Most annoying mispronunciation

runawaybishop · 17-09-2013 07:36PM

tallus wrote: »

Because aluminum is an example of incorrect spelling ?

Except it is not. Guess what trivial thing annoys me

tallus · 17-09-2013 07:44PM

runawaybishop wrote: »

Except it is not. Guess what trivial thing annoys me

The professor who originally named it first called it alumina, then aluminum, he settled for aluminium.

Grayditch · 17-09-2013 07:44PM

Chigargo.

Fox_In_Socks · 17-09-2013 08:06PM

tallus wrote: »

The professor who originally named it first called it alumina, then aluminum, he settled for aluminium.

The Americans stayed with aluminum and the British choose the newer variation.

Alumina is oxidised aluminium and is still used.

newmug · 18-09-2013 12:14AM

People pronouncing their "th"'s p1ss me right off.

This is IRELAND. Pronouncing th's should be punishable by corkscrew insertion to the nipples, and deportation to the world's most magnetic mountain!

spank_inferno · 18-09-2013 12:23AM

"fill-ums"

No... Its pronounced FILMS you cousin-lovin b@$tard.

Chara1001 · 18-09-2013 12:30AM

Luddy instead of lorry

Umbreal · 18-09-2013 12:33AM

Gurdles instead of girls.

diomed · 18-09-2013 12:35AM

volka

lovesfatgirls · 18-09-2013 01:08AM

chimley
hospidal
hostipal

when an american says caribbean

annascott · 18-09-2013 01:12AM

Film / Fil -um
Peugeot / Peeyoujoe
Slippery / Slippy

Empty / Empy

The list is endless....

newmember2 · 18-09-2013 01:15AM

Listen to Bryan Dobson any eveneen on the news pronounceen any word endeen in 'ing' as 'een' ...ugh

demanufactured · 18-09-2013 01:16AM

Tiv = to

e.g , He went tiv his aunty's house..

Aunty = aunt

old_aussie · 18-09-2013 01:33AM

Wollongong

annascott · 18-09-2013 01:42AM

I have heard people from Northern Ireland pronounce 'to' as 'till'. "she went till the shop.."

BOHtox · 18-09-2013 02:06AM

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

To many to mention.
RTE seem to be in the process of inventing their own dialect.
Fin-ance.
Inn-iss-ee-ah-tiv
say-z

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LorMal · 18-09-2013 08:47AM

April O Neill wrote: »

You sound like my uppity, elocution obsessed sixth class teacher. That's not a mispronunciation, it's how people with Irish accents say those words.

Delighted nobody thanked this. 'Ye' isn't a mispronunciation, it's a colloquialism.

People did thank it. 'ye' is an abomination. Only beaten by 'sangwich'. Why, Lord, Why?
And then there is the missing g in ing...Hurlin, mornin, diggin, washin...

April O Neill · 18-09-2013 09:28AM

LorMal wrote: »

People did thank it. 'ye' is an abomination. Only beaten by 'sangwich'. Why, Lord, Why?

You... might want to go back and check when my post appeared. At that time, there was no thanks.

I should also point out that that abomination appears in this very website's motto, or at least did until very recently. It's not an abomination, it's Hiberno-English.

Sam Kade · 18-09-2013 09:39AM

Raekwon wrote: »

Everybody from outside the pale saying "Ye" instead of "Yous"

Fixed

Peregrinus · 18-09-2013 09:45AM

Yup, it's standard in Hiberno-English. It has an entry in the OED noting the fact, even though the OED doesn't seek to document Hiberno-English comprehensively. And of course it used to be standard in England too; it turns up all the time in Shakespeare. It wasn't eclipsed by "you" until the end of the sixteenth century.

BeerWolf · 18-09-2013 09:58AM

Not so a mispronunciation, but more so the spelling;

Your / You're - e.g. "Your stupid" / "You're ma"

There / Their / They're - e.g. "There car" / "Their he goes"

silly · 18-09-2013 10:44AM

Should OF instead of Should HAVE

Green Giant · 18-09-2013 12:05PM

BeerWolf wrote: »

Not so a mispronunciation, but more so the spelling;

Your / You're - e.g. "Your stupid" / "You're ma"

There / Their / They're - e.g. "There car" / "Their he goes"

silly wrote: »

Should OF instead of Should HAVE

Abusers of these should be charged with federal offences

Jimmy444 · 18-09-2013 01:09PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Never ever heard the 'R' pronounced in either a British accent or a Gibraltarian accent!

Here's one of many examples > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lji7k8eTeCM&feature=player_detailpage

The English are saving up their 'R's to use them in Australyer, Canader and Chiner.

Muise... · 18-09-2013 01:21PM

silly wrote: »

Should OF instead of Should HAVE

grrrrr - misspelling from a mispronunciation - without text-based social media, these would be the private hatred of teachers. Now we can all get out the red pens.

I don't really like the US pronunciation of tu/du, e.g. "toob" for "tube", but saw a good one tweeted on the Miss America winner:

"with all do respect"

donegal_man · 18-09-2013 05:11PM

BeerWolf wrote: »

Not so a mispronunciation, but more so the spelling;

Your / You're - e.g. "Your stupid" / "You're ma"

There / Their / They're - e.g. "There car" / "Their he goes"

silly wrote: »

Should OF instead of Should HAVE

I would add - "mute" for "moot", "ect" for "etc" and a colleague of mine who wouldn't disagree with something "per say"

LorMal · 18-09-2013 07:48PM

Peregrinus wrote: »

Yup, it's standard in Hiberno-English. It has an entry in the OED noting the fact, even though the OED doesn't seek to document Hiberno-English comprehensively. And of course it used to be standard in England too; it turns up all the time in Shakespeare. It wasn't eclipsed by "you" until the end of the sixteenth century.

Nah. In Elizabethan times 'th' was written as 'y'. Hence, 'the' was written as Ye'... As in 'Ye Merry Wives of Windsor' put pronounced 'the'.
Nothing to do with the plural of you, which is you.
Hiberno English. Meh. Is just wrong English. Youse, yiz, yer, ye etc are all listed as Hiberno English..but that just means bad English spoken in some parts of Ireland.
Did we get to Sangwich?

kavanada · 18-09-2013 08:07PM

Saint Stephensississis Day.

Grrrrrr.

I am pie · 18-09-2013 08:12PM

kavanada wrote: »

Saint Stephensississis Day.

Grrrrrr.

exactly, everyone knows the correct pronunciation is "Boxing Day" ; )

The King of Moo · 18-09-2013 08:26PM

LorMal wrote: »

Nah. In Elizabethan times 'th' was written as 'y'. Hence, 'the' was written as Ye'... As in 'Ye Merry Wives of Windsor' put pronounced 'the'.
Nothing to do with the plural of you, which is you.
Hiberno English. Meh. Is just wrong English. Youse, yiz, yer, ye etc are all listed as Hiberno English..but that just means bad English spoken in some parts of Ireland.
Did we get to Sangwich?

Are you serious?

Most annoying mispronunciation

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