Most annoying mispronunciation

Aglomerado · 02-04-2013 10:33AM

"Cumma" for "Comma."

yuck

Wacker The Attacker · 02-04-2013 10:36AM

T is not pronounced as S. City is not pronounced as sissy etc.

Th is not pronounced as f or ss. Growth is neither gross nor growf.

Wacker The Attacker · 02-04-2013 10:37AM

giant_midget wrote: »

Crips (Crisps) the mark of the moron...

Hostible is more moronic

Al Capwned · 02-04-2013 10:40AM

"Who owns this pens lads"

"Oh, that's mind."

pickarooney · 02-04-2013 10:42AM

twinQuins wrote: »

Yes, English did at one point have that pronoun but it simply doesn't exist in the modern language and hasn't for a long time.

It certainly does, as evidenced by the millions of speakers of the modern language who use yous(s), ye, y'all, you lot, etc. every day. While you might not particularly like the fact, a prescriptive approach to the existence of words is the only anachronism here.

Also, the 'th' symbol in 'the' is eth, not thorn.

pickarooney · 02-04-2013 10:52AM

wolfpawnat wrote: »

People who pronounce Cahill which is Ka-hill as Kay-hill. It's the first for crying out load. Usually the Brits call it Kay-hill. When you correct them, they ask "are you sure?" Yes I am bloody sure, it is one of the oldest Irish surnames and it hasn't changed in hundreds of fécking years. Also had American's tell me that they were the Ma-hone-eee's as opposed to the Mahony's, I had to ask them to spell it to even get what they were saying. Also Gallagher is pronounced Gall-a-her not Gall-ag-ger. And Kirsten is not Keeer-sten, it is Kir-sten. And Ireland is Ar-land not Ire-land. I don't do well with American tourists!

No hypocrisy here then. Arland? What the actual ****?

wilson10 · 02-04-2013 11:21AM

twinQuins wrote: »

Not sure if you're being facetious here but 'ye' is actually an old spelling of 'the'. Comes from differences, over time, in type-facing the character 'thorn' (which produced the 'th' sound) in Old English. Eventually it morphed into something that looked like a 'Y'.

English is, oddly, one of the few languages that doesn't have a specific word for the pluralised form of 'you'.

I think you will find that the word ye is also old english for "you" plural.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(pronoun)

Gyalist · 02-04-2013 11:24AM

Columbia wrote: »

There was some water safety ad years ago where the narrator (who was a well-known Irish person but I've forgotten who) pronounced "safety" with three syllables. Say-feh-tee.

Mickey Joe Harte. I thought that I was the only person who found it slightly annoying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSk5_hgOhas

dd972 · 02-04-2013 11:25AM

''this is (insert name) reporting live for OOORR T.E News''

DAZP93 · 02-04-2013 11:41AM

Nice to meet you Partrick..

Al Capwned · 02-04-2013 11:46AM

Also, any time that Ciaran Mullooly signs of on RTE News...

"Ciaran Mullooly, RTE News, Birrrrrrrrr"

LordSutch · 02-04-2013 11:46AM

dd972 wrote: »

''this is (insert name) reporting live for OOORR T.E News''

Paul Reynolds.

hollster2 · 02-04-2013 11:49AM

Al Capwned wrote: »

Also, any time that Ciaran Mullooly signs of on RTE News...

"Ciaran Mullooly, RTE News, Birrrrrrrrr"

Makes me cringe everytime!

Three Seasons · 02-04-2013 12:02PM

It annoys me when people pronounce Ireland as Arland. A friend of mine gave out about the stupid Americans not understanding where he was from when he said Arland.

I also dislike people saying becuz when pronouncing because.

fussyonion · 02-04-2013 12:05PM

Three Seasons wrote: »

It annoys me when people pronounce Ireland as Arland. A friend of mine gave out about the stupid Americans not understanding where he was from when he said Arland.

I also dislike people saying becuz when pronouncing because.

Because why?

IrishExpat · 02-04-2013 12:05PM

I despise this way of extending / changing vowels on:

meat = mayt
eat = ayt

"Have you ayten your mayt?"

And the ridiculously sounding:

me, for my.

