It annoys me when people write "wallah" when they mean "voila."
Also people calling tuques "beanies" or "stocking caps."
Also people calling tuques "beanies" or "stocking caps."
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Phrases, Words and Mispronunciations That Bother You
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Well, on my yacht we serve candied puh-kons.
You probably also don't like "rowt" for "route"! I think "ruf" for "roof" was already mentioned.
I think that's why I am sensitive to it, as I haven't lived in that part of the world for 20+ years. When I go back I think I'm going to go crazy. Or that everyone else already did.Ayup!(Some how that Down East pronunciation is a favorite for "yes".)
Solution: Move to where it's not pronounced that way. I did!
It annoys me when people call stocking caps "toques". Or drinking fountains "bubblers", or a line a "queue".
But I'm totally with you on the "Wallah" thing.
The word “cart” is sharp and hurtful to the Southern ear... except Floridians. “Buggy” os softer and more fun and palatable to the Southern disposition.
We have buggies, up there, they have shopping KARTS. It sounds curt and sharp, K and the RT.
When I was a kid, everything was a buggy. From the car to the wheelbarrow. “Go get that buggy.”
Now, when I play golf with a Northern friend. They ride in a golfKART, and I wiz around in the buggy.
It’s just about being civil to the ears.
We have buggies, up there, they have shopping KARTS. It sounds curt and sharp, K and the RT.
When I was a kid, everything was a buggy. From the car to the wheelbarrow. “Go get that buggy.”
Now, when I play golf with a Northern friend. They ride in a golfKART, and I wiz around in the buggy.
It’s just about being civil to the ears.
When people call it “cold slaw.”
Pronouncing milk as: Melk, or, shiver me timbers MOLK. ?
Pronouncing milk as: Melk, or, shiver me timbers MOLK. ?
Most already mentioned... “post” instead of “suppose”, i.e., You’re post to go to the meeting, and “axe” instead of “ask”, i.e., Can I axe you a question... huh?
Lovat being pronounced as lovaat when it should be pronounced as love it as in Lord Lovat whose ancestor the pipe shape was named after.
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"You can't have your cake and eat it too"......One can absolutely have their cake, and then eat it.
"You can't eat your cake and have it too" is the more accurate representation of the meaning. You can't eat your cake, and then also still have it since you have eaten it.
"You can't eat your cake and have it too" is the more accurate representation of the meaning. You can't eat your cake, and then also still have it since you have eaten it.
Sometimes it’s “uh-post to”. I had a classmate in 6th grade that would always say “I’m telling on the teacher” combining “telling on you” with “telling the teacher”.
Buggies are for babies. You use a cart to cart things around in. ?The word “cart” is sharp and hurtful to the Southern ear... except Floridians. “Buggy” os softer and more fun and palatable to the Southern disposition.
We have buggies, up there, they have shopping KARTS. It sounds curt and sharp, K and the RT.
When I was a kid, everything was a buggy. From the car to the wheelbarrow. “Go get that buggy.”
Now, when I play golf with a Northern friend. They ride in a golfKART, and I wiz around in the buggy.
It’s just about being civil to the ears.
I seen so many that theirs just to big a list...and now I's at the point where's I could care less anyhoo.
The intrusive “r”. Makes my head hurt so much that I will not site an example.
You mean when Brits say pizzer instead of pizza?
The idea”r” is literally killing me ?
Using "utilize" instead of "use." There's just no reason to ever use the word "utilize." When chosing between words with the same meaning, always use the one with fewer syllables and make Papa Hemingway proud of you.
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No. Buggies are for Amish. Strollers are for babies. Carts are for shopping. Jeez.
Dollies are for little girls.
Cite! Not site!
It comes from the word “citation”, which in Latin means “shitty car from the 80s”.
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