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Most annoying mispronunciation

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  • 01-04-2013 12:42pm
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    CaraMay
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    Just heard a woman say fabolous aghhhh it's not 'fabolous' it's fabulous!! People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.
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    H2UMrsRobinson
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭H2UMrsRobinson


    Column. People who say Colyoom, when its clearly pronounced collum need a swift slap to the head.


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    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Heigth


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    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    *BRIGHT FLASHING LIGHT* SARCASM WARNING *BRIGHT FLASHING LIGHT*

    I hate the way Irish people mispronounce "car," "bar," "star" etc. by using the short vowel sound and pronouncing the "r."
    CaraMay wrote: »
    Just heard a woman say fabolous aghhhh it's not 'fabolous' it's fabulous!! People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.

    How are these supposed to be different?


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    Kidchameleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    Defin-night-ly


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    amacca
    Registered Users Posts: 6,779 ✭✭✭amacca


    cousint

    sangwich

    coley (for collie - as in the breed of dog)


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    Vojera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Vojera


    Knew a woman who pronounced "hygienic" as "hygeeENNic". Ugh. But she pronounced "hygiene" properly.


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    admiralofthefleet
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    old people saying urdin instead of iron


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    Agricola
    Registered Users Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    I hate the way Irish people mispronounce "car," "bar," "star" etc. by using the short vowel sound and pronouncing the "r."

    So it should be like "I got out of my caaaw, went into the baaaw and danced like a staaaw, daawling!"

    Go back ti'england with ye!


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    Brian_Zeluz
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭Brian_Zeluz


    Pacific when the word is clearly specific.


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    Roger_007
    Registered Users Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »
    Column. People who say Colyoom, when its clearly pronounced collum need a swift slap to the head.

    That's a 'mute' point.


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    dlofnep
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    Vojera wrote: »
    Knew a woman who pronounced "hygienic" as "hygeeENNic". Ugh. But she pronounced "hygiene" properly.

    ???


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    Banjo String
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    People who say disSipline instead of discipline are very annoying.


    You do realise the c in discipline is silent right?


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    holystungun9
    Registered Users Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    Ah here, leave it out.


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    CaraMay
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭CaraMay


    SamHall wrote: »
    You do realise the c in discipline is silent right?

    Yeah but they say dis sipline


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    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,069 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    Urinal.

    I say 'ur-ih-nal' but I find a lot of people from outside of Ireland say 'ur-eye-nal'. Wrecks my head.


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    problemchimp
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    Where is the letter "H" gone? Lately the h has become silent with "an" before it.
    "An Horrible thing happened"


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    xLexie
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    Kidchameleon wrote: »
    Defin-night-ly

    This. This times 100. I'd spank it if there was a spank button.


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    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    CaraMay wrote: »
    Yeah but they say dis sipline

    Well, I'm lost.


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    Vojera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Vojera


    dlofnep wrote: »
    ???

    'Hygienic', pronounced properly, has three syllables. She somehow managed to jam a fourth in there.


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    CaraMay
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    And idiots who say Iteli instead of Italy and Machu instead of Matthew.


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    whiskeyman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Fancy a coffee?
    I'll have an expresso please...


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    Acciaccatura
    Registered Users Posts: 428 ✭✭Acciaccatura


    When people, including my chemistry teacher the odd time, say "nu-kyi-lar" instead of "nu-clear". It irks me.


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    shar01
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    Cwips instead of crisps.


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    Seans_Username
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    Brian_Zeluz wrote: »
    Pacific when the word is clearly specific.

    We had a teacher in Transition year who constantly said 'pacific' instead of specific. The word specific came up so much in the class it got so annoying. Always reminds me of this

    Worse still, the word 'specificity' came up a good bit too. His way of pronoucing it: 'pis-if-ity'

    It wrecked my head


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    Roger_007
    Registered Users Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    It always amuses me when athletes, (usually British), who say they have 'meddled' in the Olympic Games.


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    Raekwon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


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


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    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    pronOUNCEiation


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    CaraMay
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭CaraMay


    SamHall wrote: »
    Well, I'm lost.

    :confused:

    They pronounce the silent c as an s


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    kwiva-g
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭kwiva-g


    I realise this is not technically a mispronounciation, but it annoys the hell outa me:

    Sickth... As in November Sickth, Henry the Sickth etc

    Really, what is so difficult about saying sixth with a proper "x" and "th" sound?

    As far as I'm aware, journalists are taught to use the first to avoid any trouble, but it sounds so wrong to my ears!


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    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    Gen - you - aye - n.
    The word is genuine. Gen - you - in. Not that difficult.

    I also really, really REALLY hate the way some people insist on pronouncing non-English words half-original and half English.

    Jalapeno, Peugeot, Ibiza... make up your blood mind!

    If you want to pronounce it Spanish, the spicy green thing is called a Ha-la-pen-yo. If you want to pronounce it English, it's Ja-la-pee-no.
    Where the bloody f*ck is Ha-la-pee-no even coming from?

    The car is called Pur-shou. Not Pyew-shou. If you want to pronounce it English, call it a Pyew-jot.

    And do I even need to explain that the island is either called Ee-bee-tha (Spanish) or Eye-bee-za (English)?

    Seriously.


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