OT: - Mispronunciations you hate | Page 3 | The Boneyard

OT: Mispronunciations you hate

ashphalt for asphalt
supposably for supposedly
My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.
 
There are many, but the one(s) that drove me nuts most when I had my cafe were other shops using the terms "paninis" or "panini sandwich" or "panini bread".
 
QDOG5 said:
ashphalt for asphalt
supposably for supposedly
My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.
Expand ...


French really hate seeing Rue Street here in the states.
I was over in England an the name of a road was "The" street.
Not a fan of people saying "I may do that" or "that may work" instead of saying "I might could do that". "Mighty could" is a criminally underrated colloquialism.
 
.-.
QDOG5 said:
ashphalt for asphalt
supposably for supposedly
My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.
Expand ...
Ride that Bronco, cowboy!
 
imno1 said:
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 :)
Expand ...
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.
 
.-.
huskiesNhoos said:
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
Expand ...

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.

www.merriam-webster.com

Definition of IRREGARDLESS

regardless… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com www.merriam-webster.com
 
LIuconn said:
Not a pronouciation but when folks write EST during daylight saving time. ET is never wrong!
Expand ...
The moment this thread strays from mispronunciation...not that there's anything wrong with that.
 
.-.
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?"
 
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.
 
Last edited:
temery said:
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."
Expand ...
So there’s still some level of care for the topic in that case
 
.-.
Stlh8L8ner said:
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.
Expand ...
I worked with a guy who pronounced it Skah Nario.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,213
Messages
4,557,371
Members
10,443
Latest member
StatsMan


Top Bottom