Words Frequently Mispronounced
Submitted by frenzee on Mon, 08/15/2005 - 08:22
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- Ask - (not "axk") I just can't get this. It's just ASS with a K after it. What's so hard about that?
- Mischievous - (not "mis-chiev-i-ous") People like to add an extra I to this one.
- Athlete - (not "ath-a-lete") The only A in the word is at the beginning.
- Veterinary - (not "vet-in-ary") An entire syllable is regularly dropped here.
- Nuclear - (not "nuc-u-lar") Old Dubya's favorite!
- Sherbet - (not "sherbert") I only see one R in this word.
- Familiar - (not "fer-miliar") As in "family".
- Nuptials - (not "nup-tu-als") Two syllables, not three.
- Valentine's - (not "Valentimes") Time for Valentines!
- Realtor - (not "rea-la-tor") Almost forgot this one!
- February - (not "Feb-you-ary") Another common one.
- Library - (not "Li-berry") As Buddy pointed out, obviously those people don't frequent them very much!
- Espresso - (not "expresso") Express yourself, hey hey!
- Disoriented - (not "dis-or-i-en-ta-ted") Too many syllables!
Author Comments:
These are major pet peeves of mine. If I think of any others, I'll add them.
HONORABLE MENTIONS - because I've only noticed within the past several years that people have taken to pronouncing these words differently than they have ALWAYS been pronounced in the past:
* Financing (Commercials like to stress the second syllable - like "fin NANCE ing") whereas most normal people I know say "FYY nan cing".
* Research (I've noticed from my soap opera, if nothing else, that many have taken the SECOND-SYLLABLE approach to this word, as well) It's RE-search, not r'SEARCH.
* Detail. It's not "d'TAIL", it's DE-tail, for fuck's sake!! Who the hell exactly are people trying to impress by mispronouncing all of this shit, anyway?!
I think the mispronunciation of 'ask' is mainly a regional Northwest thing. It's usually found in people with heavy New York accents (as in the phrase 'Lemme axe you a question...').
Nope, I've lived all over the country and it's prominent everywhere. I lived in NYC for nine years and heard it less there, I think, than I do in Tucson.
Okay, then Americans are just dumb like that. :-)
That's about right. :)
How about these:
1) Realtor - not "real-a-tor"
2) February - not "Feb-you-ary"
3) Library - not "Li-berry", and obviously those people don't frequent them very much
4) Espresso - not "expresso"
This one goes out to Rushmore...
Janitor: Hey. We solved your dumb game.
Troy: We been to the libary!
Janitor: "-brary," Troy. "Li-BRAR-y." Anyway, "What two coins, when you put 'em together, makes thirty cents and one of them isn't a nickel?" Hmm. A penny and a 1972 dime with a Roosevelt imperfection, today worth exactly twenty-nine cents.
J.D.: Nope, nope, nope. The correct answer is: A quarter and a nickel.
Janitor: Uh, no. Because you said "one of them isn't a nickel."
J.D.: Right. The "other" one is.
Janitor: You lied to me.
J.D.: No. It's a riddle.
Troy: Ooh! Your face is red! Like a strawbrerry!
This one goes out to Wezzo...
Marge: Next to spring and winter, fall is my absolute favorite season. Just look at all this beautiful foilage.
Lisa: It's not "foilage," mom, it's "foliage." Foliage.
Marge: That's what I said, foilage. It doesn't take a nucular scientist to pronounce foilage.
[later...]
Marge: I can honestly say that was the most fun I've ever had. The mill, the history, all that gorgeous foliage. (Lisa approves) I can't excape Lisa, our little walking libary.
:-D Nice one, AJ!
GOOD ONES! :)