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Potato? Puh-tah-toe?
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:04 am
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:04 am
Just yesterday, I was surfing through multiple cable news channels, and within an hour, I heard these unfamiliar (to me) alternate pronunciations:
Contribute heard as "CON-tribute" (I say cuhn-tribute.)
Applicable as APP-lick-able (I say uh-plik-uh-bull)
Comparable as Come-pair-uh-bull (I say comp-ruh-bull)
I get many words have multiple ways of pronouncing them, especially in different regions, but just like Les Miles used to pronounce Arkansas as "Ar-Kansas", some alternative pronunciations seem to be in the extreme minority and sound simply foreign... to me.
Am I actually the doofus in the minority? Or do those sound off to you, too?
Contribute heard as "CON-tribute" (I say cuhn-tribute.)
Applicable as APP-lick-able (I say uh-plik-uh-bull)
Comparable as Come-pair-uh-bull (I say comp-ruh-bull)
I get many words have multiple ways of pronouncing them, especially in different regions, but just like Les Miles used to pronounce Arkansas as "Ar-Kansas", some alternative pronunciations seem to be in the extreme minority and sound simply foreign... to me.
Am I actually the doofus in the minority? Or do those sound off to you, too?
This post was edited on 4/1/20 at 8:05 am
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Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:05 am to LSUFreek
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Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:08 am to LSUFreek
Envelope
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:08 am to LSUFreek
Had a History teacher, highly educated man, pronounced documents incorrectly.
We say dock-YOU-ments
He said dock-UH-ments
The man had a master's degree and never did correctly pronounce documents.
We say dock-YOU-ments
He said dock-UH-ments
The man had a master's degree and never did correctly pronounce documents.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:10 am to LSUFreek
Debick or credick.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:11 am to DomincDecoco
My GF is spanish and says al-lew-minnie-um for aluminum.
But I can get why a person from a different country might say it differently. The ones listed in my OP were said by Americans.
But I can get why a person from a different country might say it differently. The ones listed in my OP were said by Americans.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:13 am to LSUFreek
So it's come to this
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:14 am to LSUFreek
quote:you're a fig
Applicable as APP-lick-able (I say uh-plik-uh-bull)
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:15 am to Picayuner
quote:
PRO-cess-eees
I used to work for a Canadian company and they would say this pronunciation all the time. Drove me crazy.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:16 am to LSUFreek
quote:
Comparable as Come-pair-uh-bull
I wouldn't think this one is completely foreign to most people, and I have doubts it's even in the minority in terms of use.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:18 am to LSUFreek
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:33 am to LSUFreek
Saw LSUFreek post was hoping for an awesome .gif.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:36 am to LSUFreek
Cahunt
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:36 am to LSUFreek
puh-ta-tuh
The rest, I say the same as you.
The rest, I say the same as you.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:45 am to LSUFreek
yep, noticed that Canadians use that pronunciation
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:46 am to HempHead
Puh-tater, puh-tot-o = Tater-tot
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:48 am to SavageOrangeJug
quote:
The man had a master's degree and never did correctly pronounce documents.
I know someone who has a PhD and says pacifically instead of specifically.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 8:48 am to griswold
Die-uhh-beetis
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