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re: What are some of the weirdest pronunciations that you’ve heard for common words?
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:15 am to tigersownall
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:15 am to tigersownall
“pellow” instead of pillow
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Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:16 am to A Menace to Sobriety
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It's Jag-War, not Jag-Wire
Jag-you-are
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:23 am to cbree88
People that say Haug instead of Hog or Hawg
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:24 am to cbree88
Caulk- have heard some of the old timers say it as cork, have also heard some yankees say it as cock.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:24 am to East Coast Band
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"Boo fay" for buffet
My FIL says this and fee lay for the steaks cut from beef tenderloin.
My favorite restaurant in town calls out whenever peoples orders are ready…. “Mike, ya ball crawlfish is ready”
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:25 am to cbree88
Pronouncing "caramel" as car-mull always annoyed me.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:33 am to cbree88
Sherman Williams instead of Sherwin
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:39 am to cbree88
Ranch dressing - wrench dressing
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:41 am to cbree88
Nigella the chef saying microwave as
Meek row waaaavey.
Meek row waaaavey.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:44 am to cbree88
Just recently had an instructor at a technical college repeatedly say ashfault for asphalt. I was like who doesn’t know this word?
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:46 am to Sebastian
Prelevent
Also, pronouncing Ask as Ax. Makes you sound retarded.
Also, pronouncing Ask as Ax. Makes you sound retarded.
This post was edited on 6/11/22 at 9:48 am
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:53 am to cbree88
Every French-originated word spoken as an English-originated word in New Orleans.
"It's Car-on-de-let!!!" Suck it, NO.
"It's Car-on-de-let!!!" Suck it, NO.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 9:53 am to cbree88
I've always found endearing our Southern way of stretching short, single-syllable words out into two syllables.
Like cat being cay-at, can't being cayant or vent being ve-yent.
Like cat being cay-at, can't being cayant or vent being ve-yent.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:02 am to Kayakndan74
I work with multiple people who put a "t" at the end of across every time they say it. No idea why, it is annoying. Might be a Michigan thing.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:06 am to RoyalWe
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Every French-originated word spoken as an English-originated word in New Orleans.
"It's Car-on-de-let!!!" Suck it, NO.
Calliope is a French word? I thought it was one of the muses
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:14 am to cbree88
Instead of processes, black folks love saying process-cees
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:19 am to cbree88
Work related lecturer for EO office repeatedly saying ethniticity instead of ethnicity.
Credibility was lost at that point.
Credibility was lost at that point.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:21 am to cbree88
People who say pecan drive me fricking nuts. It’s pecan.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:22 am to cbree88
amberlamps
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:25 am to cbree88
I once had a substitute teacher that pronounced Aaron as Ay-Ay-Ron
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