Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do) - Page 23

Dids · #**221** 08-11-2006, 04:05 PM

A few of my peeves:

"ofTen"

"libary"

Things I do:

I have a pseudo canadian/north midwest thing that I got from my mom. "melk" "soar-y" things like that.

I used to say "ratio" as "rat e o" like patio.

I used to say type-er-writer.

crfergu · #**222** 08-11-2006, 04:07 PM

Bartholomew. A kid I went to summer camp went by this instead of Bart, and I always seemed to add an "L" to the end and pronounce it as Bar-thall-a-mule. He finally corrected me and I just began using Bart instead.

nickg1532 · #**223** 08-11-2006, 04:08 PM

many midwestern people pronounce wash, washington, etc. "worshington". i have no idea why.

Dids · #**224** 08-11-2006, 04:09 PM

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many midwestern people pronounce wash, washington, etc. "worshington". i have no idea why.

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Really hate this one, a lot.

Tennenbaum · #**225** 08-11-2006, 04:09 PM

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A few of my peeves:

"ofTen"

"libary"

Things I do:

I have a pseudo canadian/north midwest thing that I got from my mom. "melk" "soar-y" things like that.

I used to say "ratio" as "rat e o" like patio.

I used to say type-er-writer.

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Oh wow. I do the sorry = soary thing once and a while too. Prob. from my dad. I say popcorn weird too...or at least according to my Ex. I dont know how to type it like I say it.

Dids · #**226** 08-11-2006, 04:11 PM

I was trying to remember it, but if I say "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to help you get the milk out of your pillow tomorrow", a lot of you won't think I was born in this country.

Borodog · #**227** 08-11-2006, 04:13 PM

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I also pronounced melancholy like melankoly until I was reading aloud in class in highschool and got laughed at by my teacher for it.

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As opposed to . . . ?

Is there some other way to pronounce it other than like melon-collie?

Kneel B4 Zod · #**228** 08-11-2006, 04:13 PM

I have some weird speech thing where I say "beer" like "bare"

Phoenix1010 · #**229** 08-11-2006, 04:15 PM

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I also pronounced melancholy like melankoly until I was reading aloud in class in highschool and got laughed at by my teacher for it.

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As opposed to . . . ?

Is there some other way to pronounce it other than like melon-collie?

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ank as in tank. Melank-uh-lee.

jar · #**230** 08-11-2006, 04:32 PM

7ontheline: I always heard this in old TV shows when a woman was about to give birth, as in "She's dialated to 10 'sontimeters', it won't be long now." I thought it was some other measurement for years.

There was a Finnish hockey player in Philly named Janne Niinimaa. It irritated me to no end hearing the one of the announcers on the national Fox broadcasts say neem-ih-nuh. I eventually learned that he was using the correct Finnish pronounciation, and everyone saying it as written was wrong.