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Annoying Pronunciations.

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  • #32
    qz
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    Ten millun euros.


  • #33
    Pace2008
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    I tend not to care about mispronunciations but millins/billins/brillint just sound retarded.


  • #34
    chirogirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭chirogirl


    a friend in the UK says bockle instead of bottle. she also takes the buzz and not the bus.


  • #35
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Curr-ful


  • #36
    Poxyshamrock
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    Arland instead of Ireland.

    Jenuery instead of January!

    :mad:


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  • #37
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    Hibernianeggs wrote: »
    Does anyone you know pronounce words differently of strangley so that it gets on your nerves?For example I HATE when people say hospital like "hostible" and I also think that "exscape" is really annoying:mad:.Have you ever slagged or called someone up on it?

    The amount of idiots that call 'espresso' 'expresso' is unreal. Even a woman working in a restaurant I was in recently called it 'expresso'.

    Also, bruschetta. It's pronounced 'brusketta' not brusheta'!!! :mad:

    Edit: Maybe I'm being harsh with the latter given it's Italian, but.....Ah f*ck it!


  • #38
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    I want to go back in time and punch my neighbour who used to say 'lacers' instead of laces.


  • #39
    sparkthatbled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭sparkthatbled


    I remember when i was younger and we were forced to move into an area of council flat blocks in the north inner city. I was totally confused the first time i went to the shopsthe local shop and heard this little girl "Ma, getsapatchachickachees!". Translation: "Mother, get me a packet of Chickatees". I'm not posh or from a posh area, but i'd never heard an accent that thick. they also all used to say 'Bankily' for Balcony which really annoyed me, especially when i found myself saying it on order to fit in :o


  • #40
    harney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭harney


    All those ****ing retards on here that use taught instead of thought. :mad:


  • #41
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,266 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    chirogirl wrote: »
    a friend in the UK says bockle instead of bottle. she also takes the buzz and not the bus.

    Birmingham?


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  • #42
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    hos ta pal

    vee ickle vey ick el that's not annoying, just a difference in the two :)

    Ren ould

    The girl in the deli in Dublin asks do I want buh hur


  • #43
    m.j.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭m.j.w


    tree instead of tHree


  • #44
    senorwipesalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


    Chimley.
    Its chimney ffs.
    Another one that pisses me off is yella(yellow).

    Now, back to my tae and vizcount biccies.


  • #45
    Marzipan85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭Marzipan85


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    The amount of idiots that call 'espresso' 'expresso' is unreal. Even a woman working in a restaurant I was in recently called it 'expresso'.

    Also, bruschetta. It's pronounced 'brusketta' not brusheta'!!! :mad:

    Edit: Maybe I'm being harsh with the latter given it's Italian, but.....Ah f*ck it!

    i'd feel like a bit of an eejit saying 'brusketta'. i'm not italian. most irish people say 'brusheta', and unfortunately i'm not gonna break this bad-pronunciation rule. even though i know its the wrong pronunciation!

    one proununciation i don't like is when people pronounce tremendous as 'trem-en-jus'.


  • #46
    Hogzy
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    People who say "I Seen" instead of "I Saw". That really bugs me.


  • #47
    [Deleted User]
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    Creddy yewnyin


  • #48
    Krieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Krieg


    Just american pronunciations used by irish people


    Al-um-in-um, Ped-ah-file and garage (in that french sounding way)


  • #49
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Wednesday - is it Wenz-day or Wed-ens-day?
    :confused:

    I need to know so
    I can use it correctly
    in haikus and stuff.


  • #50
    sungem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭sungem


    baz2009 wrote: »
    Dunkey instead of donkey and colyum, fúck off!

    Donkey.... Spell 'monkey' and pronounce it, now spell 'donkey' and pronounce it ;)


  • #51
    EddyC15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭EddyC15


    I don't like it when issue is pronounced issssu. It sounds strange and, for some reason, almost snobbish.

    Also, pronouncing room as 'rum' makes me laugh... and then annoys me.

    As for American pronunciations: calling a fillet a 'fillé' is just ridiculous.


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  • #52
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,266 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    If someone in Kerry asks if you want a bagel, you don't know whether you're going to get a dog or a roll.


  • #53
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    Explosions in the Sky wrote: »
    Boooke..its book :D
    BengaLover wrote: »
    No its not its BUCK...:D:D
    MrStuffins wrote: »
    If you read "book" and didn't already hear "Buck" then you're not doing it right.

    You're all wrong, it's bewk.


  • #54
    newuser30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83 ✭✭newuser30


    frickin hate when people say 'are' instead of OUR, insurtance instead of insurance, boook instead of book, 'veh-hicle', milon instead of million, wan instead of one :mad:


  • #55
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Gore thee

    I am looking at YOU brian dobson!


  • #56
    Alessandra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭Alessandra


    I pride myself on pronouncing my words correctly. This week one of my UK friends informed me I say 'height' in the Irish way 'heighth'. Adding an unnecessary h! Never realised I did this..


  • #57
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,266 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Sky King wrote: »
    Gore thee

    I am looking at YOU brian dobson!

    You mean Dorbson?


  • #58
    Niles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    The guy on Art Attack used to pronounce drawing as "drawer-ing".
    Hogzy wrote: »
    People who say "I Seen" instead of "I Saw". That really bugs me.

    Not a pronunciation problem, but reminds me of people who say "I heard it in the paper". :confused:


  • #59
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Wednesday - is it Wenz-day or Wed-ens-day?
    :confused:

    I need to know so
    I can use it correctly
    in haikus and stuff.
    Why would it be Wed-ens-day? :confused:


  • #60
    rednik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭rednik


    A place called Arkalow and a great goald scored by Rooney, both from the same person.


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  • #61
    chirogirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭chirogirl


    No, Lancashire.


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