable on the BBC.

(There is a BBC unit that advises on the pronunciation of non-English words, though.)

Like Shiite :P

cournioni

Dese tings...

Two, tree, four...

DareGod

kwiva-g wrote: »

I realise this is not technically a mispronounciation, but it annoys the hell outa me:

Sickth... As in November Sickth, Henry the Sickth etc

Really, what is so difficult about saying sixth with a proper "x" and "th" sound?

As far as I'm aware, journalists are taught to use the first to avoid any trouble, but it sounds so wrong to my ears!

THANK you!

DareGod

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

Column. People who say Colyoom, when its clearly pronounced collum need a swift slap to the head.

It's pronounced colyoom!

Isn't it?

DareGod

whiskeyman wrote: »

Fancy a coffee?
I'll have an expresso please...

I've heard so many people say that this annoys them, and yet I've never once heard someone say expresso.

Peregrinus

DareGod wrote: »

It's pronounced colyoom!

Isn't it?

Nope, generally not. The col- bit is pronounced, well, like "coll", and the -umn bit is practically swallowed; "coll'm".

sbsquarepants

Bog dweller pronunciation of millionaire.

As in, Paddy down the road is a fecking millunaire and not a bother on him going to mass with a belt made of bailing twine, and a shirt you wouldn't soak up an oil spill with, shameless so he is.

ScrubsfanChris

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Anything in American English...

Aluminium

Adding extra syllables to place names -
I-ere-land
Tot-ten-ham

Comhrá

nucular for nuclear.

Febuary for February.

topper75

Raekwon wrote: »

Everybody from outside the pale saying "Ye" instead of "You"

It is Hiberno-English, which was established in Elizabethan times.

You are going to have to accept that one I'm afraid. It is perfectly legitimate.

The "yous" used within the pale may be rooted in some lowland Scots or northern English dialect. Burns my ear - but again - perfectly legitimate.

The concept of the Queen's or the King's English is not so legitimate because there have been so many kings and queens in England. Which one of them spoke it?

whiskeyman

Modern seems to be pronounced 'Mod-ran' by so many!

Tim76

say-fe-ty for safety
grrrrr

HeidiHeidi

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Aluminium

Adding extra syllables to place names -
I-ere-land
Tot-ten-ham

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?

optogirl

troath for throat & thongue for tongue

gramar

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?

Probably an Arsenal fan.

Elemonator

YOG-hurt when its yo-ghurt.

Ffs.

dd972

CaraMay wrote: »

Just heard a woman say fabolous aghhhh it's not 'fabolous' it's fabulous!! People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.

I'm a heterosexual bloke, I avoid that word like death...

H3llR4iser

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.

Stab*City

Nathan or Naa in

Glenster

TH does not equal D

mackerski

A good proportion of the RyanAir safety announcement recording:

https://youtu.be/tiBPKmnwP0A

Bonus negative marks for "...the safety card, which is displayed within the area you are seated".

DEFTLEFTHAND

I remember years ago being mortified by my parents asking for direction to a shopping mall in New York. They were pronouncing it 'mal' which maybe for all I know is the correct pronunciation in Ireland and the UK but it certainly isn't in the USA.

Spanish Eyes

It's a culchie thing, but it cracks me up when I hear the word committee prounounced as

COMMiTTEEEEEE, not ComMITTee.

LordSutch

optogirl wrote: »

troath for throat & thongue for tongue

I actually know a person from Roscrea who says Troath
He also says Debinghams instead of Debenhams.

As regards Thongue, I thought that was an urban myth until about six months ago when I heard it in the school yard (from another parent)! goodness knows how the letter h got into tongue?

H3llR4iser

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.

English people are generally better at pronouncing French words due to French being taught as a foreign language to almost everyone.
Plus the fact that the majority of four syllable words are French in origin.

CalamariFritti

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Aluminium

Adding extra syllables to place names -
I-ere-land
Tot-ten-ham

Aluminium or aluminum (in North American English) is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery-white, soft, ...

Sue Pa Key Pa

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

It's a culchie thing, but it cracks me up when I hear the word committee prounounced as

COMMiTTEEEEEE, not ComMITTee.

And there are 'mill-ins' of them who pronounce it like that

bnt

I have a particular beef with the failure to pronounce the ch sound. It's "Loch Ness", not "Lock Ness". The cheese is not "Gouda", it's more like "Chouda, though not that heavy on the ch. Sometimes I feel like the only person outside the Netherlands who tries to pronounce "Van Gogh" correctly, even if I sound like a cat coughing up a hairball in the process. Well, me and these folk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTQv8RH1TE

Dexter Bip

I know a few teachers who have 'thought' their pupils for many years. If you can't pronounce your own occupation .......