Much nicer words compared to what I call them. (I can't stand those damn things.)
Phrases, Words and Mispronunciations That Bother You
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'Innit' '110 percent' 'Lakeland Sauce' all these 'boil my piss' whenever I hear them.
Funniest thing...I just had some peanut butter while wearing my stocking cap.
If you were to wear the jar on the head you'd come closer to what I call those caps. ?
The misuse of the "unique". Unique means the one and only. It doesn't mean a rare case or limited quantity.
Citations were terrible cars ahaha.Cite! Not site!
It comes from the word “citation”, which in Latin means “shitty car from the 80s”.
Y'all are a grumpy bunch. I find common mispronunciations amusing, not annoying. I'm not originally from Australia so I love hearing what they call Occa Australian with it's strange and unusual sayings and pronunciations.
I also find it amusing that @cosmicfolklore often uses 'setting' instead of 'sitting'. It conjures up the idea of sitting in a very relaxed manner.
In my household mispronunciations simply become part of the language. For example, we use 'blankent' instead of 'blanket' because my daughter used to pronounce it like that. Another example is 'undiewear' for 'underwear'.
My son used to forget to pronounce the 's' or 'sch' in words, so 'school' became 'cool' and 'special' became 'pecial'. I think for a while he simply didn't hear those sounds. We frequently still pronounce words that way (well my wife does to her own great amusement).
I also find it amusing that @cosmicfolklore often uses 'setting' instead of 'sitting'. It conjures up the idea of sitting in a very relaxed manner.
In my household mispronunciations simply become part of the language. For example, we use 'blankent' instead of 'blanket' because my daughter used to pronounce it like that. Another example is 'undiewear' for 'underwear'.
My son used to forget to pronounce the 's' or 'sch' in words, so 'school' became 'cool' and 'special' became 'pecial'. I think for a while he simply didn't hear those sounds. We frequently still pronounce words that way (well my wife does to her own great amusement).
Overused phrases :
"at the end of the day..."
"epic"
"surreal"
"unprecedented"
"roll-out"
And maybe the most misspelled word in all of history (and so frequent on pipe forums);
It's tongue - not tounge, tong, tung or toung.
"at the end of the day..."
"epic"
"surreal"
"unprecedented"
"roll-out"
And maybe the most misspelled word in all of history (and so frequent on pipe forums);
It's tongue - not tounge, tong, tung or toung.
Among most hated sounds: aspiring one's "t's". Be--er, advan-age, win-er... AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!
The dreaded glottal stop. I agree.
That’s common here in NE Ohio to drop the “t” in some places. Not in the Cockney way...but yeah, winter is winner around here. Also the City of Mentor is NOT pronounced Men-Tor but Menner. You can always spot people from out of town by how they pronounce it. We also have Mantua...that’s pronounced “Man-Away.”
Some mispronunciations are amusing and acceptable. I know an old hillbilly type who works at a state park and is really proud of the “pervillium” he built at the picnic grounds. I call pavilions per-vill-ee-ums now. Some words and things just grate though.
For some strange reason in our house the remote control has become referred to as a “turtle tamer.” I have no idea why. But, when we have had people over for the first time, when we ask where the turtle tamer is, they know exactly what we are talking about.
Channel changer, turtle tamer, close enough.??
In the states, many pronunciations of words are regionally-based. In my part of the Northeast we said crick (and it was specifically descriptive). A crick was smaller than a creek (just a little trickling thing) and a creek was smaller than a stream and a stream was smaller than a river. Although a creek could also be considered a stream. But most often not.
And many families from Western NY said "warsh" instead of wash. And we made fun of them (as if they were hillbillies). Those things are handed down via family generations.
For pecans? We said pee-cans and not puh cons. We thought that puh-cans was a southern thing and/or spoken by rich snobby folks.
And we still have the valley girl crap where people use the word "like" in every other word in a sentence. "So like I was driving my car, and like, this guy looks at me, and like, he like totally creeped me out, like."
"Totally." "Totally-like."
And many families from Western NY said "warsh" instead of wash. And we made fun of them (as if they were hillbillies). Those things are handed down via family generations.
For pecans? We said pee-cans and not puh cons. We thought that puh-cans was a southern thing and/or spoken by rich snobby folks.
And we still have the valley girl crap where people use the word "like" in every other word in a sentence. "So like I was driving my car, and like, this guy looks at me, and like, he like totally creeped me out, like."
"Totally." "Totally-like."
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That one! “Go out there and give 110%!”
Chimley for chimney.. There I guy I work with. I swear everytime there is one in sight he says chimley.
Y’all need to relax a little.
BTW, Happy ValentiMes Day tomorrow.
BTW, Happy ValentiMes Day tomorrow.
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