Words your parents cant pronounce

Cee-Jay-Cee · 09-02-2018 04:57PM #1

Following on from the many threads on words that people spell wrong and incorrectly spelled place names etc this one is on words your parents cannot pronounce.

My mother can't say Brexit, she calls it Briskit.

Hawaii comes out as Ha-wiya.

She refers to the people of Italy as Eye-Tallions yet pronounces Italy correctly.

And Portugal is called Port-ig-al.

superfurry1 · 09-02-2018 05:03PM

I'm sorry to have to inform you but your mother is obviously a spasticated dinosaur.

suicide_circus · 09-02-2018 05:11PM

Harsh

keano_afc · 09-02-2018 05:38PM

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

koumi · 09-02-2018 05:43PM

I love you

finds it very difficult

afkasurfjunkie · 09-02-2018 05:45PM

Tamata for tomato.

But not patata for potato.

Pat Mustard · 09-02-2018 05:50PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

She refers to the people of Italy as Eye-Tallions

cajonlardo · 09-02-2018 05:54PM

Way back in the 70s there was a spectacular crash at an airshow in the UK.
My poor mother told a room full of men
" Thank God the pilot ejaculated "
Good mates to be fair - no one laughed until she had closed the door

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-02-2018 06:11PM

My Dad says Ohi-o instead of Ohio. Puts too much emphasis on the the last O.

He says Mickigan instead of Michigan.

He loves the Jason Bourne movies but for some reason he pronounces Bourne as Burn.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-02-2018 06:18PM

keano_afc wrote: »

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

That's very common in Ireland I find.

People say Chicargo.

Peatys · 09-02-2018 06:20PM

Fidgetas

Mister Vain · 09-02-2018 06:20PM

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

davo2001 · 09-02-2018 06:24PM

My dad has always called Bono "Bone-o".

He refuses to call him Bono for some reason, I think it's a North Dublin thing.

johnayo · 09-02-2018 06:30PM

My Mother in Law always says boner instead of erection.:D

Lorelli! · 09-02-2018 06:32PM

cajonlardo wrote: »

Way back in the 70s there was a spectacular crash at an airshow in the UK.
My poor mother told a room full of men
" Thank God the pilot ejaculated "
Good mates to be fair - no one laughed until she had closed the door

Accidentally said something like that to my maths teacher before when we were doing trigonometry. Instead of adjacent, I said ejaculent which I don't think is an actual word but still he paused for a second and said "what? It's adjacent" :pac:

corner of hells · 09-02-2018 06:34PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Harsh

Da, for the last time it's hash .

theteal · 09-02-2018 06:34PM

Inheritance. . .

GypsyByName · 09-02-2018 06:34PM

Pista for pizza
Cossage for cottage

retro:electro · 09-02-2018 06:36PM

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.

PandaPoo · 09-02-2018 06:40PM

Mozilla Firefox is mozzarella Firefox, tarpon springs in Florida is tampon springs....thats my dad.

My father in law calls the Pogues the Progues. Also he saw something on the news about herpes, and when we were sitting down to Christmas dinner he asked everyone "what's this her-pez"?

My mam calls tortillas torteelos.

Colonel Claptrap · 09-02-2018 06:42PM

Instanbul

Lorelli! · 09-02-2018 06:43PM

My mam does this thing sometimes where she amalgamates my name and my brothers name when shes talking to you and she doesn't notice when she does it.

rednik · 09-02-2018 06:49PM

That great American golfer Phil Mitchelson.

Mister Vain · 09-02-2018 06:51PM

Slim card is another one.

valoren · 09-02-2018 06:52PM

Mother says tormenting as 'tá minting'

Also in the 90's watching a Man United match was very 'tá minting', as she thought Paul Ince was actually Paul Inch and Peter Schmeichel's name was said to be Peter Mishmichael.