2007-05-10 03:58:39 · 14 answers · asked by trailsend1992 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Could be many reasons for this. First of all, habits are hard to break! You don't think about every word you say, if you've mispronounced something for years, you'd probably slip up often for a while. Second, accents differ, some words are pronounced differently in different places. If that's the case, someone may not feel like changing his ways, if he's proud of where he comes from, it doesn't hurt if people can hear he's not from around here. Third, some people have a sort of 'pet names' for some things; a former teacher of mine had one or two words he always pronounced funny just because he liked them better that way. Fourth, some people just hate being corrected, either they don't listen or they even keep doing it out of spite.
2007-05-10 08:16:36 · answer #1 · answered by Sheriam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a power thing. The person correcting you is being smug and is brimming over with this "I know better" expression. You've just got to wipe that off and show that YOU are the superior one. Oh yeah!
And sometimes the person correcting IS wrong. This is true with a lot of foreign words.
2007-05-10 11:43:53 · answer #2 · answered by rosaria 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they have a speech impediment or they might say words incorrectly b/c of where they grew up. People from certain parts of the country say words differently based on the region they grew up in. Think of someone from Boston and someone from New York City, completely different ways of pronouncing the same words. It's call dialect and it's very common for people to say things differently.
2007-05-10 11:03:17 · answer #3 · answered by Answer Girl 2007 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pride
2007-05-10 12:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by lds123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the advent of the sms, peoples general use of the English language has gone out the window.
Spk 2 u l8r! :)
2007-05-10 11:08:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kennette 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In some cases the person correcting them is wrong!
2007-05-10 11:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You sure do axe some funny questions.
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It's an environment thing. I have a friend who's mother is from New York, and she says "Dorter" for "Daughter". What's mispronunciation for one person is normal English for another.
2007-05-10 11:01:26 · answer #7 · answered by ....... 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Possibly to annoy the jerk who keeps on correcting them.
2007-05-10 11:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by ablabaga 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Habit.
2007-05-10 11:00:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
some people do it for laughs. some do it because they can't pronounce it properly. some can't hear it right and think they are saying it properly. some just don't care.
2007-05-10 11:01:32 · answer #10 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