Most annoying mispronunciation

Hotfail.com · 17-07-2014 11:17PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Yog urt is correct. Yo gurt is also correct. There are thousands of words with two or sometimes more than two standard pronunciations. I accept this as a fact and it saves me from going into paroxysms of rage or having a hurting brain whenever someone uses the form which I don't use.

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

I asked the maid in dulcet tone
To order me a buttered scone;
The silly girl has been and gone
And ordered me a buttered scone.

Yeah I know they're both right, local dialects and all that shizz, I just think yog-urt sounds horrible.

garancafan · 18-07-2014 12:28AM

Andy Dunne11 wrote: »

In golf I hate when people say 'stapleford' when it's meant to be stableford.

Maybe that's what drove the good doctor to suicide!

Frank Lee Midere · 18-07-2014 01:16AM

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Yeah I know they're both right, local dialects and all that shizz, I just think yog-urt sounds horrible.

Howjsay is standard British English. So when it gives two pronounciations both are correct and non regional.

electric applause · 18-07-2014 01:27AM

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Is that even grammatically incorrect?

Yes.

I stood
You stood
He/she stood
We stood
You (pl) stood
They stood.

I was standing.
You were standing.
He/she was standing.
We were standing.
You (pl) were standing.
They were standing.

I was stood is like someone that was learning how to speak English would say it by mistake.

Akrasia · 18-07-2014 01:42PM

It's called a Hurley, not a Hurl!!

There, got that off my chest

con___manx1 · 18-07-2014 02:56PM

american pronunciation of route. rowt

Randy Shafter · 18-07-2014 04:22PM

American pronunciation of Nissan: Neesan. Or how some voice overs in ads pronounce tissue like tiss-u.

derb12 · 18-07-2014 04:30PM

Randy Shafter wrote: »

American pronunciation of Nissan: Neesan. Or how some voice overs in ads pronounce tissue like tiss-u.

What about Toyota? I pronounce it toy-oh-ta but lots of people incl the guy on the ad say tie-oh-ta. Which is correct?

electric applause · 18-07-2014 05:48PM

The way they say Hyundai like "hun-day" too. Hi-un-dye thank you very much

Eeden · 18-07-2014 06:27PM

electric applause wrote: »

The way they say Hyundai like "hun-day" too. Hi-un-dye thank you very much

Randy Shafter · 18-07-2014 06:53PM

derb12 wrote: »

What about Toyota? I pronounce it toy-oh-ta but lots of people incl the guy on the ad say tie-oh-ta. Which is correct?

I'd consider the correct pronunciation the way you say it. I haven't heard anyone pronounce it the other way tbh.

Vojera · 18-07-2014 11:18PM

Randy Shafter wrote: »

American pronunciation of Nissan: Neesan.

Neesan is closer to the original Japanese, though.

Sulla Felix · 18-07-2014 11:35PM

electric applause wrote: »

Yes.

I stood
You stood
He/she stood
We stood
You (pl) stood
They stood.

I was standing.
You were standing.
He/she was standing.
We were standing.
You (pl) were standing.
They were standing.

I was stood is like someone that was learning how to speak English would say it by mistake.

Legacy of Hiberno-English, plenty more in common usage. They're not necessarily wrong.

LordSutch · 19-07-2014 01:05AM

electric applause wrote: »

What annoys me the most though, although it's more grammar than pronounciation, is this.

"I was stood there..." No, you were standing there. Feck off.

I know it's an English thing to not be able to speak their own language correctly but lately irish people have adapted that way of speaking too and it's WRECKING MY HEAD

Finally somebody who is on the same wavelength!

I've been banging on about this for a couple of years now, and you are correct, it is spreading here too . . . .

Apparently its called 'Non standard English' and as such, its a form of shorthand speak which comes in handy for texting and the like, and of course its trendy and they think it sounds cool?

Wrecks my head too.

BrensBenz · 19-07-2014 11:11AM

Vojera wrote: »

Neesan is closer to the original Japanese, though.

For me, Neesawwwwwn is closer to the Yank pronunciation, something like "Vietnawwwwwm". Better than Clarkson, though, with his "Nissin".

I may be wrong (usually am) but somehow, I can't see Yanks studying Japanese pronunciation before mangling their words.
Is the American "Hunday" closer to the Korean "Hyundai"?
How about "Pureezhin" for "Parisian" or "Jagworrr" for "Jaguar" or "mirr" for "mirror" or "sekints" for "seconds" or "sennwitch" for "sandwich" or "fahhhhve cawnsurts et Croke Powork ur nuhn"?

You know, while working in Texas, I was asked "so, whut y'all thank uv duh imprewvmints we dun made teooo thuh Inglish lengwitch?"

Aurelia Cotta · 19-07-2014 07:23PM

My love always mispronounces the words basil, herb, oregano, potato, schedule, garage, and dog.

Aurelia Cotta · 19-07-2014 07:25PM

Sulla Felix wrote: »

Legacy of Hiberno-English, plenty more in common usage. They're not necessarily wrong.

You're right, it's not wrong. It is really because accents vary depending on your heritage.

Aphex · 19-07-2014 07:35PM

Akrasia wrote: »

It's called a Hurley, not a Hurl!!

There, got that off my chest

I don't care what she's called, she'd still get it.

Frank Lee Midere · 20-07-2014 02:22PM

Aurelia Cotta wrote: »

You're right, it's not wrong. It is really because accents vary depending on your heritage.

You're both wrong. I was stood is not Hiberno English. Looks to me like it originated in South West England. Recently.

molly bronski · 20-07-2014 04:11PM

Troath instead of throat.

LordSutch · 22-07-2014 09:23PM

Heigth instead of height.

Jeju · 22-07-2014 09:32PM

Whey ensh de night thorsh da mornin..

brooke 2 · 03-08-2014 05:19AM

Dermighty wrote: »

Prostate instead of prostrate

Tenent instead of tenet; pundint instead of pundit.

Could not believe my ears when I heard Miriam O'Callaghan say the tenent
thing recently!!

brooke 2 · 03-08-2014 05:23AM

Peninshula instead of peninsula; even heard someone say conshulate instead of
consulate last week!!

suicide_circus · 03-08-2014 08:51AM

molly bronski wrote: »

Troath instead of throat.

Oh god

I dont even get how anyone could think that is a reasonable way of pronouncing it

northgirl · 03-08-2014 08:54AM

pacific when they mean specific

Heroditas · 03-08-2014 09:00AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Oh god

I dont even get how anyone could think that is a reasonable way of pronouncing it

Just listen to the horrible ways people pronounce Ratoath:

Rat-oat
Rath-oat
Etc....

Sam Kade · 03-08-2014 09:08AM

I dare say are you lot perfect English speakers?

Sam Kade · 03-08-2014 09:09AM

Heroditas wrote: »

Just listen to the horrible ways people pronounce Ratoath:

Rat-oat
Rath-oat
Etc....

Ratoath what or where is that

Heroditas · 03-08-2014 09:11AM

Sam Kade wrote: »

Ratoath what or where is that

Small town near Ashbourne.

Most annoying mispronunciation

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