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post #1 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:27pm
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1. Vehicle. Veee-Hickle. Often from Good 'ol boys.
2. Shrimp. Srimp. Often from old Southern women.
3. Height. Hyth. From all sorts.
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post #2 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:28pm
4. Idea. I-dear. From all kinds.
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post #3 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:31pm
Human, humid, etc. - Pronounced 'you-man' or 'you-mid'. Seems to be random.
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post #4 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:34pm
Wash. "Warsh." Warsh? WTF??? Where did you find that "R?" Put it back wherever you got it, because someone's going to notice it's missing and going to get pissed.
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post #5 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:37pm
Noo-cu-lerr.
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post #6 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:41pm
Axe instead of Ask. I don't get it.
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post #7 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:46pm
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Originally Posted by Suttytx
Axe instead of Ask. I don't get it.
And you don't want to.
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post #8 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:47pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Suttytx
Axe instead of Ask. I don't get it.
Maybe they're from the future.
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post #9 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:48pm
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Originally Posted by Guttenberg Fan Club
Human, humid, etc. - Pronounced 'you-man' or 'you-mid'. Seems to be random.
The absence of a "H" sound from is usually a Yankee thing. My late father was a Yankee and most of my cousins on that side of the family say those words like that.

Two others they regularly employ are "Alanna" when referring to ATLANTA and "warsh" when speaking of what people do in bathtubs.

Finally, one that I can't stand that is usually heard from uneducated Southerners is "Bar-E" when asking to BORROW something.
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post #10 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:48pm
Syrup. Sear-up.
pecan. Pea- can.
Guilty of both. cant spell.
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post #11 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:53pm
Yeah I too hate nuc-u-lar.

And I don't *hate* it per se, but how hard is it to say "clothes" with the "th?" It's "cloTHes," not "close."

And incidentally, I say "veee-hicle," but I'm not aware of another pronunciation. LOL
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post #12 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:54pm
Jurrry. Jewelry.




My Dad is notorious for the following (I think its a New ORleans thing)

Earl. Oil.

Tree. Three.

GAY-rodge. Garage
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post #13 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:54pm
I've always been irritated when sports commentators pronounce the name "Williams" as "Wiyyims". Don't know why, it just drives me fuckin' nuts.

And yeah, "nucular", "tehr" and everything else Bush says.
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post #14 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:54pm
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Originally Posted by inthemind.com
pecan. Pea- can.
For some reason, my mind can't decide on which pronunciation to use for "Pecan." I often find myself swapping between Pea-can and Puh-cahn involuntarily, sometimes within the same sentence.
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post #15 of 122
6/7/05 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by Suttytx
Axe instead of Ask. I don't get it.
Best Onion headline ever: "Urban neighborhood terrorized by ask killer"
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post #16 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:00pm
roof - ruhf - i don't hate it, but i always take notice when someone says it.
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post #17 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:01pm
Coupon: Queue-pawn

Often: Off-ten

And, of course, the Joe Morgan Sunday Night Basebal Special: KAHMfortable.
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post #18 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:04pm
How else do you say often?

Eye-talian is pretty annoying.
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post #19 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:06pm
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Originally Posted by L7 Productions
Idea. I-dear. From all kinds.
No, no, no. Much worse is "ideal" in place of idea. There's a guy in my office that does that. I want to punch him everytime I hear that.

"I had this ideal to hook up my DVD player to the blah blah blah..."

