a grammatical peccadillo/Mispronounciations MERGED

[BB73]

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 . . .

Does a 'concave dash' look like this?

care Pronunciation Key (kâr)

But dictionary.com does list 'gar' with 2 dots over the 'a' (like 'car') as a secondary pronunciation for guarantee.

 

[Jagdaddy]

Also, the bay state is NOT "Mass uh TWO sets", contrary to what some people think.

 

[Jagdaddy]

Does a 'concave dash' look like this?

care Pronunciation Key (kâr)

No, it's like a wide shallow "U", but I'm too computer illiterate to post one.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

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.

Chipoodle...

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

No, it's like a wide shallow "U", but I'm too computer illiterate to post one.

ă

like that?

 

[OSUsushichic]

So what do you guys think about intermurals?

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

So what do you guys think about intermurals?

like these?

:p

 

[Jagdaddy]

So what do you guys think about intermurals?

I didn't have the heart to comment on that one.

Yes, Ft. Collins, that's the "a" I was talking about.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

I didn't have the heart to comment on that one.

I do.

 

[BB73]

It is interesting. The pronunciation key for guarantee is like the 'a' sound in half, which has a different symbol than the sound in both care and car.

 

[TSKCoug]

and another....

pronouncing "Washington" as "Warshington". Where the hell did the phantom "r" come from?

 

[Dryden]

pronouncing "Washington" as "Warshington". Where the hell did the phantom "r" come from?

Lee Corso?

 

[WoodyWorshiper]

I haven't seen anything listed here yet that even rivals the use of the word:

"supposebly"


Like in, "USC was supposebly the greatest team in the history of College Football until they got their (not there or they're) asses beat by Texas."

That one makes me want to puke, and I point that out to ANY person in ANY setting that uses it. It disgusts me.

 

[BB73]

...an intrigal part of....

Not integral or intricate, but some combination thereof.

 

[Dryden]

By the way, I would like to point out that whoever named this thread "a grammatical peccadillo/Mispronounciations" spelled mispronunciations wrong.

Can we add malapropisms to the thread title so that I can contribute more of my Bob Davie and Lee Corso worship?