words people mispronounce

lufties · 01-09-2014 09:19AM #1

In the small rural town im from, the older generation say 'londragons- lonergans' then handerden-hanrahan', my mate of 37 is an intelligent accountant but still says 'yersterday instead of yesterday. Is it just an Irish thing? I'm sure there's many more I can't think of at the mo.:cool:

Archeron · 01-09-2014 09:24AM

The areas of Drimnagh and Crumlin in Dublin often get a weird B put into them to become Drimblagh and Crumblin. Like chimbley does too I guess.

lufties · 01-09-2014 09:31AM

Archeron wrote: »

The areas of Drimnagh and Crumlin in Dublin often get a weird B put into them to become Drimblagh and Crumblin. Like chimbley does too I guess.

Ya thats probably cones with the accent..'meself and me mayhe'

Donkey Oaty · 01-09-2014 09:33AM

I'm sure there are loads, but I can't think of anything pacific.

Dozen Wicked Words · 01-09-2014 09:33AM

Midges, as in small flies. Not midgets, (old fashioned term for) small people

Mr. CooL ICE · 01-09-2014 09:34AM

For some odd reason, I cannot pronounce the 't' in Saturday. I sometimes feel like an Eastenders reject

BobMc · 01-09-2014 09:37AM

three - spoken as tree !!

Myrddin · 01-09-2014 09:38AM

Sambwich

dodderangler · 01-09-2014 09:39AM

Fearri- Ferrari. Only in dublin.
Hate when English people say free instead of three.

kneemos · 01-09-2014 09:40AM

Nerves pronounced as ner-ves.

The Backwards Man · 01-09-2014 09:43AM

Mispronunciation.

SpaceTime · 01-09-2014 09:45AM

Chicago! Why do Irish people call it Chick-Car-Go?

lufties · 01-09-2014 09:47AM

SpaceTime wrote: »

Chicago! Why do Irish people call it Chick-Car-Go?

Howayeee!! Sounds like hawaii

SpaceTime · 01-09-2014 09:48AM

Also Sah-er-day instead of Saturday. There are a load of Irish radio and TV presenters do that.

Sang-wich

There are lots of others too!

Mr. Incognito · 01-09-2014 09:54AM

All be it. Instead of albeit.

It's a conjunction, not a description.

Also- the word believable. Hate it. Credible is much better

SpaceTime · 01-09-2014 09:55AM

What really annoys me though is where a radio or TV presenter adopts some utterly bizzare pronunciation of a common but new word and keeps using it.

I remember one show entirely about Weeeeky Leaks instead of WikiLeaks.

Also RTE settling on totally abnormal ways of saying things like fin-nance ... Or correcting the way everyone in Portlaoise and Dun Laoghaire pronounces the place they live in because the STATE BROADCASTER knows best and needs to tell the locals they're complete idiots and have actually been saying it totally wrong for decades.

swimming in a sea · 01-09-2014 09:55AM

"issue"

Sam Kade · 01-09-2014 10:00AM

SpaceTime wrote: »

Chicago! Why do Irish people call it Chick-Car-Go?

A lot of Americans or the few that know of it call Dublin Duuublin it must be a regional thing.

01-09-2014 10:02AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

All be it. Instead of albeit.

It's a conjunction, not a description.

Also- the word believable. Hate it. Credible is much better

I've only ever heard it as all be it...?

Michael Weston · 01-09-2014 10:02AM

Not really pronounce but the amount of people that spell definitely as defiantly is ridiculous, especially when giving reviews of things and places, I will defiantly go back or I will defiantly use this service again!

Sam Kade · 01-09-2014 10:03AM

BobMc wrote: »

three - spoken as tree !!

It comes from Irish remember that language that was once out native language

a lot of people can't grasp that nowadays.

mattser · 01-09-2014 10:04AM

ALL weather and roadwatch reporters...

roundabout = royned a bite,
cork = co-erk
outbound = oyt boyned
cloud = clyde,
mountains = mine tins
morning = mourning
etc

Ompala · 01-09-2014 10:06AM

Definitely pronounced def-in-nightly

r3nu4l · 01-09-2014 10:09AM

Sam Kade wrote: »

It comes from Irish remember that language that was once out native language a lot of people can't grasp that nowadays.

I'm a big fan of the Irish language but I can still pronounce 'three' correctly. That's a lazy excuse.

On topic. Some people seem to say 'afraird' instead of 'afraid'.

The Backwards Man · 01-09-2014 10:11AM

Heighth and lengt.

What gives?

Sam Kade · 01-09-2014 10:15AM

r3nu4l wrote: »

I'm a big fan of the Irish language but I can still pronounce 'three' correctly. That's a lazy excuse.

I wouldn't be a great fan of pronouncing th's and it has nothing to do with laziness. If English people call three free I think we can be excused calling it tree

preston johnny · 01-09-2014 10:27AM

Forty Fahsund Fevvers Rand a Frushes Froat

pickarooney · 01-09-2014 10:30AM

Was the other thread full or what?

r3nu4l · 01-09-2014 10:48AM

Sam Kade wrote: »

I wouldn't be a great fan of pronouncing th's and it has nothing to do with laziness. If English people call three free I think we can be excused calling it tree

I said the excuse was lazy, not the inability to speak properly, some people have impediments, some are just thick or ignorant. It takes all sorts and I celebrate that diversity.

tonycascarino · 01-09-2014 10:49AM

Percent...Many people say procent

Bang_Bang · 01-09-2014 10:51AM

Trun, instead of throw, now I have to say I have only heard skangers using this one. "I'll bleeeedin trun ih ah ye."

words people mispronounce

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