Most annoying mispronunciation

stan99 · 10-04-2013 10:40PM

chippers

Kinski · 10-04-2013 10:42PM

Books pronounced with an oooh sound, like in "Oooooh, matron!"

Kinski · 10-04-2013 10:44PM

pickarooney wrote: »

"Movies", you say?

"Fillums" pisses me off too.

Pilsbury Doughboy · 10-04-2013 10:48PM

Read 8 pages, no way I can get through the rest so don't know if it has been mentioned but...

People who say Ung-Yuns instead of onions!

Kinski · 10-04-2013 10:50PM

Pilsbury Doughboy wrote: »

Read 8 pages, no way I can get through the rest so don't know if it has been mentioned but...

People who say Ung-Yuns instead of onions!

Loads of people mentioned that on page 9.

10-04-2013 10:52PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

If that's the way people who live there pronounce it then who are you to tell them they are wrong? Would you tell the people of Derby it shouldn't be prounounced darby? Or the people of Strabane that they have to rhyme it with lane?

It's nearly as bad as the people earlier in the thread complaining about how some others prounounce their own surname e.g. Noel Gallagher and Tim Cahill.

In this case I have to disagree. I flat out refuse to pronounce it as Renelagh even though I've no problem with Darby, Worcester etc.

Something about it sounds dyslexic to me, and as trivial as it is I have to stand by my beliefs damnit!

10-04-2013 10:56PM

One that really annoys me is where a verb like "running" or "jumping" gets pronounced like "runeen" and "jumpeen"

monflat · 10-04-2013 11:03PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

One that really annoys me is where a verb like "running" or "jumping" gets pronounced like "runeen" and "jumpeen"

Unless they r from cork then that's a different story !!!

Binka · 10-04-2013 11:14PM

Has anybody mentioned expresso instead of espresso! Drives me crazy. I'd prefer if you just said small strong black coffee please.

bijou · 10-04-2013 11:21PM

HowAreWe wrote: »

'you thought me well'

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

On the flip side of this I was on a course once, the tutor was talking about someone's state of mind.....

"they had racing taughts"........

Even the course material had it printed as that :eek:

peneau · 10-04-2013 11:27PM

MrCreosote wrote: »

I think youse/youz is acceptable for you(plural). English lacks that word.

Possessive pronoun- yisser.

Because it's in common usage, that does not make it correct.

The King of Moo · 10-04-2013 11:30PM

peneau wrote: »

Because it's in common usage, that does not make it correct.

Nor does it make it wrong, scan.

peneau · 10-04-2013 11:34PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Nor does it make it wrong, scan.

In standard English it does

MrCreosote · 10-04-2013 11:34PM

peneau wrote: »

Because it's in common usage, that does not make it correct.

That's how new words and grammar develop. Better a language that changes than one like Latin that is static and dead

sligojoek · 10-04-2013 11:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

One that really annoys me is where a verb like "running" or "jumping" gets pronounced like "runeen" and "jumpeen"

Or weddeen for wedding

The King of Moo · 10-04-2013 11:38PM

peneau wrote: »

In standard English it does

There's no such thing as standard English in spoken terms, apart from some very basic rules.

If people say "yisser," for example, and its meaning is understood by those who use it and hear it, I don't see why anyone would have a problem with it.

I welcome variety in terms of spoken English, it increases the language's richness. Many words and phrases now commonly used were considered "non-standard" in the past, innit?

ViveLaVie · 11-04-2013 08:49AM

Kayly wrote: »

"Erm, like it SO is true, like. OMG. (Not all but quite a few!)

Well that isn't the majority of under 30s in this country. If it is for you, you are friends with a very specialised group of people.

MrCreosote wrote: »

I think youse/youz is acceptable for you(plural). English lacks that word.

There is 'ye'. Not exactly standard, but quite widely used.

Pherekydes · 11-04-2013 09:16AM

sligojoek wrote: »

Or weddeen for wedding

Seems to be de rigeur on Newstalk:

"Good morneen, Here's Oisín Lang-an with all the runneen, jumpeen and throween sports news."

Oh, STFU.

Merkin · 11-04-2013 09:19AM

"Troath" instead of the very simple and straightforward "throat" :rolleyes:

greenflash · 11-04-2013 09:46AM

ViveLaVie wrote: »

There is 'ye'. Not exactly standard, but quite widely used.

There is a word, it is "you". Just because the plural is the same as the singular, does not mean it doesn't exist.

Ye, yisser and youse are colloquialisms.

TPD · 11-04-2013 10:17AM

I keep reading the thread title as 'miss-pro-nown-see-a-shun' instead of 'miss-pro-nun-see-a-shun' and it's starting to annoy me.

Qualitymark · 11-04-2013 07:13PM

sligojoek wrote: »

Or weddeen for wedding

Ah, that's the new London accent, where kids try to sound Jamaican. Has a certain charm!

The King of Moo · 11-04-2013 07:25PM

greenflash wrote: »

There is a word, it is "you". Just because the plural is the same as the singular, does not mean it doesn't exist.

Ye, yisser and youse are colloquialisms.

Which means they're still words, like "you."

11-04-2013 08:27PM

greenflash wrote: »

There is a word, it is "you". Just because the plural is the same as the singular, does not mean it doesn't exist.

Ye, yisser and youse are colloquialisms.

Didn't Yosser Hughes use ye, yisser and youse?

looking_around · 11-04-2013 08:36PM

did a search on thread(not reading ALL 27 pages,) this didn't show.

People saying "could care less"
When they always mean "couldn't" ..Drives me nuts. Most grammar mistakes don't bother me, but that ends up with a total different meaning >.<

11-04-2013 08:46PM

looking_around wrote: »

did a search on thread(not reading ALL 27 pages,) this didn't show.

People saying "could care less"
When they always mean "couldn't" ..Drives me nuts. Most grammar mistakes don't bother me, but that ends up with a total different meaning >.<

They might not always mean 'couldn't', some people really 'could care less', they just won't let it lie.
Am I bothered?

looking_around · 11-04-2013 09:07PM

well I meant it for the people that mean couldn't.

I've never heard someone say "I could care less" for something that they actually still could care less for >.>

Kayly · 11-04-2013 09:42PM

exspecially

dxhound2005 · 11-04-2013 09:50PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Seems to be de rigeur on Newstalk:

"Good morneen, Here's Oisín Lang-an with all the runneen, jumpeen and throween sports news."

Oh, STFU.

De rigeur instead of de rigueur. I hate that.

babalobioddy · 11-04-2013 09:52PM

A certain Today fm news reader always says ROSGOMMON there is no G in the word !!!!!

Most annoying mispronunciation

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