a grammatical peccadillo/Mispronounciations MERGED

[AKAK]

How about lay and lie?

I'm pretty sure that if you're married, they do come in that order.

 

[OSUsushichic]

Another word I hate is "trickeration."

Was this word invented by Sportscenter anchors?

I'm pretty sure that's a "Bushism," like strategery.

 

[BB73]

I'm pretty sure that's a "Bushism," like strategery.

We always follow the lead of the Oval office.

I'm still trying to find out what the definition of 'is' is.

 

[Buck Nasty]

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'-)

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"

 

[NorthShoreBuck]

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.

 

[IronBuckI]

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... )

Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra, Ra Ra Ra Ra

I'm pretty sure that's a "Bushism," like strategery.

misunderestimated.

 

[TSKCoug]

"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!!!

 

[jlb1705]

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.

 

[Deety]

I still say callapitter in place of caterpillar if I am not careful. They pitter, darn it, they really do! Pitter-patter, pitter-patter.

Ok, I'm an idiot.

 

[OSUsushichic]

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"!

 

[BB73]

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"!

Do things like this 'off-ten' piss you off?

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

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

I hear 'supposibly' so often it's rediculous. One of my pet peeves.

 

[BB73]

I hear 'supposibly' so often it's rediculous. One of my pet peeves.

I don't believe I've ever heard that one.

But we do need to have people get 'rid' of the habit of putting an 'e' in ridiculous.

Maybe that get 'rid' will help. 'Separate a rat' has worked for me.

 

[OSUsushichic]

My list does not include all the Bushisms and Bostonian-speak that drive me nuts!

 

[OSUsushichic]

Ax me the question again. I have Old-Timer's disease!