Such as 'arks' instead of 'ask' & 'prostrate' instead of 'prostate'. This bugs me, but I couldn't be so rude as to correct them.
2007-10-24 01:18:12 · 14 answers · asked by puddle_duk 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I get very irritated when people say they decorate costumes with SEQUENCES, when it should be SEQUINS.
Rather petty, I know, but, yes, it annoys me too.
2007-10-24 01:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by cloud43 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was thrown out of a class for having
pointed out an instructor's errant
pronunciation of,
Nuclear.
That was in 1980.
Also for me:
* They'll divide Often into two major syllables,
with a hard 'T'.
* Sim-You-lar, vs. the right, Similar.
* The Supposably one is Supposedly fixable,
but, it is rather grating.
* Where DO they get Aluminum's "alternate"?
* I've met three separately-affiliated people
from Stanford University who pronounce
Good in an oddly faux-pompous tone,
as though they are owners of it, as though
it were floating apart from the rest of their
words in a phrasing.
* For brevity, I shalln't go on.
Shouldn't that be "shan't"?
2007-10-24 08:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by rockman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah I know what you mean I hear people call a fire a far and instead of saying start the car they say crunk the car or how about linoleom being said as minoleom or haunted house hounted house or how about when somone is talking about one of their feet hurting and someone says my left feets hurts I mean come on how many left and right feets does one person have.How about when someone says can I ask you a favor but says flavor instead. Thats just a few samples of words I hear quiet often.
2007-10-24 08:26:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah the "axe" instead of ask buggs me too.. but what really annoys me is when people throw around the words "irregardless" and "like".
Just for the record.. I can't for the life of me pronounce Aluminium and I don't try!
2007-10-24 08:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Jen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nuc-ular instead of nuclear
And why do Americans pronouce aluminium as alloominum?
2007-10-24 08:51:52 · answer #5 · answered by Shona L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nucular instead of nuclear.
Prolly instead of probably.
Aks instead of ask.
Pose ta instead of supposed to.
Share instead of chair (tends to be a native spanish speaker's problem).
2007-10-24 08:28:27 · answer #6 · answered by MJ3000 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hear people say 'supposably' instead of supposedly all the time. Highly annoying.
2007-10-24 08:21:06 · answer #7 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Prolly (for probably) is another word that comes to mind. This word is even written 'prolly'.
2007-10-24 08:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum instead of Aluminium...
Erbs instead of Herbs...
Axe instead of Ask...
Nucular instead of Nuclear...
And many, many, more
2007-10-24 08:27:59 · answer #9 · answered by Lowlevel 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well, people usually pronounce /i/ as /ee/
i.e. live (v.)
they pronounce it as leave
so it sounds like
i leave at Illinois.
i really hate it. also bad grammar.
2007-10-24 08:30:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