OT: Mispronunciations you hate

[CTBasketball]

When people try to say "ask" and they say "ax."

When people pronounce Appalachia like "Apple AY chia" instead of "Apple ACH ia."

 

[Dove]

When people try to say "ask" and they say "ax."

When people pronounce Appalachia like "Apple AY chia" instead of "Apple ACH ia."

Sorry. It's Apple-ACH-uh

 

[methodology]

Oregon

85% of people in the northeast pronounce it incorrectly

 

[Ratso]

water in philly is wooder

i’ve been living here 15 yrs wooder sounds perfectly fine nowadays

 

[mussels]

A lady at the Chinese restaurant just said she was there to pick up her “General Toce” chicken. I don’t even know the right way to prounounce tso but the way she pronounced it got me more angry that I should’ve been for some reason.

Given her clear over-the-top behavior, I think you showed amazing restraint. Pretty sure I would have decked her on the spot.

 

[Get a Job]

Since revert means to go back "revert back" means going back back.
Similar to when a person means to say they've changed and they mean to say they've done a 180 but instead say they did a 360. You are back where you started.

Still disagree. Including the word "back" can be reasonably called redundant, but it does not modify the meaning of "revert." The situation is no different than saying "progress forward." Would you argue the inclusion of "forward" changes the meaning of "progress?"

Also, linguistically speaking, the 180 vs. 360 faux pas is not similar to the "revert back" scenario whatsoever.

 

[Leebo]

A lot of the complaints aren't about pronunciations.

It's not that surprising though, I guess.

 

[Lefty2one]

My mother, who spent 34 years as an elementary school teacher, was militant during our childhood about us not pronouncing the T in "often". I still pronounce it with a silent T out of habit but I hardly ever hear anyone else say "off-in".

Not sure if this qualifies but I can't stand when people say "I'm standing on line" instead of "in line". "On accident" instead of "by accident" is another one that gets my goat.

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Not sure if this qualifies but I can't stand when people say "I'm standing on line" instead of "in line". "On accident" instead of "by accident" is another one that gets my goat.

Similar to TV saying that a show is broadcast at 10 am “on the west”. It’s either in the west or on the west coast, but I hate hearing “on the west”

 

[Get a Job]

Aritcle

 

[CL82]

Oregon

85% of people in the northeast pronounce it incorrectly

Probably but it is my favorite spice.

 

[HuskyFich]

Supposebly...

Like cmon mannnnn