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ICK specially? Really?

Sooner — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:56:41 GMT

I keep hearing people, young people in particular, saying "ICKspecially" for especially. While not one of my favorite words to begin with, Merriam Webster advises:

is-'pesh-le, -'pe-sh?-

I just heard a weather person on a local channel say this yesterday. I don't know about QVC because I watch very little of it, but do you hear people around you saying this often? I have noticed it recently.

ICK is all I have to say about that!

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RainCityGirl — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:03:57 GMT

I've never heard that mispronunciation, but I've heard plenty of others. Personally, I think the absence of phonics in early education has a lot to do with it, but that's just my opinion. The other culprit is social media which seems to invent approximated words or shorten them to barely recognizable. The one that just astounded me was "prolly" when the intended word is "probably." They aren't even the same syllables!

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croemer — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:04:38 GMT

No...can't say I have. I have heard S...specially.

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Sooner — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:31:49 GMT

Come to think of it, I've heard a couple of people recently say "Ick-spresso" too.

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MathisFan — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:35:22 GMT

I've heard EXspecially but not ICKspecially.

One that drives me crazy is when people say Antartica instead of Antarctica.

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VanSleepy — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:37:12 GMT

I haven't heard it, but seeing the pronunciation above, I guess I've been saying it wrong. I start with more of an e sound than i, and I say it with 4 syllables.

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sunala — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:53:23 GMT

Good grief, our language is going down the toilet. I recently heard a woman say she "sent the hubs out for milk."

Huh?

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raven-blackbird — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:58:32 GMT

On 1/1/2015 sunala said:
Good grief, our language is going down the toilet. I recently heard a woman say she "sent the hubs out for milk."

Huh?

hey..........hey...........hey..............don't see one thing wrong with hubs LOL...........I use it all the time................................................raven

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raven-blackbird — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:59:18 GMT

I cringe when I hear.............ax used instead of aSk............................raven

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Say Nay — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:01:29 GMT

I'm still annoyed by ""ax me a question""

ETA What raven said lol

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RainCityGirl — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:12:34 GMT

And then there's the people who should know better who say ""nucular"" when the word is clearly ""nuclear.""

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chessylady — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:18:22 GMT

How about but-in for the word button?

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Kachina624 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:20:23 GMT

On 1/1/2015 MathisFan said:
I've heard EXspecially but not ICKspecially.

One that drives me crazy is when people say Antartica instead of Antarctica.

That's how I interpret that pronunciation...they're trying to say ""exspecially"".

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Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:30:25 GMT

On 1/1/2015 raven-blackbird said:
I cringe when I hear.............ax used instead of aSk............................raven

OMG, what an aggravating mistake!

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Sooner — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:41:22 GMT

I so often see people confuse "advice" and "advise" on here. That is probably the one I notice most.

I take things like this as helpful when I see mistakes I make, so I hope people won't be offended. That isn't my intent.

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sunala — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 07:50:44 GMT

On 1/1/2015 raven-blackbird said:
On 1/1/2015 sunala said:
Good grief, our language is going down the toilet. I recently heard a woman say she "sent the hubs out for milk."

Huh?

hey..........hey...........hey..............don't see one thing wrong with hubs LOL...........I use it all the time................................................raven

Sorry raven-blackbird, but I do not like the word "hubs" as a substitute for my husband. Reminds me of tires

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Lindsays Grandma — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:05:42 GMT

On 1/1/2015 Sooner said:
I so often see people confuse "advice" and "advise" on here. That is probably the one I notice most.

I take things like this as helpful when I see mistakes I make, so I hope people won't be offended. That isn't my intent.

How about loose and lose?

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Kachina624 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:29:40 GMT

Have you heard the House Hunters on HGTV talk about ""betrooms""?

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Yahooey — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:35:40 GMT

Caramel is pronounced in 2 or 3 syllables. Fine, but I hear camelized as opposed to caramelized. This is done all the time in cooking shows. Is camelized correct? It makes me wonder, is that one or two humps in your pot.

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HHC1 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:49:55 GMT

One of the most common mistakes is saying

""anyways""

The word is anyway. There is no ""s"" on the end.

Also saying

""irregardless"".....The word is regardless.