Most annoying mispronunciation

11-04-2013 10:13PM

looking_around wrote: »

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 >.>

You're probably right, come to think of it, I've never heard anyone say 'I could care less', perhaps you misheard them, or maybe I'm mishearing them say 'I couldn't care less' when in fact they're really saying 'I could care less, which of course, is just plain wrong, I don't know why anyone would say 'I could care less' when what they mean is 'I couldn't care less', though I'd imagine the n't would be quite easy to miss if one weren't concentrating hard enough, or indeed, caring more rather than less about what someone is actually saying, more or less.
I'm tired now.
Good luck to you!

poppyvally · 11-04-2013 11:15PM

Medal = meryl

baby and crumble · 11-04-2013 11:25PM

Don't know if they've been mentioned but I hate hearing "dunkey" instead of donkey, "lurry" instead of lorry and ChicaRgo instead of Chicago. AARRGHHHH!

dxhound2005 · 11-04-2013 11:34PM

baby and crumble wrote: »

Don't know if they've been mentioned but I hate hearing "dunkey" instead of donkey, "lurry" instead of lorry and ChicaRgo instead of Chicago. AARRGHHHH!

Munkey instead of monkey. English is a funny language.

Pherekydes · 11-04-2013 11:46PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

De rigeur instead of de rigueur. I hate that.

Oh, woe is me.

I shoulda checked...

11-04-2013 11:48PM

9959 wrote: »

You're probably right, come to think of it, I've never heard anyone say 'I could care less', perhaps you misheard them, or maybe I'm mishearing them say 'I couldn't care less' when in fact they're really saying 'I could care less, which of course, is just plain wrong, I don't know why anyone would say 'I could care less' when what they mean is 'I couldn't care less', though I'd imagine the n't would be quite easy to miss if one weren't concentrating hard enough, or indeed, caring more rather than less about what someone is actually saying, more or less.
I'm tired now.
Good luck to you!

I've seen it on boards. It really is bizarre. Hear it a lot too

Planemo · 11-04-2013 11:52PM

Yanks saying alumin-um instead of alumin-ium.
And labtop :mad:

garancafan · 12-04-2013 12:00AM

Pherekydes wrote: »

I shoulda checked...

Tut, tut. Should be I should of...

studiorat · 12-04-2013 12:02AM

Watching Star Track.

shopaholic01 · 12-04-2013 12:03AM

garancafan wrote: »

Tut, tut. Should be I should of...

Should have.

MrCreosote · 12-04-2013 12:03AM

Planemo wrote: »

Yanks saying alumin-um instead of alumin-ium.

Both are correct and acceptable names.

Qualitymark · 12-04-2013 07:29AM

9959 wrote: »

You're probably right, come to think of it, I've never heard anyone say 'I could care less', perhaps you misheard them, or maybe I'm mishearing them say 'I couldn't care less' when in fact they're really saying 'I could care less, which of course, is just plain wrong, I don't know why anyone would say 'I could care less' when what they mean is 'I couldn't care less', though I'd imagine the n't would be quite easy to miss if one weren't concentrating hard enough, or indeed, caring more rather than less about what someone is actually saying, more or less.
I'm tired now.
Good luck to you!

I could care less is an Americanism. Aloominum is the American pronunciation of aluminium.

Shane732 · 12-04-2013 08:08AM

Brian_Zeluz wrote: »

Pacific when the word is clearly specific.

This is the most annoying thing in the world

genuine leather · 12-04-2013 09:10AM

A friend of mine loves "rubbub" tart. So funny when he says it,
The annoying ones(and words) for me have to be.....abs..sol..lootely and rii..dick...ulus

looking_around · 12-04-2013 12:21PM

9959 wrote: »

You're probably right, come to think of it, I've never heard anyone say 'I could care less', perhaps you misheard them, or maybe I'm mishearing them say 'I couldn't care less' when in fact they're really saying 'I could care less, which of course, is just plain wrong, I don't know why anyone would say 'I could care less' when what they mean is 'I couldn't care less', though I'd imagine the n't would be quite easy to miss if one weren't concentrating hard enough, or indeed, caring more rather than less about what someone is actually saying, more or less.
I'm tired now.
Good luck to you!

Maybe it's just the people I'm around, but I've heard it plenty. And more, seen it written that way. Which is worse, imo. If you're writing it wrong, you're definitely going to say it wrong.

Qualitymark wrote: »

I could care less is an Americanism.

It's still incorrect.

_____

Another thing thats annoying, not mispronunciation but.. Is the use of foreign language when english has the equivalent and would suffice. Like, "au contraire" instead of "on the contrary". I know it's perfectly acceptable but still annoying.

cazzzzz · 17-04-2013 10:50AM

pickarooney wrote: »

Can't say I get this one.

