topic Re: Pronounce Properly in Q Talk

Pronounce Properly

rms1954 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 03:34:53 GMT

Importnt ... it's importAnt. Also don't like this addition of an "a" at the end of words. How cute-ah. Annoying,.

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NEvans2 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 03:48:58 GMT

I noticed this quite a while ago, and not just on QVC. It seems to be mostly younger people. It drives me nuts. I pointed it out to my husband a couple of weeks ago when we were watching something on tv. He just started laughing and asked if I was the grammar police. I said no, but I guess the nuns did a good job teaching English and Grammar when I was in school. ❤️

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Memebell — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 04:13:46 GMT

You mean when they are "conversating"? That's what drive me nuts. Making up words that aren't words.

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Carmie — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 04:35:47 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
Importnt ... it's importAnt. Also don't like this addition of an "a" at the end of words. How cute-ah. Annoying,.

I have always pronounced it as imporTANT...with a strong T. It seems like many younger folks have dropped off the T.

Our local newscasters drive me crazy with the words important and elementary. I keep asking.. " where did the T go."

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AnjalenaQVC — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:33:30 GMT

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Kitty Galore — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:41:57 GMT

I think sometimes it's a regional thing fir I stance in the south they will pronounce important and insurance differently then in the north. IN-surance and importent. As far as the other adding a's and that I dont like it , the Kardashisns are famous for it ! It used to be in the day the word "like " in every sentence 😺

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on the bay — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:14:49 GMT

So weird. I suspect again that it is different parts of the country.

Being from the NE we would be looked at funny if we said important with emphasis on each syllable and the t's. Maybe if you were from England, you would be given a pass lol!

And I've never heard the a sound after words yet?

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CalminHeart — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:18:55 GMT

Words are pronounced differently from region to region. I can drive 2 hours south and hear a whole different dialect. I don't get worked up over it. It doesn't hurt anyone, or me.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:58:27 GMT

Most of it is regional. Like roof and bagels to name 2. In some parts of the USA roof is pronounces ruf.

And some of it is just wrong. AND a persons age is told by the way they write certain phrases. Don't get me started about the addition of the word "out". Change it out,etc.

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Carmie — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 14:59:40 GMT

No, this is not a regional thing. I have lived in PA all of my life in the same area.

Young people that were born and raised here are pronouncing words differently than their parents, friends and neighbors.

It sounds weird. They are learning it somewhere. I have heard many local folks commenting on the changes and wondering why this is happening. Thankfully, my adult children and my grands have not picked this up.

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Sooner — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:19:28 GMT

Most people around here don't really stress the "t" at the end and I couldn't tell you who does and doesn't and could not care less.

But then we don't pronounce the "w" in "cwafee" either so yes, it's regional differences. And we are sophisticated like the French who often don't pay any lip service to the ending of words.

But I wouldn't worry, people can't spell, don't understand that just because a word sounds alike doesn't mean it isn't spelled differently and have a different meaning.

Language is in flux. "Couple of dogs" is now "couple dogs." He forecast the weather for the week is "he forecasted the weather."

I appreciate and love regional differences in speech and language as much as I appreciate foreign languages and think it is a wonderful thing.

And how someone talks doesn't mean one darn thing about what kind of person they are! Some uneducated people happen to be the smartest and sweetest people I know.

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Lisa now in AZ — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:21:37 GMT

@Carmie, I agree. And what is worse than dropping the "T" is when people change it to a "D". ImporDant. Owww my ears!

There are a lot of words that I won't ever say, even though they seem to have been accepted because they sound wrong to my ears. For example, the entirely overused "woke" as an adjective, for crying out loud!

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:30:25 GMT

I lived in western PA and we talked a lot differently than the east part of the state.

Another thing I remember:is it pop or soda?

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depglass — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:02:53 GMT

There is one commercial with all the "ah's." I can't begin to understand what they are saying so they are wasting their money.

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MOMMAVik — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:07:14 GMT

Not as much annoyed with mispronunciations as I am with the strange nicknames from hosts to each other & one vendor & host with imaginary scenarios!

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grandma2pkmh — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:03:36 GMT

@rms1954 That's interestiing, it annoys me when people on tv make it a point to pronounce the "tant" at the end of a word. It like they are trying too hard to be correct.

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santorini — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:14:42 GMT

HandbAgs, not handbEGGS.

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rms1954 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:35:00 GMT

@depglass wrote:
There is one commercial with all the "ah's." I can't begin to understand what they are saying so they are wasting their money.

Hate that one.

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rms1954 — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:35:34 GMT

@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:
I lived in western PA and we talked a lot differently than the east part of the state.
Another thing I remember:is it pop or soda?

It's not word usage, it's plain mispronunciation of a word.

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MaeDoMunt — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:35:52 GMT

I can live with the "impordent" thing because having lived in the South, that's just how it's pronounced there. However, what drives me crazy is Amy pronouncing the word anemone as "animony," rhyming with "alimony." Also, when people pronouce ochre as "okra" - now THAT is Southern! ha!