Most annoying mispronunciation

KungPao · 02-04-2013 12:51AM

mcwinning wrote: »

Vehicle pronounced as vayhicle.

Tea pronounced as cha.

Comes from this I guess.

Modren or moderin for modern is a good one.

Mentioned previously...Flour and Flower being mixed up. Same pronunciation no?

Miss Lockhart · 02-04-2013 12:54AM

spurious wrote: »

Melingitis.

Yes, inflammation of your melons. It's a big worry round here.

MJ23 wrote: »

Beds etc. Ad on the telly. The fella says 'eksetra' several times. Im tempted to email them.

I actually have to turn it off. It's like nails on a blackboard.

"Soo-terfuge" is another one that annoys me.

greenflash · 02-04-2013 12:55AM

It's only had one mention so far but deserves a thread of its own. Height is not heighth. And that includes you Tom Dunne.

The whole "th" thing in general is a head melt. My missus has recently started to pronouns pretty much every "t" as a soft "th" whether or not the word contains the letter h. Teat becomes teeth, the car now had a booth and her friend's baby has been renamed Thadhg. If I correct her once more I'll be hearing from her solicithor.

K.Flyer · 02-04-2013 12:56AM

Hostipal,
Modren,
Irish people using cockney slang,
Its keep schtum, not stump.
Irish (and English) people trying to sound west indies / jamaican "...yeah mon, keeping it real", get a grip!!
Pumpture for puncture.

ViveLaVie · 02-04-2013 12:58AM

KungPao wrote: »

Comes from this I guess.

Interesting! I thought it was slang.

Galwayguy35 · 02-04-2013 12:59AM

I remember my father used to always call the hospital "osbital" for some reason.

ViveLaVie · 02-04-2013 01:09AM

It's not a mispronunciation but I hate when people say 'irregardless'. It's just 'regardless'!

I also don't like the use of 'orientated'. It's a back-formation of 'orientation'. As far as I'm concerned, 'oriented' is correct.

dee_mc · 02-04-2013 01:16AM

also 'purr-ogative'

NegativeCreep · 02-04-2013 01:17AM

Just heard someone say "anyul" instead of annual. Fairly irritating.

Galwayguy35 · 02-04-2013 01:21AM

A lot of the farmers around here say they are going to have to get the "vit" when needing a vet.

Daithi MacG · 02-04-2013 01:23AM

Lick-rish (Liquorice)
WedgiEs (Wedges)
Saherday (Saturday)

Those three really grind my gears...

newmug · 02-04-2013 01:24AM

The King of Moo wrote: »

What are the correct ways to pronounce the following: "either," "neither," "tomato," "schedule" and "controversy?"

Oh, and "car."

Ay-der (as in rhymes with hay-der), nay-der, two-ma-toe, sked-jule, and c*nt-row-versy

April O Neill · 02-04-2013 01:42AM

KungPao wrote: »

Mentioned previously...Flour and Flower being mixed up. Same pronunciation no?

Yup. Can't see how they'd differ.

April O Neill · 02-04-2013 01:45AM

ViveLaVie wrote: »

It's not a mispronunciation but I hate when people say 'irregardless'. It's just 'regardless'!

Well, technically, either is fine. Irregardless is considered non-standard, but not incorrect.

HowAreWe · 02-04-2013 01:46AM

'you thought me well'

NO SHE TAUGHT YOU, SHE ****ING TAUGHT YOU.

ukonline · 02-04-2013 01:50AM

'Kewel' instead of 'cool'.

ViveLaVie · 02-04-2013 01:57AM

April O Neill wrote: »

Well, technically, either is fine. Irregardless is considered non-standard, but not incorrect.

But the suffix 'less' qualifies 'regard' in the negative already, so using the prefix 'ir' is tautological and beyond redundant and actually reverses the meaning, rendering it oxymoronic. It's very commonly used but it makes no sense as a word in itself.

token101 · 02-04-2013 02:09AM

He iddint, or he int, or he ittint.

The word is ****ing pronounced 'isn't', you stupid prick.

Mysteriouschic · 02-04-2013 02:11AM

People changing "baby" to "baba" .

amtc · 02-04-2013 02:15AM

I have a friend of a friend who considers herself well-read as she runs a book club. Recently, we were discussing one book and she called it an 'EPI TOME', I wasn't rude enough to call it an 'E-PIT-TO-ME'

leahyl · 02-04-2013 02:17AM

Supernanny says "that is unASEPtable behaviour" - so annoying

Sigourney · 02-04-2013 02:18AM

con___manx1 wrote: »

the way Americans pronounce route and pedophile annoy the sh*t out of me.
(ped ) o ( phile ) and rowt

Not to mention the way Americans spell 'paedophile'.

Solair · 02-04-2013 02:46AM

The Nooze instead of News! Especially when they're a newsreader!

Same goes for sports presenters talking about a 'derby' and pronouncing it as "der bee"

Chicago being called "Chick Are Go" by some Irish people !

School being pronounced 'squ-awal'

Book is not pronounced BUCK!

Nor is cook pronounced cuuuuke!

People strangulating vowels coz they think it makes them sound posh !

April O Neill · 02-04-2013 02:59AM

ViveLaVie wrote: »

But the suffix 'less' qualifies 'regard' in the negative already, so using the prefix 'ir' is tautological and beyond redundant and actually reverses the meaning, rendering it oxymoronic. It's very commonly used but it makes no sense as a word in itself.

I know all that, not everything about the English language is logical! Sometimes irregardless is used instead for emphasis, another important facet of language. It's still hanging on as an accepted word.

April O Neill · 02-04-2013 03:00AM

amtc wrote: »

I have a friend of a friend who considers herself well-read as she runs a book club. Recently, we were discussing one book and she called it an 'EPI TOME', I wasn't rude enough to call it an 'E-PIT-TO-ME'

Did she say 'tome'?

RidleyRider · 02-04-2013 03:30AM

The grammar nazis are ****ing loving this thread :pac:

amtc · 02-04-2013 03:34AM

April O Neill wrote: »

Did she say 'tome'?

Yep 'EPI TOME' to rhyme with FOAM.

April O Neill · 02-04-2013 03:53AM

amtc wrote: »

I have a friend of a friend who considers herself well-read as she runs a book club. Recently, we were discussing one book and she called it an 'EPI TOME', I wasn't rude enough to call it an 'E-PIT-TO-ME'

No, I mean, did she call the book a tome and you misheard her, because it seems strange to describe a book as an "epitome"? Could be totally wrong here, just wondering.

pappyodaniel · 02-04-2013 04:05AM

GAA heads; Com-mit-tee...also tremenjus, fab-liss and bhrill-nt. Inbred fools.

Condatis · 02-04-2013 04:16AM

Roger_007 wrote: »

It always amuses me when athletes, (usually British), who say they have 'meddled' in the Olympic Games.

What they are actually saying is 'medaled'.

Most annoying mispronunciation

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