Fuck.
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post #20 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:09pm
People always seem to mispronounce the word "yes" whenever I start asking about a wage rise.
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post #21 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:09pm
ole: oil
rach: right (as in rach yonder)
lawd: lord
durn: damn
gawd: god
git: get
jont: want (as in jont to)
yall: you
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post #22 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:13pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by gravedigger
How else do you say often?
The t in often is silent.
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post #23 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:16pm
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Originally Posted by Adverb
The t in often is silent.
from dictionary.com

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Usage Note: During the 15th century English experienced a widespread loss of certain consonant sounds within consonant clusters, as the (d) in handsome and handkerchief, the (p) in consumption and raspberry, and the (t) in chestnut and often. In this way the consonant clusters were simplified and made easier to articulate. With the rise of public education and literacy and, consequently, people's awareness of spelling in the 19th century, sounds that had become silent sometimes were restored, as is the case with the t in often, which is now frequently pronounced. In other similar words, such as soften and listen, the t generally remains silent.
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post #24 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:17pm
red- raid (Gimme a pack of marlboro raids.)
credit- cre dick (Will that be credick or debit?)
horse- hearse (You ever seen a hearse's dick?)
hose- hosepipe (Reach me that hosepipe.)

I love living in New Orleans.
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post #25 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:19pm
Oh, and one I mercifully don't hear here, but do when visiting the country...

curse- cuss
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post #26 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:19pm
Lie-berry. Worse than nails on a chalkboard.
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post #27 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:25pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jubei
No, no, no. Much worse is "ideal" in place of idea. There's a guy in my office that does that. I want to punch him everytime I hear that.

"I had this ideal to hook up my DVD player to the blah blah blah..."

Fuck.
That's just pure stupidity. At least with "I-dear" one is using the word properly.
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post #28 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:36pm
My wife pronounces the word "water" as "wor-ter" or "wuh-ter" . . . it's hard to spell out the equivalent phonetic representation. At any rate, it doesn't sound the way the word "water" should.

She also makes fun of the way I say "lawyer", which is too bad, really, since I pronounce it correctly. She pronounces it "loy-yer".
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post #29 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:37pm
My wife is guilty of this one with the word "says"

I pronounce it "sez", she pronounces it "saes". Basically, take the way you pronounce "say" and tack an "s" on. Drives me nuts, even if it is an acceptable variant.

Other regional ones:

piper=paper
tuh=to
see-ment=cement

I find myself automatically adjusting to the listener with the word "route". Sometimes it's "root", other times it's "rowt". It seems random.
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post #30 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:47pm
Espresso -> "Eckspresso"
Mischievous -> "Mish-shee-vEE-us"
Hawaii -> "Huh-why-yuh"

I second the puzzlement of "aks." I guess it's a nanomicron easier to say than "ask"? And don't get me started on "nukuler."

Having been born and raised in the South, here in Connecticut the missus and I are still bothered by the like of:
mitten -> "mih'en"
New Britain -> "New Brih'en"

And, just to be snarky:
coincidence -> "irony"
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post #31 of 122
6/7/05 at 2:58pm
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post #32 of 122
6/7/05 at 3:13pm
Let's not get started on the terrible pronunciation that so many people have when trying to speak Spanish.

I'm not fluent by any means, but I at least know how to pronounce the damned words correctly.

Hint: "J" is pronounced "H"
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post #33 of 122
6/7/05 at 3:19pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
Let's not get started on the terrible pronunciation that so many people have when trying to speak Spanish.

I'm not fluent by any means, but I at least know how to pronounce the damned words correctly.

Hint: "J" is pronounced "H"
You mean jalapenos isn't pronounced "ja-la-pinos"?

Hot damn!

*plays jug*
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post #34 of 122
6/7/05 at 3:21pm
Sionce I've been in the south (about 10 years), the "Southern Law of the Implied Retail S" has made my ears bleed. It seems to only affect the pronunciation of the names of stores, wherein Target becomes "Targets", or Wal-Mart becomes "Wal-Marts", etc.
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post #35 of 122
6/7/05 at 3:25pm
OK...Worcestershire Sauce:

Is it Worse-chest-shire or Worst-e-sure?

Am I even close?
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post #36 of 122
6/7/05 at 3:28pm
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Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
Let's not get started on the terrible pronunciation that so many people have when trying to speak Spanish.

