Words your parents cant pronounce

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 10-02-2018 01:11AM

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?

I grew up near a place called Bellharbour. Local legend has it that when the BBC reporter, with received pronunciation, announced that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbour, a group of lads grabbed their shotguns and pitchforks and headed down to the harbour to meet them

Donald Trump · 10-02-2018 01:26AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

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

Maybe he's just mixing him up with this fella. Easily done.........

jonon9 · 10-02-2018 01:33AM

Last time my mother tried to pronounce a word she struggled with I got a face full of false teeth.

Donald Trump · 10-02-2018 01:37AM

jonon9 wrote: »

Last time my mother tried to pronounce a word she struggled with I got a face full of false teeth.

I have a similar story

Last time your mother tried to pronounce a word she struggled with she almost bit me lad.

After that I just told her to take the false teeth out first.

Jackpot!

NAGDEFI · 10-02-2018 01:37AM

My mam could never pronounce 'Navratilova' as in Martina. To this day it's 'Le Brat in Ova'!

An aunt says 'in the window' for innuendo..

10-02-2018 01:42AM

And as stated from the other side!

I drive my teenage kids mad when I cat I'm going to get some "Mutt Munch" when I go to get a bag of dog food!

<<<<<<<<<<<<< yes I know :pac:

VickyPollard · 10-02-2018 09:19AM

My mum can't say EZ(ee-zee) Living properly, as in the furniture shop, it's always E- ZED Living.
Also Pinterest, she pronounces pin-interest!
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Teyla Emmagan · 10-02-2018 09:23AM

Oh my Dad keeps asking "Alexy" questions and, obviously, getting no response.

He also refers to the U2 front man as "Bone-o" but it's more that he doesn't GAF.

Avatar MIA · 10-02-2018 09:27AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

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

Does your son/daughter post on boards? :pac:

boardsuser1 · 10-02-2018 09:33AM

Magnolium instead of magnolia

Turtyturd · 10-02-2018 09:53AM

My ma constantly says dinosauws when talking to the kids. There’s a f*cking r in there.

Bigtoe107 · 10-02-2018 10:00AM

My mother once asked me “why do they call him ‘the white’ yorke, when he’s black?” Still get a laugh out of that one

Avatar MIA · 10-02-2018 10:03AM

Bigtoe107 wrote: »

My mother once asked me “why do they call him ‘the white’ yorke, when he’s black?” Still get a laugh out of that one

Reminds me of when my daughter was quite young and called a certain US president Black Obama

Del.Monte · 10-02-2018 10:14AM

Should get my kids to post this but then I've inflicted my pronunciations on them too. H as in aitch - H Block, HB ice cream etc; Gaul Tea for Galtee Cheese/Mountains etc and Dorset Street as in Daw set rather than the ubiquitous Door sett.

forgodssake · 10-02-2018 10:21AM

My mother calls micellar water "miraculous water " lol...

forgodssake · 10-02-2018 10:23AM

And diarrhoea is pronounced "diareee"

AnneFrank · 10-02-2018 10:30AM

davo2001 wrote: »

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.

This is nuts Davo,my dad does the very same,but he's from limerick

Brian? · 10-02-2018 10:32AM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

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:

I seriously doubt it’s an Americanism. I’ve said budder my entire life.

AnneFrank · 10-02-2018 10:33AM

Cripps instead of crisps,hate that

Franz Von Peppercorn · 10-02-2018 10:56AM

VickyPollard wrote: »

My mum can't say EZ(ee-zee) Living properly, as in the furniture shop, it's always E- ZED Living.
Also Pinterest, she pronounces pin-interest!
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To be fair the standard pronounciation of Z is zed here.

Junglewoman · 10-02-2018 11:14AM

Troath rather than Throat

Capt'n Midnight · 10-02-2018 11:24AM

superfurry1 wrote: »

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

She doesn't sound like a thesaurus does she ?

Capt'n Midnight · 10-02-2018 11:25AM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

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

Probably the long term effects of a super fish oil injury.

Danjamin1 · 10-02-2018 11:44AM

MIL has a few of the usual suspects, Chi-cargo for Chicago, Sang-gich for sandwich and the worst one is Lincoln-shtein for Liechtenstein

twignme · 10-02-2018 12:09PM

A 93 year old Aunt calls the satnav a 'satnap'. Probably quite appropriate given the number of people who switch off their brains when they use one.

Peatys · 10-02-2018 12:21PM

AnneFrank wrote: »

Cripps instead of crisps,hate that

Package of cripps

rickis tache · 10-02-2018 12:27PM

mweenoote for minute.

gipi · 10-02-2018 12:29PM

My dear ma mispronounces the name of our taoiseach constantly - she calls him 'Vardakar', instead of Varadkar. She's even in his constituency! BlessðŸ˜€