"ax"ing a question

6/17/2008 2:48:08 PM

turrorist

6/17/2008 2:48:41 PM

can you be more pacific?

6/17/2008 2:48:57 PM

robster craw

6/17/2008 2:49:13 PM

i need to refill my subscription

6/17/2008 2:51:16 PM

can I go to the liberry?

6/17/2008 2:52:33 PM

tornader

6/17/2008 2:53:19 PM

i overheard some kids working in the bar area in the golf course club house last friday when i was having a beer. they were discussing annunciate and pronounce. and if there was a such thing as pronounciate or if it was just pronounce/pronunciation






oh and to the OP. its PRONOUNCE. not pernounce



[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 2:54 PM. Reason : f]

6/17/2008 2:53:33 PM

Americans don't often mispernounce things. I think you misunderestimate us.

6/17/2008 2:54:11 PM

hes a terrorist looking to be a dentist in the us, and want to put lead in your teeth, i would not accpet any health care from a foreigner nowadays, sorry if i offended anyone.

6/17/2008 2:55:33 PM

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

6/17/2008 2:59:00 PM

wow, that was a mouful

6/17/2008 2:59:36 PM

nucular ftl

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Reason : also, ^that's what she said]

6/17/2008 2:59:39 PM

How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.

6/17/2008 3:02:25 PM

Quote :

"oh and to the OP. its PRONOUNCE. not pernounce "

I think you missed it.

6/17/2008 3:05:09 PM

Is this thread about mispronunciations or regional pronunciations?


Because I think tornader and turrorist fall under regional.

6/17/2008 3:07:05 PM

well couldn't pacific and ax be considered . uhhh . . ethnic?
(robsta craw)

6/17/2008 3:08:20 PM

Ralphie May loves 'cooba diving'

6/17/2008 3:11:29 PM

asheburrel and greensburrel

(asheboro and greensboro)

shit drives me mad, B!

6/17/2008 3:12:59 PM

^ SAME HERE!

affect/effect

6/17/2008 3:15:00 PM

liable

6/17/2008 3:16:04 PM

fried rice

6/17/2008 3:16:19 PM

I have often heard people say, "It's a mute point."

6/17/2008 3:19:19 PM

Quote :

"asheburrel and greensburrel (asheboro and greensboro)"

Holy shit. People actually say this?

6/17/2008 3:20:34 PM

Many of you probably don't even know these--I don't think they even teach them in school anymore:

a pronunciation

Quote :

"Pronounce the article a softly, as in applause, unless you want to use a long a, as in play, to emphasize that what follows is singular. Example: "I did not ask for a [pronounced with emphasis] paper clip. I asked for a whole box.'"

the: when does it sound like thee?

Quote :

"The definite article should sound like thee before a word that begins with a vowel sound, as in 'the AMA' and 'the NAACP.' When the comes before a consonant sound, as in 'the BBC' and 'the USA,' say "thuh," except when you want to stress the as if it had a few extra e's, as in 'the Bill Gates.'"

From Right, Wrong, and Risky by Mark Davidson

6/17/2008 3:20:41 PM

i guess i did miss it

6/17/2008 3:20:58 PM

I SPEEK ENGRISH!

6/17/2008 3:21:04 PM

Quote :

"Holy shit. People actually say this? "

not only do they fucking say it..they honestly do not hear or understand what's wrong with what they're saying

6/17/2008 3:21:25 PM

Quote :

"I have often heard people say, "It's a mute point.""

That's more like wrong word choice. Which the words I posted could be classified as that too.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM. Reason : blah]

6/17/2008 3:21:37 PM

Everyone should know it's a moo point. It's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:23 PM. Reason : ^ I think it's clear people who say it are going for the common phrase]

6/17/2008 3:21:51 PM

Also, it's not often mispronounced, but it drove me crazy at the time.

My biology teacher in high school always pronounced puma like pyuma, not pooma -- if that makes sense.

6/17/2008 3:22:58 PM

British people always pronounce aluminum as "aluminium"

6/17/2008 3:30:07 PM

Quote :

"My biology teacher in high school always pronounced puma like pyuma, not pooma -- if that makes sense."

I can see how someone would confuse that. People don't have "poobic" hairs.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:32 PM. Reason : still no excuse, though.]

6/17/2008 3:31:26 PM

At the local government meetings I have been to, everyone pronounces "fiscal" like "physical"

They know it's a different word, what it means, and how to spell it, but they still pronounce it wrong for some reason.

6/17/2008 3:32:47 PM

adding to my topics.
i'm all about some diction.

6/17/2008 3:40:43 PM

Saying mirror as mir.

Also, I used to write for a newspaper in Clinton, SC. The people who were from Clinton pronounced it as Clinnon, and they said they'd know you were from out of town if you pronounced it as Clinton.

6/17/2008 3:41:20 PM

chester drawers

6/17/2008 3:41:55 PM

Ahhh the asheboro and greensboro one is so true

I'm from Trinity, NC and all the hicks say TRIN-TY....it upsets me at times

Oh and I hate when people says THEE-ATER for theatre

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM. Reason : blah]

6/17/2008 3:42:16 PM

Specific-Pacific.

6/17/2008 3:42:55 PM

it annoys me (sometimes) when people switch continual and continuous.
although it's kind of an obscure one.

6/17/2008 3:43:19 PM

vetanarian

6/17/2008 3:44:04 PM

vetTREEnarian

wrong.

6/17/2008 3:44:47 PM

I hate when people say "wuhter"

6/17/2008 3:45:34 PM

wuhter is right

WATTer isnot right

6/17/2008 3:46:22 PM

worter

6/17/2008 3:47:29 PM

Quote :

"chester drawers"

this is maddening!

winder gets me everytime. "Roll up the winder...it's cold"

6/17/2008 3:48:04 PM

i have a friend who says "supposably"

i drives me crazy when she does it.


another friend who calls vietnamese vietmanese

6/17/2008 3:48:19 PM

wawter also according to dictinary.com

6/17/2008 3:48:20 PM

Quote :

"i have a friend who says "supposably""

I just said it over and over and was like "whats wrong with that?"

I get it now

6/17/2008 3:50:06 PM

Quote :

"vietmanese"

ha!

and I just can't bring myself to pronouncify it "wuhter" or "wutter." that just seems weird. oh well. if that's my worst offense, i can deal with it.

6/17/2008 3:52:55 PM