Let Me Ax You This . . .

[Skwim]

Is there any mispronunciation of a word that rubs you the wrong way?


Here's one I was unaware of---the genesis of my question---no doubt because I'm seldom in contact with blacks.

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[Mister Silver]

Did you know most black people pronounce "volume" as "valium"?

 

[BSM1]

Not so much a mispronunciation but the rampant misuse of the pronoun "myself" is a tooth grater.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

and why do southern whites say "y'all?"

And people from the St. Louis area say "Sodee" instead of "Soduh?"

And...oh, never mind...

 

[savagewind]

I think she is overreacting.

 

[Mister Silver]

The word is disheveled.

Do you pronounce it:

1. di-chev-uled
2. dis-hev-uled

I pronounce it like 2

 

[Father Heathen]

Mmmmmmm, oh no you didn't!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

When I worked inventory, occasionally we would have to hollar "skew check" if we had a question for a store employee or needed or number or whatever, and this would sometimes come out "skoo" check" or "ski" check, and sometimes even "screw" check."
In this area, the way regional dialect goes, we don't have a car wash on Washington [street], instead "we got a car warsh on Warshington." That alone lead my efforts that lead to someone saying I don't talk like I'm from around here.

 

[Rival]

Ax is a Middle English pronunciation of ask. Chaucer writes ax for ask in places.

 

[Wirey]

Irregardless. Not a word, morons.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

Ax is a Middle English pronunciation of ask. Chaucer writes ax for ask in places.

Ax away. Just watch where you're swinging.

 

[Vinayaka]

What's a guy posta do?

 

[Revoltingest]

Mispronunciations that really burn me bacon.....

Turbine as <turr' bine'>....it's <turr' bin>!

Forte with the "e" pronounced as <ay> when used to refer to a skill....it's silent! (French origin, not the Italian word for tempo)

Btw, OJ didn't do it.
It was all a misunderstanding.
Son: Hey Dad, can I borrow the car?
OJ: Sure, but go ax your mother first.

True story!

 

[Quagmire]

Some days just the fact that people have access to words gets on my nerves.

 

[Skwim]

Personally, I'm still struggling to pronounce "phantom" right. More often than not I say "fan-thumb." Don't ask why 'cause I don't know.

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[sun rise]

It's those Bahstan people that frosts me. But for real, all out bad pronunciation, go to Scotland--- why can't those dumb Scots learn proper English.

Oo?
Ay, oo.
Ah oo?
Ay ah oo.
Ah ae oo?
Ay, ah ae oo. (Yes, all one wool)

After all, what could be worse than this

 

[Skwim]

Mispronunciations that really burn me bacon.....

Turbine as <turr' bine'>....it's <turr' bin>!

Forte with the "e" pronounced as <ay> when used to refer to a skill....it's silent! (French origin, not the Italian word for tempo)

Seems they can go both ways.

tur·bine

ˈtərˌbīn,ˈtərˌbin/
noun
noun: turbine; plural noun: turbines

1. a machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted
   
2. with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.

for·te

ˈfôrˌtā, fôrt/
noun
noun: forte; noun: one's forte; plural noun: one's fortes; plural noun: fortes

1.a thing at which someone excels.
"small talk was not his forte"
synonyms: strength, strong point, specialty, strong suit, talent, special ability, skill, bent, gift, métier;

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As a general rule the first pronunciation and spelling of a word is the one most commonly used.

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[Jeremiah Ames]

Is there any mispronunciation of a word that rubs you the wrong way?


Here's one I was unaware of---the genesis of my question---no doubt because I'm seldom in contact with blacks.

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I don’t see the big deal.
I lived in many parts of the country where people pronounce words differently, especially Hawaii.
I know what they’re saying, how they say it is not important to me.
I think people need to get a job or something if they get uptight about how people speak.

 

[Revoltingest]

Seems they can go both ways.

tur·bine

ˈtərˌbīn,ˈtərˌbin/
noun
noun: turbine; plural noun: turbines

1. a machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted
   
2. with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.

for·te

ˈfôrˌtā, fôrt/
noun
noun: forte; noun: one's forte; plural noun: one's fortes; plural noun: fortes

1.a thing at which someone excels.
"small talk was not his forte"
synonyms: strength, strong point, specialty, strong suit, talent, special ability, skill, bent, gift, métier;

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As a general rule the first pronunciation and spelling of a word is the one most commonly used.

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Seems they can go both ways.

tur·bine

ˈtərˌbīn,ˈtərˌbin/
noun
noun: turbine; plural noun: turbines

1. a machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted
   
2. with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.

for·te

ˈfôrˌtā, fôrt/
noun
noun: forte; noun: one's forte; plural noun: one's fortes; plural noun: fortes

1.a thing at which someone excels.
"small talk was not his forte"
synonyms: strength, strong point, specialty, strong suit, talent, special ability, skill, bent, gift, métier;

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As a general rule the first pronunciation and spelling of a word is the one most commonly used.

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Dictionary.com is more cromulent.

the definition of turbine
<turr bin> is first.
Moreover, engineers in the turbine biz say it this way.
<turr bine> sounds as grating as Paul Simon's singing <en jine>.....ew.


<for tay> does not respect the etymology!

I bet you're the kind of guy who uses "enormity" to mean "bigness".

 

[Rival]

'use to' instead of 'used to'
'bias' instead of 'biased'
and when Americans say 'panties' instead of pants. It just sounds so ****ing creepy.