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Words your parents cant pronounce

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    #62
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
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    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 :D


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    #63
    Donald Trump
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    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.........



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    #64
    jonon9
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    Last time my mother tried to pronounce a word she struggled with I got a face full of false teeth.


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    #65
    Donald Trump
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    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!


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    #66
    NAGDEFI
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    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..


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    #67
    [Deleted User]
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    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:


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    #68
    VickyPollard
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    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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    #69
    Teyla Emmagan
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    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.


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    #70
    Avatar MIA
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    I am but at my advanced age perhaps my hearing needs checking. Anyway that's how I would pronounce it. :D

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


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    #71
    boardsuser1
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    Magnolium instead of magnolia


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    #72
    Turtyturd
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    My ma constantly says dinosauws when talking to the kids. There’s a f*cking r in there.


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    #73
    Bigtoe107
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    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


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    #74
    Avatar MIA
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    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


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    #75
    Del.Monte
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    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. :D

    ****



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    #76
    forgodssake
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    My mother calls micellar water "miraculous water " lol...


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    #77
    forgodssake
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    And diarrhoea is pronounced "diareee"


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    #78
    AnneFrank
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    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


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    Brian?
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    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.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #80
    AnneFrank
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    Cripps instead of crisps,hate that


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    #81
    Franz Von Peppercorn
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    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!
    😂

    To be fair the standard pronounciation of Z is zed here.


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    #82
    Junglewoman
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    Troath rather than Throat


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    #83
    Capt'n Midnight
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    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 ?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    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.


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    #85
    Danjamin1
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    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


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    #86
    twignme
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    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.


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    #87
    Peatys
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    AnneFrank wrote: »
    Cripps instead of crisps,hate that

    Package of cripps :D


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    #88
    rickis tache
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    mweenoote for minute.


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    #89
    gipi
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    My dear ma mispronounces the name of our taoiseach constantly - she calls him 'Vardakar', instead of Varadkar. She's even in his constituency! Bless😀


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    #90
    Hector Bellend
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    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.

    I find that us northsiders prefer calling him silly bollocks


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    #91
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Maybe he's just mixing him up with this fella. Easily done.........


    No he hates that cocksucker.


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