Mispronunciations

21-10-2010 11:12PM

PsychoSue wrote: »

Im a secondary school teacher and I hear ALOT of different pronunciations.

Terry wrote: »

I really hope that you do not teach English.

I knew if I yelled about it long enough, other people would join in.
Yay!

policarp · 21-10-2010 11:46PM

Foreign racing commentaters trying to pronounce Irish horses names.
Often had a good giggle at that.

tolosenc · 22-10-2010 01:45AM

Common mispronunciations: Many (as man-ee when it should be men-ee)

And "haitch" instead of "aitch".

Daisy Steiner · 22-10-2010 02:51AM

Would you like salt and vingenar on your chips?

pickarooney · 22-10-2010 09:48AM

tolosenc wrote: »

Common mispronunciations: Many (as man-ee when it should be men-ee)

And "haitch" instead of "aitch".

Those aren't really mispronunciations any more than pronouncing Rs at the end of words is.

Big Nasty · 22-10-2010 09:50AM

Seeing / Seen

enda1 · 22-10-2010 10:03AM

Pasta pronounced - Paw-sta :mad:

/End Thread

jmbkay · 22-10-2010 10:09AM

Chill-ay. Chile!

bullets · 22-10-2010 11:11AM

Vehicle
Always wondered why Gardai pronounce "Vehicle" as VA-he-kill,
I've only ever learned to pronounce it Veee-hic-kill

William
Used to annoy me when I heard people pronounce William as Will-em or will-um. (ie William Street vs Willum street)

lasagne
I tend to pronounce lasagne as LA-Sonja but I hear other people pronounce
it as LA-Zann-yeah.

Nike
Some people say Nike (Like Mike) some people say Nike-EE

Adidas
Some people say A-deee-dis others say Addy dass

some people say DrawRings instead of Drawings.

English people who start add an "r" to the end of some words.

The Name "Bryan" vs "Brian" is it pronounced the same ?
is Bryan Bri-yan and Brian Br-eye-n or Breen

The Name Thomas. I would pronounce THomas
and not Tomas. With the TH being like pronouncing the start of the word THE

People that forget to leave out silent "t" at the end of the words.

~B

Osgoodisgood · 22-10-2010 11:21AM

And what's with "potato"?

When did it become "podaydo"?

Osgoodisgood · 22-10-2010 11:23AM

bullets wrote: »

The Name Thomas. I would pronounce THomas
and not Tomas. With the TH being like pronouncing the start of the word THE

well, don't do it again ok?

bubbaloo · 22-10-2010 12:02PM

louise-x wrote: »

my mother pronounces rhubarb as "roo-bob"
none of us have ever bothered to correct her :rolleyes:

Ha ha - my MIL says "roo-bar-ib" instead of rhubarb.
We haven't ever corrected her either.
And she says "azip" as in zip - she actually says "an azip" - hilarious!

bubbaloo · 22-10-2010 12:03PM

enda1 wrote: »

Pasta pronounced - Paw-sta :mad:

/End Thread

Yeah - what's that about? It's like people saying faw-ther instead of father or bawss instead of boss! :mad:

The_Conductor · 22-10-2010 12:08PM

bubbaloo wrote: »

Yeah - what's that about? It's like people saying faw-ther instead of father or bawss instead of boss! :mad:

Sounds like a Boston accent tbh....?

22-10-2010 12:14PM

bubbaloo wrote: »

And she says "azip" as in zip - she actually says "an azip" - hilarious!

What is an azip...

BigDuffman · 22-10-2010 12:18PM

Hate the way RTE newsreaders call the Dáil "doyle" and Gardai "goordee"

Or in Dublinese, "Could I have a packet of crisps please" to "Giz a package of crips, will ya?"

Or the old favorite foliage as foilage

I still think qway in my head but say key for the word quay.

BigDuffman · 22-10-2010 12:32PM

I can understand other nationalities not being able to pronounce Siobhan (One of the girls was called see-oh-bawn all the time when in the US) or Naoise or Aoife.

But English people not being able to pronounce Doherty. Its some how comes out as Dockerty. There is NO C SOUND THERE!

Daisy Steiner · 22-10-2010 01:06PM

bubbaloo wrote: »

And she says "azip" as in zip - she actually says "an azip" - hilarious!

bluewolf wrote: »

What is an azip...

Serious? :pac:

Terry · 22-10-2010 01:10PM

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

And what's with "potato"?

When did it become "podaydo"?

1847

old_aussie · 22-10-2010 01:16PM

Mr Marston wrote: »

Ahh, thinking in phonetics got the better of me.

Fixed.

I though Yozemit fix that up

Calibos · 22-10-2010 01:27PM

bullets wrote: »

Vehicle

Adidas
Some people say A-deee-dis others say Addy dass

Some people, ie. me, even say A-deee-dass

22-10-2010 01:32PM

Daisy Steiner wrote: »

Serious? :pac:

oh!

The way he wrote it, it sounded like there was a word "azip" and she pronounced the second half as zip.
I was wondering what word was "azip" and what other way you could pronounce it

jokettle · 22-10-2010 02:21PM

Potentially NSFW

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NoHornJan · 24-10-2010 01:43PM

A work colleague used to say he had a sedementary job...

Misanthrope · 24-10-2010 02:00PM

BigDuffman wrote: »

I can understand other nationalities not being able to pronounce Siobhan (One of the girls was called see-oh-bawn all the time when in the US) or Naoise or Aoife.

But English people not being able to pronounce Doherty. Its some how comes out as Dockerty. There is NO C SOUND THERE!

The American mispronunciation of Caitlin (Kate Lynn) sounds much nicer than Cat Leen

The_Conductor · 24-10-2010 02:03PM

Misanthrope wrote: »

The American mispronunciation of Caitlin (Kate Lynn) sounds much nicer than Cat Leen

It was the second most popular girls name in the US in 1998 (and is still in the top 10). They spell it Katelyn though......

Misanthrope · 24-10-2010 02:05PM

smccarrick wrote: »

It was the second most popular girls name in the US in 1998 (and is still in the top 10). They spell it Katelyn though......

I know two American girls who spell it Caitlin.

Roy sin for Roisin does not work though

wonton · 24-10-2010 02:19PM

one of my mates had a bit of a hard time with the reality that the food item that he so much loved was called a "hamburger" and not a "handburger".

appearantly he thought so because you hold it with your hand, of course he stumbled in confusion when asked "what do you hold chicken burgers with?"

Benny Lava · 24-10-2010 05:28PM

I know a few people who pronounce Kerry as curry.

I couldn't believe it when I first heard it. Then I remember one of them asking me if I had heard Katy "Purry's" new song.

:rolleyes:

aDeener · 24-10-2010 06:50PM

Neadine wrote: »

Frequently hear people talking and use the word pacific instead of specific, really bugs me. Also have a bit of a pet peeve in relation to bad grammar.

Have occasionally started reading a thread and clicked out because of poor grammar :eek:

Maybe I was an English teacher in a previous life!

I think you mean teacher of English

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