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Most stupid mispronunciations and just weird words people say

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HumanDoing · 22/08/2023 22:41

Them instead of those - them shoes
Pacific instead of specific
Should of instead of should have
Agreemence and agreeance instead of agreement
Chorizmo instead of charisma (the guy at work actually said it, pronounced it like a sausage)

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Bitsadtoday1 · 23/08/2023 07:25

My dh talks about going to Mataland (the well known shop 😊) and chimleys ( the things on the roof)
These are really sweet and endearing as well as funny, and what I thought the thread was asking.
Picking people up on brought/ bought or should of/ could of as well as local dialects is snobby and a bit mean.

NotMadeOfStone · 23/08/2023 07:27

I think it's often that people don't realise the differences are dialectal, rather than there just being a right and wrong way.

This is 100% how these threads always go.

Bitsadtoday1 · 23/08/2023 07:32

@NotMadeOfStone fair enough thankyou!
Quite new to this MN game 😊

LadyEloise1 · 23/08/2023 07:32

Definitely pronounced definItley.
Very odd.

DinnaeFashYersel · 23/08/2023 07:35

benfolds5 · 23/08/2023 00:30

Whetherspoons
Weatherspoons

There's no difference in how these are pronounced

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 23/08/2023 07:36

Those of us with Scottish accents often pronounce words more as they are spelled. For example "stairs" - I would say "stay-irs"; same for pair, bear etc.
We don't tend to miss out the final "r" in words like floor or door. It's not wrong. Just different. You could argue if anything it's more logical.

I'm a non-rhotic speaker and find it very annoying when people who speak like me make ignorant remarks about rhotic pronunciation, but I'm not sure you can claim rhotic pronunciation is more logical! What's logical about putting a 'y' sound in 'stairs', for example? There's not a lot that's logical about pronunciation of English in any accent tbh. Silent or irregularly-pronounced letters abound throughout!

Bitsadtoday1 · 23/08/2023 07:38

Mind you to pick up on brought/bought or would of/ could of which are not dialects but grammatical errors technically implies you know the grammatical difference and want to let people know this, and are kind of looking down on people who don’t. The words sound similar enough and everyone knows what you mean!
Agree there’s loads of dialects that say things differently so there’s no right or wrong.

Shade17 · 23/08/2023 07:38

Moët - people say Mo-ay instead of Mo-et. They think it makes them sound clever when in fact it does the opposite.

Azaeleasinbloom · 23/08/2023 07:40

FettleOfKish · 22/08/2023 22:57

I know it's a legitimate thing in Scotland so unreasonable of me to twitch at it, but I can never get used to 'jag' instead of 'jab' for injection.

Another one is Australian friends calling St. Patrick's Day 'Patty's Day'.

I am Scottish and jag it really grates on me ! It’s JAB where I live 😂

Riapia · 23/08/2023 07:41

People who pronounce.

Quarter. Corter.
Sixth. Sickth.
Fifth. Fith.

All heard said by presenters on R4.

NotMadeOfStone · 23/08/2023 07:42

Shade17 · 23/08/2023 07:38

Moët - people say Mo-ay instead of Mo-et. They think it makes them sound clever when in fact it does the opposite.

Or they just think they're saying it correctly 🤷🏻‍♀️

DinnaeFashYersel · 23/08/2023 07:42

NotMadeOfStone · 23/08/2023 07:27

I think it's often that people don't realise the differences are dialectal, rather than there just being a right and wrong way.

This is 100% how these threads always go.

Completely agree.

JenniferBarkley · 23/08/2023 07:48

Riapia · 23/08/2023 07:41

People who pronounce.

Quarter. Corter.
Sixth. Sickth.
Fifth. Fith.

All heard said by presenters on R4.

Regional accents, not on R4, surely! Shock Heavens.

TicTacNicNak · 23/08/2023 07:49

My DM also says "skelington" instead of skeleton.

Years ago when my Nan was alive, she said "Josaphat's Witnesses" instead of Jehova's. She also called Charles Aznavour - Charles Aznavava.

In written form I get irked by anyone who uses "his" instead of "he's", eg, I think his visiting tomorrow.

I recently saw the infamous "Chester draws" on a FB selling page for the first time. I desperately wanted to correct it but didn't as I didn't want to be "that person" 🤣

pharamondtravel · 23/08/2023 07:53

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:36

Am I getting this right? You're saying the word 'draws' and the word 'drawers' are pronounced differently?

But you're saying that saying CLOSE instead of CLOTHES is OK... as they both (according to you) sound exactly the same? Confused

You know you're wrong on both counts yeah?

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You know not everyone has the same accent as you, yeah?

CurlsandCurves · 23/08/2023 08:00

This is a dialect one. But where I live, and it’s pretty much only the older generation that do it, if people see something they like they say ‘ooh, they nice!’ Instead of they are nice, or they’re nice. It’s they singular and it’s like nails down a blackboard to me.

Toddlerteaplease · 23/08/2023 08:00

I-bur-yFen or Ibubrufen instead of ibuprofen. Makes my teeth itch.

NotMadeOfStone · 23/08/2023 08:03

Same! I have a hypochondriac loud colleague who is constantly going on about the 'EYEbroofen' she takes.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 23/08/2023 08:04

Moët - people say Mo-ay instead of Mo-et. They think it makes them sound clever when in fact it does the opposite.

I'm not sure they think it makes them sound clever tbh. I think they just think that's how it's pronounced, which isn't exactly that surprising, since champagne is French, the 'et' between the two names is in French and a 't' on the end of a word in French is usually silent. If anything, I suspect that it's the people who pronounce it 'Mo-et' who think it makes them clever. Whereas in fact all it makes them is correct. They often do seem to enjoy pointing it out.

DaddyPigMustDie · 23/08/2023 08:07

I hate these threads, they could be interesting but they're just filled with sniping by people who can't understand that people who speak differently to them are also speaking correctly

Yeah. I have a Scottish accent and quite a few of the things mentioned are just the way I say them.

I don't go around sniping at those don't pronounce Rs.

NotMadeOfStone · 23/08/2023 08:10

I think it's that people don't know - but you're right it does take these threads down a much more boring path.

JenniferBarkley · 23/08/2023 08:13

NotMadeOfStone · 23/08/2023 08:03

Same! I have a hypochondriac loud colleague who is constantly going on about the 'EYEbroofen' she takes.

I think there used to be a well-known brand of ibuprofen called ibrufen. My mum calls all paracetamol pandadol, same thing.

JenniferBarkley · 23/08/2023 08:13

I don't go around sniping at those don't pronounce Rs.

We should do. Grin Poor letter R, so badly treated.

NotMadeOfStone · 23/08/2023 08:14

Oh really? I didn't know that. I owe her a silent internal apology but her loud hypochondria precludes me.

Shade17 · 23/08/2023 08:15

Whereas in fact all it makes them is correct. They often do seem to enjoy pointing it out.

I don’t know anyone who’d be so rude to point it out. The only time it’d be mentioned is if actually came up in a conversation about how to pronounce it.

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