Mispronounced Words: Tales of poor grammar

[Blzer]

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Not really a mispronunciation, but I watch the CBS show Person of Interest with my dad, and he always calls it "People of Interest". I understand that is technically correct since there are many in the show, but it's just so funny. Also at In-N-Out Burger, you can order a Double-Double, Animal Style (two meat/two cheese, and an addition of their sauce with other stuff). He mocks my love for it and for whatever reason calls it a Triple-Double, Monster Style.

As far as mispronunciations go, I hear a lot of things quite often, but they're more specific to certain people rather than a large group of people.

[55]

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This thread strikes a chord w/ me.

Its one thing to criticize people who mispronounce words because they choose to, or have a certain dialect, or are just uneducated/don't care... its another thing to criticize people who cannot pronounce words correctly because they have an inability to form the sound correctly.

My son is 5 and he has speech delay and sees a speech pathologist through his school. He can communicate very well but some word sounds are more difficult and some formats are hard.

For instance, playing Lego Batman 2 he refers to Martian Manhunter as Martian hamhunter.

So help me god if someone was to criticize my son about his pronunciation/grammar like some on here are speaking about their dealings w/ people....hmm

Take a step back and realize that some people pronounce things a certain way because they are unable to do differently. It might be embarrassing, frustrating, what have you, but be thankful its not you.

As tempting as it might be, I don't seem recall anyone making fun of five-year-old children's speech impediments in this thread. It's mostly been about regional accents, dialects, adult people's poor grammar, etc.

[daflyboys]

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My jr h.s. wood/leather shop teacher:

"moish-un" for moisten


My wife:

"ast" for ask


My mom:


"byoo-tee-ful" for beautiful and "thur-a-pee" for therapy

[SPTO]

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According to my GF I can't pronounce the name Rachel well.

Sucks having a hearing impediment as i've been saying it the way I have all my life! She says I make it sound like "racial".

[JBH3]

As tempting as it might be, I don't seem recall anyone making fun of five-year-old children's speech impediments in this thread. It's mostly been about regional accents, dialects, adult people's poor grammar, etc.

Unless you truly know the person (friend/family) then you do not know why they mispronounce something. All I am saying is be understanding of those who cannot help they way they sound/speak.

Carry on...

[SuperBowlNachos]

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This has probably been said, but people who say "I could care less".

[RoundingThird]

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This has also probably been said but I can't stand people who say idea as i-DE-er and wolf as woof.

[oneamongthefence]

I say moren when I mean more than. As in IM Moren happy to see you.

Also this article espn cracked today.

6 Words Made Up by Stupid People (We Should Learn to Accept) - http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-words-...arn-to-accept/ - Check out this awesome article on Cracked.com

From my fingers to your eyes...

[Redacted01]

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An actual grammar annoyance: when people don't know the difference in accept and except. As in, I can actually ask which one means what and they don't know, not just typing the wrong word.

[jmik58]

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A guy at work pronounces "bariatric" like it starts with a "v" : "very-at-rick"

[shugknight]

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When little kids say Aminals..

it's Animals dammmit!!!

I kid..

[jmik58]

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Height pronounced like it has a "th" at the end.

[Blzer]

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^ Like above, I was teaching area of polygons in a math class with units involved, so if we write down "80 ft^2," the students are actually saying "Eighty feet squared" as opposed to saying "Eighty square feet." They never stop, either.

[cardsfan2222]

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I hate when people say Missouri as Missourah.

My wife drives me crazy by pronouncing crayons as crans.

[Redacted01]

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^ Like above, I was teaching area of polygons in a math class with units involved, so if we write down "80 ft^2," the students are actually saying "Eighty feet squared" as opposed to saying "Eighty square feet." They never stop, either.

As a mathematician, I'm going to say you are just nitpicking. Feet squared is perfectly fine. They are saying it as it is written and there isn't anything incorrect about it.

A guy at work pronounces "bariatric" like it starts with a "v" : "very-at-rick"

Where are they from? Not all languages have the sound.