What wourds do you hate hearing mispronouced on TV
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I suppose I don't enjoy hearing any of them mispronounced....
I suppose I don't enjoy hearing any of them mispronounced....
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News anchors that develop a spanish accent while reporting about Me-hee-co. Drives me insane.
tony_gam said:
When I moved to Phl I had never heard this OR "my-en" for "mine". Or "atty-tood" for that matter. I went to church with my sister and her friend and they were so convulsed at something the priest said I made them leave. When I asked them about it, they said they'd never heard every vowel in "beautiful" pronounced. That's when I knew I had been here too long.
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I hate hearing the 't' pronounced in often.
The thing that irks me the most, though, is grammatical.. Improper usage of the words 'was' and 'were'. Were is used in the subjunctive case, or if the condition of the sentence has never been met before. Examples:
"I wish I were abducted by aliens."
"If I were to be abducted by aliens, no one would care."
The thing that irks me the most, though, is grammatical.. Improper usage of the words 'was' and 'were'. Were is used in the subjunctive case, or if the condition of the sentence has never been met before. Examples:
"I wish I were abducted by aliens."
"If I were to be abducted by aliens, no one would care."
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I hate it when someone says "I could care less".
The expression, friends and neighbors, is "I couldn't care less".
Because if you say "I could care less", well, it means you could.
Care less, that is.
Does this make sense? Why do I feel like Never should be making this post?
The expression, friends and neighbors, is "I couldn't care less".
Because if you say "I could care less", well, it means you could.
Care less, that is.
Does this make sense? Why do I feel like Never should be making this post?
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I hate it when tv personalities pronounce "wourds" wrong.
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Todd, I thought for sure this post was about the Knorr commercial I have seen on tv recently. Now, I ask you, how is the word Knorr (brand name for soup mixes, etc) pronounced? I have always assumed that the K was silent, as in knot, knife, etc. On the Knorr commercial however, the pronounce the K. It drives me bonkers! Aaaarrrggg! I want to scream at the tv!
How does the woman on Home Savvy pronounce 'sauna'? Being a Finnish-Canadian, I pronounce the word 'sauna' as 'sow-na' which is the correct, Finnish pronunciation. Most North Americans, however, pronounce it 'saw-na'. This is another thing that drives me bonkers. Especially from people who know better and are aware of this pet peeve of mine.
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How does the woman on Home Savvy pronounce 'sauna'? Being a Finnish-Canadian, I pronounce the word 'sauna' as 'sow-na' which is the correct, Finnish pronunciation. Most North Americans, however, pronounce it 'saw-na'. This is another thing that drives me bonkers. Especially from people who know better and are aware of this pet peeve of mine.
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Potatoes and Tomatoes, it's potata's and tomata's
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And on the same subject, can somebody tell me when the word "Noel" suddenly started getting spelled "Nowell"?
I went to sing that hymn at Christmas Mass and saw the spelling change in the hymnal and said, "WTF?".
Well, not out loud. I was in church, after all.
I went to sing that hymn at Christmas Mass and saw the spelling change in the hymnal and said, "WTF?".
Well, not out loud. I was in church, after all.
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"Li-berry" has to be the number one teeth-grater mispronunciation. Also, "Valentime's Day," "punkin," and "sam-wich." I also detest when people leave off the t on words like "tract" and "district."
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Don't you just hate it when they can't pronounce:
supersadomasochisticsexpialidocious? http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/net8/TEUFEL.GIF
supersadomasochisticsexpialidocious? http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/net8/TEUFEL.GIF
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of·ten (ôfn, fn, ôftn, f-)
adv. of·ten·er, of·ten·est.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
often \Of`ten\, adv.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
adv. of·ten·er, of·ten·est.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
often \Of`ten\, adv.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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You have to be medical but I hate hate hate it when someone tells me that the patient's O2 stat is 92 instead of their O2 sat.
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Psst, Cheyenne.. it was a joke.
Okay, that bombed. If you hate to listen to mispronouncements (I'm certain that's a word) you'd hate to listen to me. As I've lived in several parts of the US my enunciation changes every time I say a word sometimes. Case in point 'often'.
Mr. DeVir: "How often do you mispronounce a word?"
Never: "Not AWFT-den." (In a short sentence always make the most of a word)
Mr. DeVir: "I suppose you have an excuse for your behavior?
Never: "I'm sorry, I don't AWF-en get out like that." (When you're being bad say as little as possible.)
Never: "How's you?"
Mr. Thick and Hardy: "Dude! C Lady and I got sooo wasted last night."
Never: "Now there's something I don't hear AWF-den enough."
If I like someone I'll pronounce words the same way they do - if I don't I won't.
While I'm at it Goucho, stop stealing my posts.
Okay, that bombed. If you hate to listen to mispronouncements (I'm certain that's a word) you'd hate to listen to me. As I've lived in several parts of the US my enunciation changes every time I say a word sometimes. Case in point 'often'.
Mr. DeVir: "How often do you mispronounce a word?"
Never: "Not AWFT-den." (In a short sentence always make the most of a word)
Mr. DeVir: "I suppose you have an excuse for your behavior?
Never: "I'm sorry, I don't AWF-en get out like that." (When you're being bad say as little as possible.)
Never: "How's you?"
Mr. Thick and Hardy: "Dude! C Lady and I got sooo wasted last night."
Never: "Now there's something I don't hear AWF-den enough."
If I like someone I'll pronounce words the same way they do - if I don't I won't.
While I'm at it Goucho, stop stealing my posts.
