Most annoying mispronunciation

LorMal · 18-09-2013 08:32PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Are you serious?

Completely

The King of Moo · 18-09-2013 08:41PM

LorMal wrote: »

Completely

Me understand.

Sam Kade · 18-09-2013 11:21PM

Jimmy444 wrote: »

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

Americur, Island instead of Ireland :mad:

I am pie wrote: »

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

Go home Brit

Drained_Empty · 18-09-2013 11:23PM

pacific /specific
crepe / crep / CRAPE
niche / nitch

Peregrinus · 19-09-2013 12:48AM

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.

So, let me get this straight. You think that Shakespear's frequent use of "ye", in phrases like "weak masters though ye be" is actually a misreading, and Shakespeare intended the definite article, so the phrase is actually "weak masters though the be"? And when the King James Bible says "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand", it actually means "repent the, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"?

You can see, can't you, why we wouldn't find this theory very persuasive?

LorMal wrote: »

Hiberno English. Meh. Is just wrong English.

No. Hiberno-English is a dialect. An example of wrong English wouldb be thinking that "ye" always means "the".

mattser · 19-09-2013 09:45AM

Peregrinus wrote: »

So, let me get this straight. You think that Shakespear's frequent use of "ye", in phrases like "weak masters though ye be" is actually a misreading, and Shakespeare intended the definite article, so the phrase is actually "weak masters though the be"? And when the King James Bible says "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand", it actually means "repent the, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"?

You can see, can't you, why we wouldn't find this theory very persuasive?

No. Hiberno-English is a dialect. An example of wrong English wouldb be thinking that "ye" always means "the".

LordSutch · 19-09-2013 10:09AM

Mirrow (instead of mirror)

I seem to remember hearing this in my youth.

pajor · 19-09-2013 10:11AM

Probably mentioned before buuuuut..

The word itself. It's pronunciation not pronounciation.

I had a French teacher who kept saying it, talk about irony. :pac:

Ghost Buster · 19-09-2013 12:52PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Are you serious?

Seeing as every single area of England and every English speaking nation on earth has 'isms, colloquialisms (Too lazy to spell check that!) regional variations and slang...where then Professor exists this proper English of which you speak?

runawaybishop · 19-09-2013 01:41PM

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Seeing as every single area of England and every English speaking nation on earth has 'isms, colloquialisms (Too lazy to spell check that!) regional variations and slang...where then Professor exists this proper English of which you speak?

Swing and a miss. Go look at the part of the quote he highlighted, the grammar was incorrect and that is what he was taking the piss about.

The King of Moo · 19-09-2013 06:15PM

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Seeing as every single area of England and every English speaking nation on earth has 'isms, colloquialisms (Too lazy to spell check that!) regional variations and slang...where then Professor exists this proper English of which you speak?

runawaybishop wrote: »

Swing and a miss. Go look at the part of the quote he highlighted, the grammar was incorrect and that is what he was taking the piss about.

Exactement.

I was balking at the notion of calling a common dialect "wrong English," and the irony of poor grammar in a sentence criticising English considered to be "wrong."

Wacker The Attacker · 19-09-2013 06:17PM

city is not sissy

truth is not troof

Axel Lamp · 19-09-2013 09:49PM

Hyperbole

Sam Kade · 19-09-2013 10:43PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

city is not sissy

truth is not troof

You always start a sentence with a capital letter and end a sentence with a full stop.

Wibbs · 19-09-2013 10:46PM

Peregrinus wrote: »

So, let me get this straight. You think that Shakespear's frequent use of "ye", in phrases like "weak masters though ye be" is actually a misreading, and Shakespeare intended the definite article, so the phrase is actually "weak masters though the be"? And when the King James Bible says "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand", it actually means "repent the, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"?

You can see, can't you, why we wouldn't find this theory very persuasive?

No. Hiberno-English is a dialect. An example of wrong English wouldb be thinking that "ye" always means "the".

*tips hat*

When people say what sounds like "he's" instead of "his". Common on TV3 for some reason. Heighth is another real bugbear of mine. So scared of dropping an aitch they add it on when not required. Its heighT people. A sharp T.

katy67 · 20-09-2013 03:08PM

My husband alway say electric city instead of electricity and on nion instead of onion.

Axel Lamp · 20-09-2013 04:33PM

People (especially Newsreaders) pronouncing Finance as Fin-ance.

MarriedButBi · 20-09-2013 05:21PM

Aluminium in American

LorMal · 21-09-2013 09:16AM

mattser wrote: »

Thanks - you are right - I stand corrected. 'Ye' was used in English a few hundred years ago to refer to the plural of 'you' - and also as a way to write 'the'.
On point though, isn't its use today an anachronism and grammatically incorrect?
For example, the King James Bible also uses 'thou' instead of you. Try using that in your next job interview..

dxhound2005 · 21-09-2013 09:20AM

Axel Lamp wrote: »

People (especially Newsreaders) pronouncing Finance as Fin-ance.

Nothing wrong with that.

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=finance&submit=Submit

Al Capwned · 21-09-2013 09:31AM

Member instead of remember.
Meer instead of mirror.

Mostly heard from the mouths of my kids!!

NeVeR · 21-09-2013 09:36AM

I hate when people say Ear-land for Ireland

annascott · 21-09-2013 10:10AM

Mind instead of Remember

dxhound2005 · 21-09-2013 10:20AM

annascott wrote: »

Mind instead of Remember

Any dictionary you wish to check should have one of the definitions of Mind to mean Remember. As in "Do you mind the time when...". To my mind that sounds just as good as Do you remember the time when... and I think you shouldn't mind people using it. Anyway it has nothing to do with pronunciation.

johndaman66 · 21-09-2013 04:29PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Any dictionary you wish to check should have one of the definitions of Mind to mean Remember. As in "Do you mind the time when...". To my mind that sounds just as good as Do you remember the time when... and I think you shouldn't mind people using it. Anyway it has nothing to do with pronunciation.

Yep it is a figure of speech as opposed to a mispronunciation and I don't mind it either:pac:

newmug · 21-09-2013 04:52PM

NeVeR wrote: »

I hate when people say Ear-land for Ireland

Never heard that one before. I hear AARGH-land all the time though. TV3 is the main culprit.

Mysteriouschic · 21-09-2013 04:57PM

Advertisement said as ad-vur-tis-muhnt my lecturer pronounces it as this it annoys me everytime
instead of saying it as ad-ver-tahyz-muhnt.

Fiolina · 21-09-2013 05:00PM

In my old job the manager used to ask us to check the "rosta" to see when we were working. Hate people who pronounce solpadeine as solfadeen. Newsreaders who say "ciddy" instead of city.

gerrybbadd · 21-09-2013 05:00PM

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Advertisement said as ad-vur-tis-muhnt my lecturer pronounces it as this it annoys me everytime
instead of saying it as ad-ver-tahyz-muhnt.

Who uses muhnt? Ment!

dxhound2005 · 21-09-2013 05:05PM

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Advertisement said as ad-vur-tis-muhnt my lecturer pronounces it as this it annoys me everytime
instead of saying it as ad-ver-tahyz-muhnt.

According to this guide your preferred version is American English, if I read you correctly. Anyway there are thousands of words with alternative pronunciations and I can't see any harm in that.

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=advertisement&submit=Submit

Most annoying mispronunciation

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