Commonly mispronounced words

seakdivers · 11-19-2005, 01:53 AM

Ok, the whole ricotta thing in the Food & Drink section got me thinking (please, hold your applause)...

Do you ever hear words that are mispronounced on a regular basis, or ones that are just flat out said wrong?

Here is my example of a word said wrong: we have a avian rehabilitation center here in our town. It is the raptor rehabilitation center - commonly known as the raptor center. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people refer to it as the "rapture center". Gaaaaaaaads

An example of a word pronounced incorrectly: zoology. It's not zoo-ology. It's zoh-ology. Well at least my high school biology teacher said so, and I think he's right.

Well.... anybody else have one or two??

p.s., don't mind my spelling..... it's Friday night and, errrmm.....

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-19-2005, 02:44 AM

Oh boy, could I go on. Let's cherrypick or I'll be in Home Base all night.

Specific to another hobby of mine: sallet is SAL-et, not sa-LAY.

One I always check menus for: incorrect usage of au jus. If the sandwich is being served with a cup of dipping juice, about the best way to put it in English is "served au jus." It doesn't need any with, as this is already covered by the preposition "au." Au jus is not some kind of two-part noun in any language.

Patent [adj] has a secondary pronunciation of PAY-tent, so I can gag it down, but PAT-ent does nicely for me.

I always put the stress on formidable and preferably on the first syllable and snicker at the ignorami who don't.

And don't forget epizootic -- no part of it rhymes with any part of "zoot suit." We're having one of those now, among domestic fowl in Asia.

grazzers · 11-19-2005, 11:11 AM

Dunno if it's an just an myth, but I've heard the story of an American tourist who came to the UK with the intention of going to Loughborough (pronounced something close to luff-buhrah I believe). Except they called it "Looga-Barooga." Hmm.

Clodfobble · 11-19-2005, 11:47 AM

Oh, yes. Mispronounced words grate on me.

Realtor is not pronounced "REAL-ah-tor."
Jewelry is not pronounced "jewl-er-ry"
Jalapeno is routinely butchered, even around here where there is no excuse.

wolf · 11-19-2005, 11:52 AM

Frank Rizzo, Mayor of Philadelphia, once welcomed honored guests from Niggeria to our fair city.

laebedahs · 11-19-2005, 04:59 PM

Not a word, but a phrase....

People in the south have a tendancy to butcher words and phrases. One example a high school English teacher showed me was:

Chester drawers is actually "chest of drawers". And, without further delay, here is the thread breaker! 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words

Guyute · 11-19-2005, 05:48 PM

Chicago has no frikkin R!!! This guy I work with always talks about hockey and he always says "Chacargo lost...blah blah blah.."

Detroit has no Y! It is not Deetroyit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Undertoad · 11-19-2005, 06:10 PM

I had a teacher who pronounced the word "root" as if it rhymed with "soot", and not "boot".

Unfortunately he was a Unix teacher and so he was constantly saying it, because that's the name of the administrative user under Unix.

Griff · 11-19-2005, 07:11 PM

Exscape for escape *grinding teeth*

bluecuracao · 11-19-2005, 07:12 PM

I misprounounce many words, but at least I know the "L" in "salmon" is silent.

bluecuracao · 11-19-2005, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Exscape for escape *grinding teeth*

"Expresso." Eek.

Griff · 11-19-2005, 07:15 PM

Yew mean that Rushdie feller?

bluecuracao · 11-19-2005, 07:26 PM

He da Salman.

lumberjim · 11-19-2005, 07:32 PM

there is at least on mispronounced word in every british documentary. just wait for it.

al-yoo-minnium. puhleez.

axe me a question?

lie-berry. (library)

Trilby · 11-19-2005, 07:58 PM

Irregardless. Expecially. And "swoled." As in, "After Boomer hit me with the baseball bat my arm swoled up reel bad."
Vomick. Twicet.

all ebonic bs.

11-19-2005, 01:53 AM	#1
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Commonly mispronounced words Ok, the whole ricotta thing in the Food & Drink section got me thinking (please, hold your applause)... Do you ever hear words that are mispronounced on a regular basis, or ones that are just flat out said wrong? Here is my example of a word said wrong: we have a avian rehabilitation center here in our town. It is the raptor rehabilitation center - commonly known as the raptor center. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people refer to it as the "rapture center". Gaaaaaaaads An example of a word pronounced incorrectly: zoology. It's not zoo-ology. It's zoh-ology. Well at least my high school biology teacher said so, and I think he's right. Well.... anybody else have one or two?? p.s., don't mind my spelling..... it's Friday night and, errrmm.....

11-19-2005, 02:44 AM	#2
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Oh boy, could I go on. Let's cherrypick or I'll be in Home Base all night. Specific to another hobby of mine: sallet is SAL-et, not sa-LAY. One I always check menus for: incorrect usage of au jus. If the sandwich is being served with a cup of dipping juice, about the best way to put it in English is "served au jus." It doesn't need any with, as this is already covered by the preposition "au." Au jus is not some kind of two-part noun in any language. Patent [adj] has a secondary pronunciation of PAY-tent, so I can gag it down, but PAT-ent does nicely for me. I always put the stress on formidable and preferably on the first syllable and snicker at the ignorami who don't. And don't forget epizootic -- no part of it rhymes with any part of "zoot suit." We're having one of those now, among domestic fowl in Asia. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-19-2005, 11:11 AM	#3
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Dunno if it's an just an myth, but I've heard the story of an American tourist who came to the UK with the intention of going to Loughborough (pronounced something close to luff-buhrah I believe). Except they called it "Looga-Barooga." Hmm. __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

11-19-2005, 11:52 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Frank Rizzo, Mayor of Philadelphia, once welcomed honored guests from Niggeria to our fair city. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-19-2005, 05:48 PM	#7
Guyute Gamehenge Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 168	Chicago has no frikkin R!!! This guy I work with always talks about hockey and he always says "Chacargo lost...blah blah blah.." Detroit has no Y! It is not Deetroyit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ It's Really Plain and Easy To See, The Family grows like fungus on a tree.

11-19-2005, 11:47 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh, yes. Mispronounced words grate on me. Realtor is not pronounced "REAL-ah-tor." Jewelry is not pronounced "jewl-er-ry" Jalapeno is routinely butchered, even around here where there is no excuse.

11-19-2005, 04:59 PM	#6
laebedahs Abecedarian Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 172	Not a word, but a phrase.... People in the south have a tendancy to butcher words and phrases. One example a high school English teacher showed me was: Chester drawers is actually "chest of drawers". And, without further delay, here is the thread breaker! 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words

11-19-2005, 06:10 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I had a teacher who pronounced the word "root" as if it rhymed with "soot", and not "boot". Unfortunately he was a Unix teacher and so he was constantly saying it, because that's the name of the administrative user under Unix.

11-19-2005, 07:11 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Exscape for escape grinding teeth __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-19-2005, 07:12 PM	#10
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I misprounounce many words, but at least I know the "L" in "salmon" is silent.

11-19-2005, 07:15 PM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yew mean that Rushdie feller? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-19-2005, 07:26 PM	#13
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	He da Salman.

11-19-2005, 07:32 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	there is at least on mispronounced word in every british documentary. just wait for it. al-yoo-minnium. puhleez. axe me a question? lie-berry. (library) __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-19-2005, 07:58 PM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Irregardless. Expecially. And "swoled." As in, "After Boomer hit me with the baseball bat my arm swoled up reel bad." Vomick. Twicet. all ebonic bs.

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