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re: What are some of the weirdest pronunciations that you’ve heard for common words?

Posted on 6/12/22 at 6:44 am to
Posted by GravelLotinCanada
Anywhere, Anytime
Member since Dec 2019
349 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 6:44 am to
Old Timers Instead of Alzheimer’s
Posted by roadkill
East Coast, FL
Member since Oct 2008
2079 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 6:54 am to
So many otherwise "smart" folks say "physical" when they mean "fiscal" - drives me crazy.
This post was edited on 6/12/22 at 7:25 am
Posted by Guzzlingil
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2003
2191 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 6:56 am to
One of the guys on with Greeny (ESPN Radio) pronounces won...as in The LSU Tigers won the game...

He says Juan the game.



Posted by bradyjamesrules
West Monroe
Member since Jan 2008
96 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 7:26 am to
Wrestling as Ras lin
Often as Off tin (with the “t”)
Regardless as Irregardless
Posted by AtchafalayaRoute
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2021
1095 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 7:37 am to
Cabelos

Instead of cabelas
Posted by BayouNation
Member since Sep 2008
2108 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 7:39 am to
Oh you a cheetah = Ouachita
Posted by Indfanfromcol
LSU
Member since Jan 2011
14834 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 7:42 am to
There is a road in Livingston called McLin road and the people there all pronounce it MacLin rd. I don’t care how the people pronounced their last name that the road was named after. If they said their last name was pronounced MacLin, they were probably fricking idiots too.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
9954 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 7:50 am to
guff for golf/gulf
Posted by tgrmeat
Member since Sep 2020
5584 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 9:09 am to
I missed a word on my spelling test in the 2nd grade because the teacher called out the word “warsh” and by god that’s the word I spelled.
Posted by CharleyLake
Member since Oct 2006
1452 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 10:13 am to
Last month I heard Old Timer's Disease in a Lafayette hospital waiting room. Here are a few others:

blood clouts (clots)
Archilles tendon-Achilles
osterpricsasist- osteoporosis
seduce labor-induce labor
unbiblical chord-umbilical chord
extensive care unit-intensive
ultradomist-orthodontist ?
Posted by eddieray
Lafayette
Member since Mar 2006
19000 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 10:30 am to
My niece ask me once if they were gonna show the replay in “slo-commotion”.

Dee froster as in “ turn on your dee froster”. That’s one that makes me grip

103.7 is currently running an ad where RP3 mispronounces the word “regenerative” 4 different times. He pronounces it “ regener-RAY-tive”

I said “anemities”instead of “amenities” Until I was well into my 30s.

Tie-nol for Tylenol yikes
This post was edited on 6/12/22 at 10:47 am
Posted by IonaTiger
The Commonwealth Of Virginia
Member since Mar 2006
33223 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 11:07 am to
I haven’t heard it, but I’ve seen:

Baw for Boy
Posted by PineyWoodsHog
Darla Say Dictate Good
Member since Sep 2021
2967 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 11:44 am to
Hair-uh-cane for hurricane

Al-u-mini-um for aluminum
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19296 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 11:52 am to
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Earl for oil always bothered me



Same here, along with"\:

Zinc for Sink

Terlet for toilet

Erster for Oyster

Physical for Fiscal

Jimmy Carter always got this one wrong---Nu-cu-lar for Nuclear


This post was edited on 6/12/22 at 11:55 am
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
37000 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 11:53 am to
Here in Texas they say waterburger.

I can't figure that one out.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72668 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 11:54 am to
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People who say pecan drive me fricking nuts. It’s pecan.
Not sure if serious but ISWYDT with the pun here.
quote:

Auburn Fan
Probably inadvertent on the pun, Aubies generally don’t talk good.

There’s a XM commercial where a woman talks about her kid having alopecia and she pronounces it A-low-pee-sha.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19296 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 11:57 am to
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I have heard it without the O. Just Mynezz



Yep, always said that way in the old TV commercials for Time Saver Sandwiches made by "Anna May and Rosemary".

All you saw were the ladies hands as they made the sandwiches and had their running commentary.

Oh and New Yorkers calling a "Sandwich" a "Sangwich"
Posted by KAHog
South Trough
Member since Mar 2013
2865 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 12:11 pm to
Okie ex

Heathern for heathen
Posted by SlickRick55
Member since May 2016
2664 posts
Posted on 6/12/22 at 12:23 pm to
Surprised no one has mentioned it yet- “Prostrate”.

And yeah I don’t know where “Zink” came from .

Another big one, even among the most professional speakers is “fo-ward” instead of “for-ward”.
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