OT: Mispronunciations you hate

[browndog319]

Irregardless of what was said, I hate it when someone corrects or points out a grammatical or pronounciation mistake.
Oh and the use of literally

Every teen overuses the word literally now. My daughter got in an argument with us this week about how she “literally turned in her English assignment so she didn’t know why her teacher was emailing us and giving her an incomplete.” Her dad texted her she should learn that if she “literally” turned it in, he would have it. She actually had photo proof and proof that kids looked at it. It was sort of funny. But she probably uses literally 30 times a day.

 

[browndog319]

Every talking head on TV saying "the COVID 19 Virus."
What do you think the V in COVID stands for, you redundant fool?

I’m just saying they got the Vid

 

[Chin Diesel]

Irregardless...not a word

People in CT who say they've got an idear...new englanders tend to drop letters, not sure why they decide to add an r

Irregardless is a word. Not complicated. It's in the dictionary. You can say it's redundant in its meaning or means the exact same thing as regardless. You can say it's nonstandard or irregular. You can say it's awkward and doesn't read well. Those would all be opinions and are valid.

But it is a word.

Definition of IRREGARDLESS

regardless… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

not a mispronunciation...but "very unique" drives me nuts

Mine is "possibly one of the [most/best/worst/etc. ] ..."
Pick one or the other, not hoth

 

[Vancat]

ECKcetera
Supposably
All the sudden

 

[Deepster]

I want to axe a question...

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Not a pronouciation but when folks write EST during daylight saving time. ET is never wrong!

The moment this thread strays from mispronunciation...not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Sphinx]

I hate it when people pronounce the word "from" as if it were "than." Example: "A horse is different than a cow." Oh, really? Is that to say a horse differs than a cow?

I also hate it when people misspell their given names, as, for example, the pro golfer who spells his name "Jhonattan" instead of "Jonathan." People say, "Hey, it's your name. You can spell it the way you like." Oh, really? Does that mean you can spell your name B-O-B and pronounce it "Jack?"

 

[Devland]

One of the most mispronounced words in the English language is espresso. There is no x. There are also several words the have two correct pronunciations. Such as creek.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Supposebly

Exspearment


When they say sangwich bothers me more.

My mom is Sicilian and often would drop the letter H out of words. "Ready to go ome?" Would always get me going.

Also “supposively”

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I hear "scenario" pronounced with an "air-io" and an "are-io".

As a Tribe Called Quest fan growing up, the "are-io" pronunciation offends me. Lol. It also sounds more snobby IMO.

 

[UCLJ0211]

I ok with that now. I had a student explain, "I stopped caring so long ago, I could care less now, but I chose not to."

So there’s still some level of care for the topic in that case

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

If no one said samwich we would never have sammies!!

nope

My niece Sammie posted a picture of her sammich Wednesday evening in a family group txt

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Yes- Probably the most misused expression out there

If not "out there," probably "in here."

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Lose and loose are used incorrectly every single day on social media.

 

[mauconnfan]

I could literally care less about this!

 

[UCLJ0211]

If not "out there," probably "in here."

Sounds like a mute point to me

 

[SoFla Steve]

Asteriks or asterik instead of asterisk.

 

[imno1]

This litera

I could literally care less about this!

no one axe you

 

[HCCForever]

I hear "scenario" pronounced with an "air-io" and an "are-io".

As a Tribe Called Quest fan growing up, the "are-io" pronunciation offends me. Lol. It also sounds more snobby IMO.

I worked with a guy who pronounced it Skah Nario.

 

[mauconnfan]

This litera

no one axe you

I axed myself!

 

[Devland]

I often mispronounce bourbon. But only when I'm ordering my third one.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Zero is a number and O is a letter

And both should be banned from being in a WiFi password.

 

[Sphinx]

I often mispronounce bourbon. But only when I'm ordering my third one.

"Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks."

 

[Devland]

And both should be banned from being in a WiFi password.

As should lower case "L" (l) and uppercase "i" (I).