why does it irratate people when other people dont pronounce words properly?

Answer 1

As above, not only lazy and uneducated, but unintelligent. Which is really unfair for the speaker of the improperly pronounced word because it represents them in a manner that they probably do not want thought of them. Furthermore, it might cause them to regularly incorporate the mispronouced word on a regular basis and have negative side effects on opportunities such as job interviews, or even dates. You could be dating a hot, intelligent person and you blow it by seeming an idiot. There is a lot of things you can affect by doing this sort thing.

Answer 2

Yeah, I'm Indian and here English isn't our native tongue; so many people don't get the pronunciation right.
But I've just got out of high school with top grades in English (i.e. I read a lot, write quite well and have a good vocab) and it does irritate me when older people like teachers can't pronounce words properly!

Answer 3

Because when u know how a word should be pronounced, it seems as though the speaker is ignorant or lazy. It also makes them diffcult to understand. I'll tell u what also irritates me -poor spelling. (Sorry!)

Answer 4

I normally overlook it. But there a few exceptions. The most irritating of all is when well-educated people say "ex-cape" for "escape," "ex-pecially" for "especially," "ash-fault" for "asphalt," and so on.

The most widely known example is President Bush. Nobody can understand why he refuses to pronounce "nuclear" correctly.

Answer 5

It shouldn't. Unless the person learns the correct pronunciation and continues to mis-pronounce it.

That said, many words have alternative 'correct' pronunciations, so those that insist that only their version is correct are just jerks.

Answer 6

Basically, everyone believes that the way they talk is the "correct" way. There are different accents (northern, southern, etc.) and emphasis is placed on different syllables.

Answer 7

Because it makes the speaker sound lazy and uneducated.