Phrases, Words and Mispronunciations That Bother You

[smudgersmissingleg]

Or, in NY: duh- may-duh.

The way New Yorkers pronounce coffee blows my mind.

Cawffe

?

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Joe Dolce! I remember that song being number 1 when I was a little kid back in the 80’s?.

 

[edger]

The way New Yorkers pronounce coffee blows my mind.

Cawffe

?

Yeah, and when they have the occasional cuppa, they put in the milk WITH the teabag. Revolting. And I grew up on Long Island!

 

[canucklehead]

 

[coming to_falling too]

The way New Yorkers pronounce coffee blows my mind.

Cawffe

?

How should coffee be pronounced?

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Yeah, and when they have the occasional cuppa, they put in the milk WITH the teabag. Revolting. And I grew up on Long Island!

Milk WITH the tea???

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

How should coffee be pronounced?

Covfefe?

 

[edger]

Milk WITH the tea???

The only way to drink strong Punjana black tea. Sugar would be an abomination.

 

[shanez]

What the hell is up with "p"? Is it a covert operative?
pteranadon
pterodactyl
psychology
psionic
psoriasis
pseudo
Ptolemy

Don't forget about the o. As in opossum...

 

[coming to_falling too]

Covfefe?

I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced that way. Cov-fe-fe....interesting.

 

[Jaylotw]

What the hell is up with "p"? Is it a covert operative?
pteranadon
pterodactyl
psychology
psionic
psoriasis
pseudo
Ptolemy

Pterodactyls are Pterrifying.

 

[timt]

Pterodactyls are Pterrifying.

ptrue

 

[mso489]

I may have posted this before, but I like to mention the proper usage of the medical term schizophrenia, having a family member so afflicted. It does not mean split personality or multiple personality; those have nothing to do with it. It is not to be used when you have mixed feelings or are of two minds about something. That image would be, I have a split personality on the subject. Schizophrenia is a fragmentation of thought that is also accompanied by hearing voices. There may be multiple voices, but the individual does not have the sense of being several or many personalities. For layman who have heard this misused, I understand. This is an unfortunate misnomer. What piqued my anger was when I worked with many medical scientists some of whom would use this in presentations meaning to be of two minds about something. These guys and gals were highly educated and had done the reading and formal course work to know better. I say, feel free to correct anyone, but especially professionals, who display this lack of knowledge. The afflicted folks are stigmatized enough, and their families concerned enough, without others introducing crazy confusion on the subject. Sadly, schizophrenia often surfaces in late adolescence or young adulthood when the patient has "taken flight" from home and is gradually less able to cope.

 

[BarrelProof]

Where does it's say there's a different spelling in the article you posted? I only see it spelled as "aluminium."

Do these guys know anything about spelling?

 

[BarrelProof]

Fair enough.

But what about "herb" then? Where did the h go?

It's herb not erb.
HERB! ?

The ell you say!

(Just speaking with a British accent)

 

[Chasing Embers]

Don't forget about the o. As in opossum...

I've always heard the o pronounced. "uh-PO•suhm"

 

[Chasing Embers]

Schizophrenia is a fragmentation of thought that is also accompanied by hearing voices.

When it gets to that point it falls into paranoid schizophrenia. My mother and one of her sisters suffers from that one.

 

[Chasing Embers]

ptrue

ptotally ptrue pto ptell pthe ptruth

 

[Chasing Embers]

Milk WITH the tea???

I like it with black and chai.

 

[olkofri]

^^
The right reaction to someone mentioning 'peanut butter'.