I'm not fluent by any means, but I at least know how to pronounce the damned words correctly.
Yes, lets not even get into pronouncing spanish correctly.
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post #37 of 122
6/7/05 at 3:35pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Suttytx
OK...Worcestershire Sauce:

Is it Worse-chest-shire or Worst-e-sure?

Am I even close?
Dictionary.com says its woos-ter-sheer, or woos-ter-sher.
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post #38 of 122
6/7/05 at 3:53pm
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Originally Posted by neaux
Earl. Oil.

GAY-rodge. Garage
Guilty. I also am unable to pronounce iron correctly. Comes out "urn" every time.

And while it's not a mispronunciation, my husband makes me crazy whenever he asks me to "cut" the light off.
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post #39 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:06pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by J.K.Foster
Lie-berry.
Like "Feb-uary".
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post #40 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:07pm
Half of my associates (including the CEO) are constantly talking about the


PHYSICAL year. I've had to ask my own boss several times if they are referring to the Fiscal Year or a Physical year.

Sure enough they are saying Physical when they mean Fiscal. WTF?
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post #41 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:13pm
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post #42 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:19pm
1. Korea -> Cree-ah

2. Brett Favre -> Brett Farve (How can one not realize how to pronounce his own name? I think I'm the only one who appreciates the ending of Something About Mary, where Ben Stiller fights with pronouncing that name.)

3. Supposedly -> supposebly
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post #43 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:24pm
Don't know if Nick was being "ironic" with his title, but my number one bugbear , just because its such base irony, is people who pronounce "proNUNciation" as "proNOUNciation". Where did they get the extra 'o' from all of a sudden?

Also, I used to know a girl who would pronounce banal as "bane-uhl", like anal with a 'b' on the front. Er, you what sweetheart?
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post #44 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:28pm
Crayon - Crown (Don't know why, but this pronunciation is made only by me)
Ambulance - Am-buh-lance (I know the word is backwords, but c'mon)
Never - Ned-der (My 4 year old son can't pronounce his V's, so when he says this, which is a lot, it sounds like he's tossing the N-bomb around. Doesn't go over well in public).
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post #45 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:28pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by captain supermarket
3. Supposedly -> supposebly
This one drives me nuts. Unfortunately, it is a correct form of the word according to the dictionary.

Even if it is technically correct, people still sound like ignorant hicks when they say it. And that's not even counting the racial slurs.
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post #46 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:41pm
Not a real word, but damn if it isn't cringe worthy everytime Natalie Portman says Naboo (nuh bu).

Around here people seem to drop of the "re" on a lot of words. Fridgerator, 'mote control...
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post #47 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:52pm
Conversate (as in having a conversation, but being to stupid to realize the verb is converse).

Also, (as I'm in the mental health field), one of my educated coworkers asked me how to spell conspiracizing (as in "they're conspiracizing to get me"). I didn't have the heart to tell her to try conspiring, so I just went along.
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post #48 of 122
6/7/05 at 4:53pm
I work at a restaurant, so I hear this one all the time:

Mayonaise= May-er-naize

THERE IS NO FREAKING "R" IN THE DAMN WORD PEOPLE....

Thanks for the chance to vent...
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post #49 of 122
6/7/05 at 5:04pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scratch

And yeah, "nucular", "tehr" and everything else Bush says.
Jack Bauer says "nucular." It hurts me every time.

-AiV
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post #50 of 122
6/7/05 at 5:13pm
I are from Missouri so I'll add:

Pert neert- I slipped and pert neert feel down.

Iaway- Iowa
People always talk about goin' down to Iaway. Even though Iowa is north of Missouri.

Rad-ee-o- Radio

Tennerloin- Tenderloin

Any sci-fi movie is refered to as some Star War shit by elders.
The Matrix, Lord of the Rings: All some Star War shit.

Git-er-done: Larry the Cable Guy is bigger than The Pope in my town.

Tater salad, tater chips, fried taters, tater tots, mashed taters.

Tomatos- Maters

Cucumbers are called pickles no matter what.

Gunfights have been started in my town over kettle-corn.
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