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07-02-2015 09:42 PM
07-02-2015 09:45 PM
One thing I know is that if you say "barbed wire" instead of "bob war" you ain't no cowboy.
I see "advice" and "advise" used wrong all the time here, and I wonder if people simply are spelling it incorrectly or if they pronounce it that way as well.
"I need advise. . . "
07-02-2015 09:51 PM
@MaggieMack wrote:
I always notice when national broadcasters pronounce the capital of South Dakota as if it were some French name. Yes, it is spelled Pierre, but should be pronounced Pier, like on the waterfront. You would think they would know better.
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I never knew that !
Thanks, MaggieMack !
07-02-2015 09:59 PM
I have many peeves, some of them already mentioned. But the one that bothers me the most right now, as I hear it a lot in the summer, is asphalt.
Asphalt, not ash-phalt.
07-02-2015 11:46 PM
@chickenbutt wrote:
@mstyrion 1 wrote:"boo koo" for beaucoup.
"jewlery" for jewelry
garNET for GARnet
There used to be a show host on CVN who moved to Value Vision. Her name was Kendy Crowley. She called the stones "gar-NETS." I wanted to call her and tell her she should learn how to pronounce what she's selling.
I also can't stand "Wallah," instead of voila (vwa-LA).
Coming from Brooklyn and Long Island, I'm sure there are many people who hate how I pronounce things, such as "cawfee." Hey, it's how we roll.
07-02-2015 11:47 PM
I have an issue with people who don't say "Quart." There used to be an ice cream parlor in my home town. I would go there regularly and ask for a quart of a particular flavor. Without fail, the girl working there would would look at me and say "A court?"
Also people who say Artesian instead of Artesan, and people who don't know the difference between Quiet and Quite.
07-02-2015 11:49 PM
I want to add that posts like this rarely end well, so be careful!
People are very protective of their regional accents.
Don't say I didn't warn you
07-03-2015 09:08 AM - edited 07-03-2015 09:10 AM
I am loving this one, kids! This is entertaining AND educational. (I think I'm so smart....then I learn something new: Thanks, South Dakotans (??) for teaching me "pier" instead of the Frenchman!) Although I hear numerous mispronunciations regularly, the two that bother me the most have already been mentioned: nuke-YOU-ler and wah-LAH We've had presidents say the first one, and shopping hosts use the second one. (Fingernails on a chalkboard to me!!)
This one is popular in my area: "We didn't want FiFi to have puppies, so we had her SPADED."
NONONONONONO!!!!!
P.S. Minot?
07-03-2015 10:04 AM
@Greenhouse wrote:
Well, I'm from NJ, need I say more?
This has nothing to do with pronunciation but just this morning I made a comment about people leaving the New off of New Jersey.
Drives me nuts.
No one leaves it off NY, NH or NM
07-03-2015 11:04 AM
@chickenbutt wrote:I know that I might be rather persnickity about such things, so I accept that.
But here's the thing - There are some words that when some people say them it makes me cringe and want to shove a pencil through my head.
I was watching a food show yesterday (on either FN or Cooking Channel) and there were 'pecans' happening in the course of whatever was being cooked.
The chefs both must have said 'PEEEEE-cans' fifty times until I almost went insane. Clearly, in my estimation, it is NOT 'PEE-can'. It's 'peh-CAHN' (accent on second syllable as illustrated by caps).
Are there any alternate pronunciations that make others just cringe? Or am I just way too persnickity and I need to stop it?
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Two that have always bothered me:
Most "importantly," instead of most "important." Importantly is an active adverb (e.g., he walked into the room importantly). Important denotes a subject in a sentence (e.g., most important, don't forget to pack your underwear, the subject being "underwear.") However, importantly used at the beginning of a sentence is used most often these days even when it describes nothing, and that is relatively new (the last few decades). Just rearrange the words and it becomes obvious. If one said, "It is importantly to pack your underwear," it is easy to see the error.
The other is the most widely used in all areas including media, as well as the medical community (I've seen professional signs using this word) is the word "preventative." It is used in place of "preventive," and both mean the same thing, so why use the longer version? Preventative is seen everywhere, on TV, on paper media, online, and used by doctors, nurses, etc. in their daily conversation.
It bothers me, but the usage of those words has been of such long duration that they have become acceptable and are now in dictionaries (although the "preferred" usages are always the shorter versions).
These are not mispronunciations, as in "aks" instead of "ask" (which also hurts my ears).
"I seen it happen." Also so wrong. It's either "I have seen it happen," or "I saw it happen."
I could go on and on, Chickenbutt, you brought up one of my soapbox issues, LOL!!
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