Most annoying mispronunciation

davmol · 15-07-2014 04:39PM

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

How many scummers do you know?

11

Canard · 15-07-2014 04:41PM

I just remembered watching a video once on language acquisition where the woman was talking about how young children will flawlessly acquire a language's "pronounciation". I hate that mispronunciation, but I had to laugh. :P

emeldc · 15-07-2014 04:50PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0nFQgRApY

KungPao · 15-07-2014 05:11PM

emeldc wrote: »

Sure that's just t'interweb like us.

Is 'this, that, these and those', dis, dat, deez, and doze

No because 'that's how the TH goes' does apply to those words. But a good few (like Thames, Thyme, Thomas) have a completely silent H.

emeldc · 15-07-2014 05:29PM

KungPao wrote: »

No because 'that's how the TH goes' does apply to those words. But a good few (like Thames, Thyme, Thomas) have a completely silent H.

Is this a British thing by any chance. My brothers' name is Thomas and I can assure you, no one has ever pronounced it Tomas.
The Brits have weird ways of pronouncing all sorts of things. For example, for fifth and sixth, they say fith and sickth. WTF is that about.

donegal_man · 15-07-2014 06:47PM

As far as British pronunciations go my pet gripe is the extra "r" that seems to have crept onto the end of words. So seesaw becomes seesore, China becomes Chinaar etc.

DoozerT6 · 15-07-2014 07:33PM

Dezember.

KungPao · 15-07-2014 08:07PM

emeldc wrote: »

Is this a British thing by any chance. My brothers' name is Thomas and I can assure you, no one has ever pronounced it Tomas.
The Brits have weird ways of pronouncing all sorts of things. For example, for fifth and sixth, they say fith and sickth. WTF is that about.

Nope.

There's no easy way to break this to you, but you and all that know your bro have been saying his name wrongly.

It's not just you, Irish people in general do this.

Next time you see an ad for BT, listen to it, hopefully they say their own name properly!

Oh and by the way, the name Anthony can be said with the H or you can ignore it. This depends on location and preference I think.

Gamayun · 15-07-2014 08:16PM

"I didn't like that film."
"Me either."

I hear quite often in American TV shows, sounds wrong to me.

I would always use Neither.

ewinslet · 15-07-2014 08:24PM

Hostibal

Calibos · 15-07-2014 08:27PM

Probably already posted this in this thread....how and ever

Refuge Bag instead of Refuse bag. It ain't the 'package o crips' brigade either. Its Doctors and nurses and Barristers and....... ie. Professionals

I've taken to replying to them with the following tongue twister.

"I refuse to sell you a refuge bag but a request for a refuse bag will not be refused!"

emeldc · 15-07-2014 08:36PM

KungPao wrote: »

Nope.

There's no easy way to break this to you, but you and all that know your bro have been saying his name wrongly.

It's not just you, Irish people in general do this.

Next time you see an ad for BT, listen to it, hopefully they say their own name properly!

Oh and by the way, the name Anthony can be said with the H or you can ignore it. This depends on location and preference I think.

Jeez, the brother's going to fierce upset when I tell him his name is really Tomas, he's 52 like!
You're right about the 'H' in Anthony. If you're from inner city Dublin, it's pronounced Ant-nee.

KungPao · 15-07-2014 09:03PM

emeldc wrote: »

Jeez, the brother's going to fierce upset when I tell him his name is really Tomas, he's 52 like!
You're right about the 'H' in Anthony. If you're from inner city Dublin, it's pronounced Ant-nee.

Yep. And if you're an Italian-American it's Antony. When you think about it...Antonio, Antoine, Anton etc...I'm pretty sure the H crept in sometime in the English version but was never really 'supposed' to be spoken.

Fat Christy · 15-07-2014 09:05PM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Defin-night-ly

A guy I work with says that, cracks me up every time.

I let it slip though because we're the dream team. :pac:

KungPao · 15-07-2014 09:07PM

Fat Christy wrote: »

A guy I work with says that, cracks me up every time.

I let it slip though because we're the dream team. :pac:

Are you George Hamilton?

Ray Houghton's always at that.

Fat Christy · 15-07-2014 09:10PM

Has the pronunciation of 'scone' been discussed yet?

As in scone that rhymes with cone or scone that rhymes with con?

I'm a cone man myself.

Schwiiing · 15-07-2014 09:57PM

Could 'of' instead of could 'have'.

andyman · 15-07-2014 09:58PM

Hostible instead of hospital.

I just genuinely don't know how anyone can get that wrong

Bigcheeze · 15-07-2014 10:08PM

Schwiiing wrote: »

Could 'of' instead of could 'have'.

Not pronunciation just the wrong word.

Merrion · 15-07-2014 10:13PM

Similarily "to all intensive purposes"

designbydan · 15-07-2014 10:14PM

Areland instead of Ireland. Can't stand it.

Bigcheeze · 15-07-2014 10:18PM

Does the middle class English habit of fattening vowels count as mispronunciation?

E.g. Fast is pronounced Faawst
Dance is Dawwnce

thecatspjs · 15-07-2014 10:20PM

designbydan wrote: »

Areland instead of Ireland. Can't stand it.

I would say that 99.99% of Irish people say it that way. It's easier to say imo.
I don't really like the way English people call it 'Island' and Americans call it 'Eye-er-land'

emeldc · 15-07-2014 10:22PM

A woman I know said her friend went into hospital for surgery and the doctors found a pollock. She meant a polyp

electric applause · 15-07-2014 10:24PM

ChicaRgo insteal of Chicago. Irish are feckers for this.
The same with them saying mall like shall instead of saying it like wall. Bad form altogether

15-07-2014 10:27PM

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Does the middle class English habit of fattening vowels count as mispronunciation?

E.g. Fast is pronounced Faawst
Dance is Dawwnce

Not really as it is the standard pronunciation used by most people in the south east of England, draw a line from the Wash to Bristol.

15-07-2014 10:28PM

electric applause wrote: »

ChicaRgo insteal of Chicago. Irish are feckers for this.
The same with them saying mall like shall instead of saying it like wall. Bad form altogether

Mawl! Isn't that what Rugby players do.

electric applause · 15-07-2014 10:35PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Mawl! Isn't that what Rugby players do.

Sure is

Its also where Americans go to shop. I wouldn't mind picking up a rugby player or two in the local shopping centre mind

LordSutch · 15-07-2014 10:46PM

Tree (meaning three). Port-oo-gal (meaning Portugal). Taught (meaning Thought). Thought (meaning Taught).

Kilmachanic :cool:
Worcestershire sauce :eek:
The river Thames

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Bigcheeze · 15-07-2014 11:08PM

electric applause wrote: »

ChicaRgo insteal of Chicago. Irish are feckers for this.
The same with them saying mall like shall instead of saying it like wall. Bad form altogether

Really cringe at the airport when the aerlingus ground staff are belting out the boarding announcements for chicargo.

Most annoying mispronunciation

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