Is that not just a phonetical spelling as they are both said the same??

donegal_man · 17-04-2013 11:34AM

According to a US colleague "I could care less" is a contraction of "as if I could care less". I don't know if that's accurate but it sounds plausible.
The story of "aluminium or aluminum" is recounted here http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/aluminium.htm

bnt · 17-04-2013 11:55AM

studiorat wrote: »

Watching Star Track.

That's a funny one, since "trek" didn't start out as an English word. It's Dutch, on which Afrikaans is based, and came in to English after the Afrikaners embarked on the Groot Trek ("Big Pull") in the 1830s to escape the British influence in South Africa. "Trek" was the right word, since there was a lot of arduous pulling of wagons over mountains. The good news is that the American pronunciation of "Trek" is pretty close to the Afrikaans: a short clipped "trehk", like "check", rather than "track".

LittleBook · 17-04-2013 02:12PM

ruthloss wrote: »

I also hate the 'do be' and the 'does be' brigade.

April O Neill wrote: »

That comes from translating Irish to English. I kinda like it, it's unique to Ireland.

Me too. I also like: "I'm right, amn't I?" but not as much as I like "I'm not wrong, amn't I not?"

The King of Moo wrote: »

I actually think it is grand. Of course, one could also use words like "acceptable" or "legitimate," and the joke in The Simpsons was that "cromulent" was not a standard word, being only used in Springfield.

Oh cr@p, it's probably been mentioned already but you've reminded me of people who pronounce "acceptable" as "asseptable" like your one from Supernanny. :pac:

jme2010 · 17-04-2013 02:55PM

Three. Thirty.

English person: "Its free pounds and fir-eey free pence."

No!

garancafan · 17-04-2013 02:56PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Should have.

Yes. Better like that. Should have been I should of.

fondue · 17-04-2013 07:50PM

Don't know if it's a mispronunciation but the way Nevin Maguire says restaurant drives me crazy!

Alun · 17-04-2013 07:55PM

fondue wrote: »

Don't know if it's a mispronunciation but the way Nevin Maguire says restaurant drives me crazy!

Is it like Gordon Ramsay says it on his Kitchen Nightmares TV show, i.e. "rest-ruhnt"? Pisses me off big time .. the word has 3 syllables not 2!

fondue · 17-04-2013 08:06PM

Alun wrote: »

Is it like Gordon Ramsay says it on his Kitchen Nightmares TV show, i.e. "rest-ruhnt"? Pisses me off big time .. the word has 3 syllables not 2!

It's exactly like that! Sometimes I watch his program just so I can hear him say it, I love to hate it!

Voltex · 17-04-2013 09:14PM

Booke..instead of Book
Cooke...instead of Cook
Crips...instead of Crisps
Schewel...instead of School
Runnin, Swimmin, Walkin...it only take a "G" to say it correctly!

SugarCoat · 18-04-2013 01:14AM

The pronounciation of "H" as "Eaaaccch", "Tube" as "Tooooooooob" and "Tuesday" as "Too-esday" sound as bad as scraping nails on a blackboard to me...

Mariasofia · 18-04-2013 01:17AM

Haven't read through other 571 posts but heard someone on news today sat ulti...maaaaah tum bugged the ****e out of me.

LiamMc · 18-04-2013 01:28AM

I'm sure it's mentioned already:

Deaf'nite-ly was common in my schooldays but now rhymes with Keira Knightly. So maybe more acceptable.

Pronouncing Cockney Rhyming Slang but using the second rhyming word only ala Only fools and horses. (It's 'Dog' not 'Bone' for Telephone). That's why it's considered a code/language/not accessible.

Believing Cockney Rhyming Slang is Dublinese.

Forced Dublinese. Stereotype is whiny i-pitched load wimmin or bravado blokes 'pal'. Easy Job, anyone can do it!

kingofslaves · 18-04-2013 01:53AM

Not single words, but whole sentances get me.

1) Out of there I thought I'd never get - I nearly wet myself the first time I heard my ex say that !
2) Come here til I tell ya/I'll take me hand off to ya
3) Are ye right there folks, please?! (said at the end of the night to people hanging on with drinks)
4) saying sorry instead of excuse me
5) my leg is reefing itchy
6) another one my ex used to use oh me back, jack - who the feck is jack ?

But the thing that really bugs me is pronouncing R as OAR Like Oar T É, or that hair place H. OAR. B. OAR. Mind you I've been here 7 years now and I'm correcting my new g/f pronouncing Howth properly ! She's English as well and says it as it's spelt lol

FlawedGenius · 18-04-2013 01:55AM

igorant or igronant

Most annoying mispronunciation

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