Words your parents cant pronounce

Dakota Dan

keano_afc wrote: »

My mother in law consistently says Chic-argo. Bugs the hell out of me.

I've heard Americans call it that also at least your mother doesn't live in the US.
My cousins aunt was going to Chicago back in the 70's and something happened that she couldn't go. My cousin decided to taunt her about it by singing, she ca go she ca go she can't go she can't go

Then you have the younger generation that pronounce Baltimore in Cork as ball ti more.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Deleted User wrote: »

My dad calls Robbie Keane 'Robbie Kane'. Just seems very wrong.

Is he from North Tipperary or Offaly?

Certain people in that region have a weird quirk in their language. E sounds like A.


Meat , mate.


Beat, bate etc.

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My aunt asked me one day if my car had a "Catholic" converter like hers..

BENDYBINN

Melody Fresh Dude wrote: »

My aunt asked me one day if my car had a "Catholic" converter like hers..

Why would she ask you that?

Patrick_Swayze

Dad says Onion 'un yeeeen'

tuisginideach

Pitcher for picture

Conor Bourke

My dad and his friends call machines MISH-eens

Peatys

pudzey101 wrote: »

The mother always asks me to "geh da buhhar owa da fridge, baws .

I din do nahin baws

Savage93

My mother says "there's the Durex dog" when the DULUX ad comes on the telly

jbt123

Mother says 'Volka' instead of Vodka.

Mister Vain

Savage93 wrote: »

My mother says "there's the Durex dog" when the DULUX ad comes on the telly

Are you sure its not this ad?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5_t8jzfCM

Del.Monte

anna080 wrote: »

Chicago, she pronounces it "Chicargo".
Also chicken fillets are "chicken kievs". No matter how often I correct her she will forever refer to any kind of fillet as a kiev.

How else are you supposed to pronounce it?

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/the-chicago-school

retro:electro

Del.Monte wrote: »

How else are you supposed to pronounce it?

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/the-chicago-school

Are you hearing an "r" there? I'm not.

somesoldiers

Archie-tect

Del.Monte

anna080 wrote: »

Are you hearing an "r" there? I'm not.

I am but at my advanced age perhaps my hearing needs checking. Anyway that's how I would pronounce it.

PandaPoo

My mother in law called a kebab a keebab

Pherekydes

I don't remember my own parents mispronouncing much, but my M-i-L was woeful for stuff.

Window still, chimley and scaff are three that come to mind. My wife and her sister used to copy these, and her sister still says orament instead of ornament, and uses the phrase "cornered off" in place of "cordoned off".

tuisginideach

MIL's archeries used to give problems too and lots of prostrate cancer about (not funny, I know).

FREDNISMO

Minnesota being called Minnasoty

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My father's from Donegal. So, most words.

beertons

My mam says pacific, instead of specific.

Rubberlegs

My Dad used to read Snow White and the Seven Dwuffs to me as a child:)
Italians were Eye-talians.
Certificate was certy ficket.

tuisginideach

Peace-if-i v. pacify

Dakota Dan

pudzey101 wrote: »

The mother always asks me to get the butter buhhar out of the fridge .

I know a woman well into her 50's calling it budder, she never called it that before, I'd say she got it from her daughters americanisms :rolleyes:

The mother says funiture and inacha-fact.

Dakota Dan

A presenter on our local radio calls the three amigos the three omegas.

captbarnacles

My Dad pronounces bizarre as biz-air.

Hector Bellend

Mister Vain wrote: »

Both my parents say Chi-chargo and Cali-fawnya. My father says yelleh instead of yellow.

Thats how Arnie pronounces it.

Hector Bellend

There was a old drunk that lived around our area years ago.

His famous mispronunciation has gone down in local folklore.

There was a guy reading a book about world war II in the local pub.

He asked why did world war eleven start?

dxhound2005

Hector Bellend wrote: »

There was a old drunk that lived around our area years ago.

His famous mispronunciation has gone down in local folklore.

There was a guy reading a book about world war II in the local pub.

He asked why did world war eleven start?

The radio put out a request for John, who is one hundred and eleven. Oh, sorry that should read John, who is ill.