"I can't find me phone."

Last one:

How "do you know what I mean?" (six syllables) can turn into a 2 syllable groan of "no-meen".

dedocdude · 02-04-2013 12:07PM

just Dublin folk - "Thats fantaaaaaaaaaastic"

Matt Cooper of Today FM (when hes not nasal-whistling into the mic) tends to say - "Sa-her-day"

A lecturer of mine used to say "Pacific" instead of "specific" - thats so bad, I'm not even sure it can be classed as a mispronunciation

Aglomerado · 02-04-2013 12:19PM

dedocdude wrote: »

just Dublin folk - "Thats fantaaaaaaaaaastic"

Matt Cooper of Today FM (when hes not nasal-whistling into the mic) tends to say - "Sa-her-day"

A lecturer of mine used to say "Pacific" instead of "specific" - thats so bad, I'm not even sure it can be classed as a mispronunciation

That reminded me - a company I used to work for had a customer whose firm was "Pacific Widgets Co". They were in the same town. On our company database they were listed as "Specific Widgets Co." God only knows what the customer thought when they got their invoices!

wilson10 · 02-04-2013 12:24PM

I don't know if it's already been mentioned but the one that gets me is the guy on the Beds Etc. ad, perpetuating the common mispronunciation of the term et cetera, Latin, meaning "and so forth" or "and other such things".

He has a great voice for advertising voiceovers but you would think that someone, particularly a director or shareholder of Beds Etc. would know that it is not pronounced ekcetera and put him right.

kwiva-g · 02-04-2013 12:26PM

Maudi wrote: »

ha.that "cousint" gets on my nerves!!

Where do people say cousint? I've never heard it before!

Bits_n_Bobs · 02-04-2013 12:32PM

AAAAAAAAARR TAY AY for RTE.

How they can make a bollix of pronouncing three letters never ceases to amaze me.

SimonTemplar · 02-04-2013 12:34PM

"Something" pronounced as "summon"
"Eight" pronounced as "ey"
"My" pronouced as "me"

This isn't so much pronunciation but an accent, but I've noticed some people over stressing the last s in a word, e.g. Thanksssss, sausagesssssss

I also really dislike the American pronunciation of "Ireland": IRRE-land

tightropetom · 02-04-2013 12:35PM

Troath

Should of

Tremenjious

Brid - pronounced Breed instead of Breege

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-04-2013 12:41PM

CaraMay wrote: »

And idiots who say Iteli instead of Italy and Machu instead of Matthew.

Eyetalians.

wilson10 · 02-04-2013 12:49PM

The wife told me the other day that our neighbors got a new car.

My first question, of course was "what make is it".

"I think it's an Alexus" was her reply.

"It's pronounced Lexus", I said.

"Yes" she said, "I said it was an Alexus".

Grrrrrr!

SimonTemplar · 02-04-2013 12:52PM

This one's very common but people saying im-ee-JIT-ly instead of im-me-di-ate-ly. It is pronounced as it is spelled. I've no idea why so many people feel the need to that J sound.

Bits_n_Bobs · 02-04-2013 12:53PM

wilson10 wrote: »

The wife told me the other day that our neighbors got a new car.

My first question, of course was "what make is it".

"I think it's an Alexus" was her reply.

"It's pronounced Lexus", I said.

"Yes" she said, "I said it was an Alexus".

Grrrrrr!

Grounds for divorce. Adivorce even

ViveLaVie · 02-04-2013 12:57PM

April O Neill wrote: »

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.

Well the word 'regardless' is constructed quite logically and to use 'irregardless' is illogical on the part of the user rather than the language!

I don't accept that it's used for emphasis either. I've only ever heard it used in the place of 'regardless' when the person doesn't actually know the correct word is 'regardless'. It's hanging on because people don't realise it's wrong but it is definitely not right!

Dermighty · 02-04-2013 12:59PM

Al Capwned wrote: »

"Who owns this penis lads"

"Oh, that's mind."

Al Capwned · 02-04-2013 01:01PM

Dermighty wrote: »

hmmmmm - riiiight - (see, i can add extra i's too!!!)

Most annoying mispronunciation

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