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re: Words you say wrong
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:25 am to PotatoChip
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:25 am to PotatoChip
This thread is a trap.
How am I supposed to know your name is French?
How am I supposed to know your name is French?
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Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:28 am to lsusteve1
quote:
Huge
I say Hew-ge and not U-ge
Hewge is correct. Damyankees think it starts with a "u" sound, but they are damyankees.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:28 am to PotatoChip
quote:
Words you say wrong
BROOK-haven (is supposed to be Brook-HAVEN , MS)
Picardy like Picker-dee.
When the crowd in TS does T-I-G-E-R-S-Tigers!, I always do the R like that Shirley Q Liquor character, Arrahh.
I never thought about it much until people around me noticed it and laughed.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:30 am to mikelbr
quote:
BROOK-haven (is supposed to be Brook-HAVEN , MS)
100% correct. Its also favorable to say the Brook part as fast as possible. Brk-HAVEN
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:32 am to PotatoChip
I bet most posters here pronounce "realtor" as though it had the letter "i', I heard "realitor" all the time in BR.
Another BR favorite of mine is "jewelry". The proper pronunciation is "jew-el-ree". Not "jew-luh-ree".
Another BR favorite of mine is "jewelry". The proper pronunciation is "jew-el-ree". Not "jew-luh-ree".
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:35 am to foshizzle
U-ge for huge is common for Mid-City NOLA folks to say.
It's more of an accent affect than a mispronunciation.
If everyone in a linguistic group pronounces the same word the same way then it is not the individual's fault.
I hear and read people swing and miss on the subtle differences between "passed", "pass" and "past". Chalmations especially have a problem with it.
It's more of an accent affect than a mispronunciation.
If everyone in a linguistic group pronounces the same word the same way then it is not the individual's fault.
I hear and read people swing and miss on the subtle differences between "passed", "pass" and "past". Chalmations especially have a problem with it.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:37 am to PotatoChip
Not sure if this counts, but I've said "anyways" my entire life. Went to college and was quickly called out about adding the "-s".
One habit I couldn't shake was mispronouncing "Aggies". I've always said "bitches", although I've got family members that pronounce it "gay."
One habit I couldn't shake was mispronouncing "Aggies". I've always said "bitches", although I've got family members that pronounce it "gay."
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:50 am to slackster
I always read the word Zouave as "zo ah vay", or "zwah vay". I had never served in the military and I guess I had never heard it pronounced. That is, until I was ridiculed by a retired staff sergeant at a social event - old crusty bastard! "Are you trying to say 'Zouave' (zwahv)?" 
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:52 am to PotatoChip
For some reason I pronounce the letter combination "tw" as a "ch" sound... People always comment on that.
As for a specific word... I can't help but pronounce Krotz Springs as "Croch" Springs
As for a specific word... I can't help but pronounce Krotz Springs as "Croch" Springs
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:55 am to BiggerBear
quote:Someone you know says Missled .
misled
Oh, and you say fission wrong.
This post was edited on 10/7/15 at 8:56 am
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:57 am to StickyFingaz
Adidas
I say "uh-DEE-dus"
correct way is "AH-di-das"
I say "uh-DEE-dus"
correct way is "AH-di-das"
Posted on 10/7/15 at 8:59 am to Bushmaster
quote:
Its also favorable to say the Brook part as fast as possible. Brk-HAVEN
Only laughing because I've never thought about it until now. It is Ber-KHAVEN. And the ber has to be spoken fast.
This post was edited on 10/7/15 at 9:01 am
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:02 am to Cdawg
AH didus? shite. I don't want to be right. I'm sticking with aDEEDus.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:03 am to Jimbeaux
I've been corrected twice now. Once at the Adidas store and once by a German who laughed.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:13 am to Cdawg
What would a German know about pronouncing a Greek word? frick that German and frick that snot-nosed uppity shoe store clerk. They probably use the starbuck-specific "venti" when ordering a large fricking coffee, excuse me, chai latte...
Jimmy Conner and Johnny McEnroe wore Adidis (ah DEED us), not AHdidis!!
Jimmy Conner and Johnny McEnroe wore Adidis (ah DEED us), not AHdidis!!
This post was edited on 10/7/15 at 9:14 am
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:13 am to SuperSoakher
quote:
I say Febuary instead of the correct FebRuary.
I don't know anyone that pronounces the "R" in February. I do it and get so much shite for that at work....so I make sure to emphasis the "R" a little too much.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:14 am to PotatoChip
the word "interesting" gets me.
I say IN-tres-ting. It bugs me when I hear people say INNER-es-ting.
I say IN-tres-ting. It bugs me when I hear people say INNER-es-ting.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:16 am to tom1987
It drives me crazy when I hear "Nuclear" pronounced "new-cue-ler." I know there's got to be a few of you out there that post on TD. Come clean!
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:19 am to PotatoChip
Vietnamese
Massachusetts
More when I'm tipsy.
Massachusetts
More when I'm tipsy.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 9:20 am to PotatoChip
quote:
Words you say wrong
Shouldn't it be wrongly?
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