07-11-2002 17:11									#1
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Ever heard someone pronouncing a word wrong and it really getting to you..?

You know - Keeenya instead of Kenya, for example.

	07-11-2002 17:14									#2
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Only one thing - a couple of my teachers at primary school used to pronounce "breakfast" as written, rather than in the proper "brekfst" way.

	07-11-2002 17:17									#3
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When people say "scone" as if it rhymes with cone. Instead of rhyming with gone.

	07-11-2002 17:17									#4
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I prefer the American pronounciation of the word "controversy" over the British pronounciation.

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Just the entire American use of the word "irregardless".

What the F*** is up with that? Why "ir-"? It already means "without regard to".

Also when English speakers pronounce the word "mucho" in Spanish as "moocho".

Grrrrrr. And it's not even ny first language.

	07-11-2002 17:37									#6
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I remember something funny that happened during the 1994 World Cup, in the USA. One of the Brazilian players was Aldair. In order to learn how to pronounce his name, some reporters were being instructed to pronounce it as "all the year", and I could not stop laughing when I heard about it...

	07-11-2002 17:43									#7
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Soloralism. I can't even pronounce that word in English (it's no problem in Finnish, though, but there are no Finnish soloralists.. and probably only one or two Finns who even know about the whole "religion")

	07-11-2002 18:48									#8
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Pronouncing 'lingerie' as 'londjeray'; assume and presume as 'A-shoom' and 'pruhshoom'.

Nuptial as 'nupchual'. 'Moo-lonn Rouge' instead of 'Moulin'. I believe there is a secret conspiracy among a clique of Australian broadcasters to drive French expatriates to the brink of madness, by deliberately mispronouncing all French terms whenever possible...

	07-11-2002 19:23									#9
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Often as "off ten".

hors d'oeuvre as "whores dover". Fer Crissakes, if you can't pronounce the word, then just call them "snacks."

	07-11-2002 19:33									#10
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The way the English pronounce aluminum.

The way people from the south pronounce aunt its not "ant"

	07-11-2002 19:35									#11
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Celtic!!

Gawd! Drives me nuts! They weren't "selts", they were "KELTS"!!

	07-11-2002 19:40									#12
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quote: Originally posted by ThePantaloonDog The way the English pronounce aluminum. The way people from the south pronounce aunt its not "ant"

We do it right not you

	07-11-2002 19:43									#13
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KELTS damnit!!

	07-11-2002 19:52									#14
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Mute point, rather than moot point.

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I dislike it when people with the Pennsylvania accent pronounce "restaurant" as "res-Trint".

For people who pay attention to CHicago sports radio, Mike Ditka, Don Shula, Dave Wannstedt all say it like that and I HATE IT.... AHHHH!!!

I also hate it when people say "Cair- i - be- an" instead of "Ca-rib-e-an" -- Carribean

	07-11-2002 20:03									#16
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Dutch people tend to pronounce s as sh. that's extremely annoying in the long run.

however, it gets amusing when they ask "mind if I **** here" or "**** down please".

	07-11-2002 20:49									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf Dutch people tend to pronounce s as sh. that's extremely annoying in the long run.

I've never once heard a Dutch person do that. I'm sure it's just a myth.

	07-11-2002 20:52									#18
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People who say 'pronounciation' rather than 'pronunciation'

People who say 'aluminum' instead of 'aluminium' (touche)

People who pronounce 'fillet' as 'filley'

People who pronounce 'Edinburgh' as 'Edinburg'

People who pronounce 'chips' as 'fries'

	07-11-2002 20:54									#19
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Manshter instead of Manchester.

	07-11-2002 20:56									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's Manshter instead of Manchester.

but thats how the locals pronounce it

	07-11-2002 20:59									#21
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OK. New-castle, instead of Newc-astle. (sublte difference but it's noticable..)

	07-11-2002 21:15									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Anunikoba Celtic!! Gawd! Drives me nuts! They weren't "selts", they were "KELTS"!!

In every case except for the football team when it's supposed to be pronounced Seltic.

	07-11-2002 21:22									#23
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My friends have been arguing for weeks about just this type of stuff.

One of them is water. Is it wah-ter, or waw-ter, or wor-ter... (nobody seems to argue about the "ter")

And there's drawer... My friend Dana pronounces it like "draw". She from Long Island though.

British pronunciation of schedule!

My father's pronunciations are quite amusing. He's Brazilian remember.

For example:

"When push comes to shovel."
"The Cat-ol-ic Church"
"MackeeDonals"

Ship and sheep might as well be the same word with him.

	07-11-2002 21:28									#24
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Perhaps the worst of all is Bath, when people pronounce it Barth.

	07-11-2002 21:29									#25
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Scone does rhyme with cone...

	07-11-2002 21:30									#26
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True northerners know that it rhymes with gone...

	07-11-2002 21:32									#27
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People of a certain nationality pronouncing Moscow as Mos-Cow, rather than Mosco.

	07-11-2002 21:32									#28
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First scone/gone... you'll be saying Barth next...

	07-11-2002 21:33									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Rogan Josh People who say 'pronounciation' rather than 'pronunciation'

This is the only one that really annoys me.

	07-11-2002 21:34									#30
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Scone can be pronounced either way depending where you're from...like Shrewsbury...