Mispronounced Words: Tales of poor grammar

[jmik58]

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This topic had me thinking. What is the correct pronunciation of Hyundai?

I've heard HUN DIE as well as HIGH UN DIE. Which is it?

According to an authority on the matter:

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[Jr.]

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I know a lot of people that can't say Chipotle.. they move the 'L' in front of the 'T' and make it Chipolte.

Being from the South, we tend to just knock out syllables in words. I had a teammate in college that was from Rutherfordton County in NC.. he pronounced it "Rofton"

One that really annoys me is people saying lacksadaisical. It's lackadaisical people

[AUChase]

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I know a lot of people that can't say Chipotle.. they move the 'L' in front of the 'T' and make it Chipolte.

Being from the South, we tend to just knock out syllables in words. I had a teammate in college that was from Rutherfordton County in NC.. he pronounced it "Rofton"

One that really annoys me is people saying lacksadaisical. It's lackadaisical people

I can't remember the last time I heard someone use that word..

[VDusen04]

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I have family members who pronounce milk as "melk" and pillow as "pellow".

Strangely, both my real mom and stepmom pronounce Netflix as "Netflex". It's like, how do you think it got its name? Why is it flexing?

[mgoblue]

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There's a Phoenix based car dealership chain "Earnhardt's" with the catch phrase "that ain't no bull". Makes me cringe every time I hear it. I know what they intend to say, just a grammar nightmare.

Oh, and I get the Gonzaga thing now, didn't realize people said "zoga" more...that's way wrong.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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People from Mississippi who say skreet instead of street and say skrimp instead of shrimp. Then you have those who say wretch around instead of reach around. And finally......my mom can't say spaghetti to save her life, she always says it as spascatti.

[jmik58]

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Coupon pronounced as "KOO-pin"

It sounds like something you do in a farm town when you get tired of tippin' cows -- you tip over all the chicken shacks. "Watcha doin' tonight? Wanna go 'koopin'?"

[VDusen04]

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Coupon pronounced as "KOO-pin"

It sounds like something you do in a farm town when you get tired of tippin' cows -- you tip over all the chicken shacks. "Watcha doin' tonight? Wanna go 'koopin'?"

So, I'm going to put myself out there a little bit but, what is the correct pronunciation? I've always gone with "Coo-pon". My logic stems from how we pronounce "coup". I haven't heard "koo-pin" in my area but I do get a lot of "cue-pon". I personally do not see any part of that word that'd suggest "cue".

So, coo-pon, yes?

[trobinson97]

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People from Mississippi who say skreet instead of street and say skrimp instead of shrimp. Then you have those who say wretch around instead of reach around. And finally......my mom can't say spaghetti to save her life, she always says it as spascatti.

All of this is rampant in South lol. Skreet, skrawberry, skrip club, a lot of people just have trouble with the "str" sound.

My oldest son has trouble with the "ur" sound as in "bird". He's says "bud" and bugga instead of burger.

Coupon pronounced as "KOO-pin"

It sounds like something you do in a farm town when you get tired of tippin' cows -- you tip over all the chicken shacks. "Watcha doin' tonight? Wanna go 'koopin'?"

My aunt says it like that. I myself keep going back and forth between "Coo-pon" and "Cue-pon".

[Gotmadskillzson]

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LOL it is so many people say gyro wrong. Everything from guy-row, to year-row, to hi-row.

[bcruise]

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Although, hearing wash pronounced with an "r" as "warsh" makes me twitch a bit, or creek pronounced "crick".

Yep, same here from another Missourian. Drives me nuts, and I hear it a lot around here.

[jmik58]

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So, I'm going to put myself out there a little bit but, what is the correct pronunciation? I've always gone with "Coo-pon". My logic stems from how we pronounce "coup". I haven't heard "koo-pin" in my area but I do get a lot of "cue-pon". I personally do not see any part of that word that'd suggest "cue".

So, coo-pon, yes?

I say "cue-pawn" but I have no problem with "coo-pawn" -- I think either is allowed (?). It's the "-pin" that gets me.

[LingeringRegime]

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I hate when Valentine's Day becomes Valemtime's Day.

[mb625]

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I heard this a lot in Iowa. People pronounce the "s" at the end Des Moines. Another good one is Iowa being pronounced "EYE-o-way"


Although, hearing wash pronounced with an "r" as "warsh" makes me twitch a bit

These two are my big ones. I still don't understand why people here find it necessary to put the s at the end of Des Moines. Also, not necessarily a mispronunciation, but one of my pet peeves is when someone will say "I seen him yesterday" instead of "I saw him yesterday." That absolutely drives me up a wall.

[nemesis04]

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I have a relative who pronounces license as LICE - NESS. I had to piece together a conversation to actually figure out what she was saying, lol.