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this whole thread is Ridiculus!

If I had a Nukular bomb I would splode it.

Its freaking nuclear: nu·cle·ar (nū'klē-ər, nyū'-)
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my favorite new word is dittent as in "oh no you dittent"

I used to have a hillbilly neighbor who pronounced Wash as Worsh. It used to drive everyone crazy. Finally one day someone axed him "dude where is there an R in the word Wash"

His reply, " Right after the O"
 
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Being an engineer, english is my second language.:)
I am probably guilty of many of these errors.

But I have to say the thing that drives me the most insane is when people recite their phone number or any other number sequence and substitute the letter O for the number 0. I told you I was an engineer.
 
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AKAKBUCK said:
I can't recall Kiper saying it it that way, so I won't comment on that. But as far as Herbie, I think his problem in this regard is linguistic more than ignorance of the spelling/pronunciation. Not saying that he shouldn't work on it.. but I've noticed he does have trouble with his "L's" sometimes. (Of course, so does a large percentage of the world... "L's" and "R's" are hard... )
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OSUsushichic said:
I'm pretty sure that's a "Bushism," like strategery.
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misunderestimated.
 
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"Wellness" is another one...

What the hell is wrong with the word "health"? The English language is verbose enough without creating some vague term to replace a perfectly good word!!!
 
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The financial aid officers at the institution where I work all pronounce "FAFSA" as "fass-fuh". One would think that since their professional lives pretty much revolve around that acronym, they could learn to pronounce it properly.
 
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Mispronunciations -- Bah!

Mili's use of the word "yayhoo" reminded me of a few mispronunciations that drive me crazy.

A former coworker at OSU pronounced Yahoo! (the internet one) "Yayhoo." (and she didn't do it as a joke -- she was serious)

My insurance agent in Ohio always says "garrantee" instead of "guarantee."

A guy I used to date said "archive" exactly the way it is spelled. A history major CANNOT date a guy who cannot pronouce "archive"!
 
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OSUsushichic said:
Mili's use of the word "yayhoo" reminded me of a few mispronunciations that drive me crazy.

A former coworker at OSU pronounced Yahoo! (the internet one) "Yayhoo." (and she didn't do it as a joke -- she was serious)

My insurance agent in Ohio always says "garrantee" instead of "guarantee."

A guy I used to date said "archive" exactly the way it is spelled. A history major CANNOT date a guy who cannot pronouce "archive"!
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Do things like this 'off-ten' piss you off?

I'm just being 'mis-chee-vious'. :biggrin:
 
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