a grammatical peccadillo/Mispronounciations MERGED

[GoBucks89]

nu-cu-lar... I thought you might appreciate that one Sushi

That's the one that drives me crazy. It's not just the president though. I hear that everywhere. My brother-in-law spent six years as a nuclear technician on a sub in the Navy, and yet he still can't stop saying "nucular". It's maddening.

My mother (native of Florida) has a couple of good ones:
1. "valunteer" instead of volunteer.
2. "werter" instead of water.

And my dad used to always tell me to "warsh" the car. :!

 

[Golferdow01]

"Morris Road" and "Polaris Ampatheater"

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

I like saying 'yay-hoo' when refering to a person - but the website is clearly 'yah-hoo'.

I've adopted the 'eye'-talian pronunciation, but don't always use it. Somehow, I prefer it.

There's a news guy in CO that says industry (in-dus'-tree). I always thought is was (in'-dus-tree). I know it's (in-dus'-tree-al), but doesn't the emphasis shift to 'in' when saying industry? Please help.

 

[MolGenBuckeye]

"The first baseman is really trying to get himself untracked."

It's "on track"!!!

 

[BB73]

Speaking of athletes..

Chris Everett, instead of Evert.

Jack Nicholas, instead of Nicklaus.

I think they each have 18 Grand Slam titles...coincidence?

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Speaking of athletes..

San Antonio Holmes. :p

 

[Buck Nasty]

I can prolly think of a few.

I know a ton of people who pronounce "Chipotle" as "Chipolte" as in Nick Nolte.
That is bad, even worse I work with a lady who pronounces it as
"Chipotal" as in Total.

Sometimes it is just a regional thing. Like all the Pittsburgh people who say
Dontown, or Stillers.

 

[GoBucks89]

And let's not forget Dickie V's use of the word "trifector" when someone hits a 3-point shot.

 

[BB73]

I like saying 'yay-hoo' when refering to a person - but the website is clearly 'yah-hoo'.

I've adopted the 'eye'-talian pronunciation, but don't always use it. Somehow, I prefer it.

There's a news guy in CO that says industry (in-dus'-tree). I always thought is was (in'-dus-tree). I know it's (in-dus'-tree-al), but doesn't the emphasis shift to 'in' when saying industry? Please help.

Proper pronunciation of industry is none of your 'biness'.

 

[BB73]

Some folks still rhyme Nike with bike.

 

[Dryden]

My fiancee horribly butchers everything -- she's never met a word she couldn't mispronounce, it's like living with Bob Davie. Around halloween of last year our five year old son commented on some halloween decorations in a yard as we were driving down the street, and my fiancee turns around to start correcting his grammar and pronuciation. I had to cut her off to explain that our five year old forms sentences better than her, and she should stop pushing her Bremen/Rushville education on him.

The O-hi-ya pronunciation that bothers me most is saying "crick" for "creek."

 

[Jagdaddy]

The first part of the word rhymes with "care" vs. "car"

Interesting, per my dictionary it IS pronounced more like "car" than like "care". The dictionary has an a with a little concave dash over it and gives examples for that phoenetic symbol of "pat", "plaid", "half", and "laugh".

But I still MIGHT be a redneck . . .

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Some folks still rhyme Nike with bike.

Nike likes it.

 

[Jagdaddy]

My fiancee horribly butchers everything -- she's never met a word she couldn't mispronounce, it's like living with Bob Davie.

The O-hi-ya pronunciation that bothers me most is saying "crick" for "creek."

LMAO at the Bob Davie crack. Now excuse me while I get an UMbrella INsurance policy.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Okay, as much as I love Gary Danielson, I can't help but notice he pronounced unbalanced as 'onbalanced'.