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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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BloodyHouse · 22/08/2023 23:12

Quite a few people round here say ‘why’ when they mean ’while’, eg. ‘Did you hear the dog barking why I was out?’

HollieHobbie · 22/08/2023 23:13

Houseneedsalift · 22/08/2023 22:55

My sister says Goodle instead of Google but has learning difficulties so I don't correct but instead wonder why her Brian came up with that

Your sister is Ivy Tilsley from Coronation Street? 🤣

(the character back in the 1980s always spoke proudly of her son, Our Brian)

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:13

Walesagogo · 22/08/2023 23:06

Same friend says eggsit instead of exit. That one cracks me up.

Argh! That reminds me of when people say BREGGZIT... instead of Brex-it! 😠

SunshineOnARainyDay3 · 22/08/2023 23:14

Walesagogo · 22/08/2023 23:06

Same friend says eggsit instead of exit. That one cracks me up.

I say both versions. Never even thought about it until now!

ElthamLemur · 22/08/2023 23:14

Laurdo · 22/08/2023 22:58

My friend and my foster siblings say jamp. They're from Dundee and Aberdeen.

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Are you sure they say “jampED” and not just “jamp”? As in “Yesterday I jamp off the chair on to the floor”. Because I think it is an irregular past participle rather than just a different vowel in the regular one.

Mmhmmn · 22/08/2023 23:15

Mumteedum · 22/08/2023 22:45

Chorizmo! No! 🙈😆

Defiantly instead of definitely (drives me bonkers)

Defiantly is definitely annoying.

And 'I done ..' / I seen ..' which is really common now argh

GrassWillBeGreener · 22/08/2023 23:15

Oh ... vertigo to rhyme with impetigo.
That was how it seemed to be pronounced by doctors as well as medical students at the hospital I trained out (Sydney in the 90s). Loads of people originally from non-English speaking backgrounds so I guessed it was just being passed down but I hated it - though not enough to have the confidence to speak up at the time.

SocialHistoryStereotypes · 22/08/2023 23:15

@HollieHobbie our Brian 😂 I could picture her as soon as I read that.

Mmhmmn · 22/08/2023 23:18

Cocopogo · 22/08/2023 22:54

DP also says V and W wrong way, you can guess his nationality, drive me mad but also that he uses words with them in so much. You’d think he’d just try to avoid those words!

I find that fascinating and don't mind it all. The way that it's not an inability to pronounce v or w, just that they're interchanged. Love it a bit actually 😆

Mmhmmn · 22/08/2023 23:20

SocialHistoryStereotypes · 22/08/2023 23:12

Jag instead of jab, as in flu jag for flu jab. I know it’s regional rather than mispronunciation but it really grates for some reason.

Ch-eye-ya seeds instead of chia seeds. I’ve heard several people say it. Maybe it’s me saying chia that’s wrong!

I hate it as well. It's jab ffs.

ElthamLemur · 22/08/2023 23:21

Pretty much the whole of the UK is in the grip of an epidemic of “to be fair” at the moment. It’s used as vocal punctuation, in contexts that have sod all to do with fairness. My 6 year-old son said to me the other day when I asked why he wasn’t eating his spaghetti “to be fair Mummy I didn’t really like the taste of the sauce”- er, fair to whom exactly DS?

See also the word “obviously” when the statement is far from obvious.

ElthamLemur · 22/08/2023 23:22

Mmhmmn · 22/08/2023 23:20

I hate it as well. It's jab ffs.

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Oh marvellous. Didn’t take this long to turn into a nasty regional-dialect bashing thread.

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:23

I HATE HATE HATE it when people say 'we must be transparent about this,' to mean we must be honest and open. Transparent means fucking see-though. Like a window! Seems to have been a thing - especially in politics - for the past decade to say 'we need more transparency' (to mean honest and open...)

I have never heard it used to describe being open and honest before 2012-2014. Only ever heard it to describe something see-through. I am sure it will say 'open and honest' if someone googles it now, but I swear 10+ years ago it wouldn't have said this!

Mmhmmn · 22/08/2023 23:24

PoachedDregs · 22/08/2023 23:08

Generally when they mean genuinely.

Used to happen a lot on Geordie Shore. "I was generally so shocked".

😂

AppletreesAndHoneybeesAndSnowWhiteTurtleDoves · 22/08/2023 23:24

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:13

Argh! That reminds me of when people say BREGGZIT... instead of Brex-it! 😠

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Now I'm craving omelettes at 23:24pm! 😀

Mmhmmn · 22/08/2023 23:24

ElthamLemur · 22/08/2023 23:21

Pretty much the whole of the UK is in the grip of an epidemic of “to be fair” at the moment. It’s used as vocal punctuation, in contexts that have sod all to do with fairness. My 6 year-old son said to me the other day when I asked why he wasn’t eating his spaghetti “to be fair Mummy I didn’t really like the taste of the sauce”- er, fair to whom exactly DS?

See also the word “obviously” when the statement is far from obvious.

Also literally

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:24

Flu jag? Confused Has anyone ever actually said that? Flu jag?! (Instead of flu jab?) Never heard that in my life.

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:25

AppletreesAndHoneybeesAndSnowWhiteTurtleDoves · 22/08/2023 23:24

Now I'm craving omelettes at 23:24pm! 😀

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Hmmm, cheese and tomato and onion and mushroom omelette! YUM! 😋

mathanxiety · 22/08/2023 23:26

Walesagogo · 22/08/2023 23:05

But thats actually correct. This came up on here and so I looked it up." Drawz" is the correct pronunciation for drawers. I can't see how else you'd say it?

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It's spelled 'drawer' and those of us who pronounce our Rs can say it the way it's spelled.

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:26

ElthamLemur · 22/08/2023 23:21

Pretty much the whole of the UK is in the grip of an epidemic of “to be fair” at the moment. It’s used as vocal punctuation, in contexts that have sod all to do with fairness. My 6 year-old son said to me the other day when I asked why he wasn’t eating his spaghetti “to be fair Mummy I didn’t really like the taste of the sauce”- er, fair to whom exactly DS?

See also the word “obviously” when the statement is far from obvious.

Also.... 'not gonna lie but........'

Why say 'not gonna lie' before making a statement?! Very annoying!

AppletreesAndHoneybeesAndSnowWhiteTurtleDoves · 22/08/2023 23:27

Bought instead of brought.

Excaped instead of a escaped.

People who aren't American saying peddophile instead of paedophile. Does my head in.

Where's that at? Or if you're in Bristol, where's that to?

I've only ever heard Chester Draws on MN.

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:27

mathanxiety · 22/08/2023 23:26

It's spelled 'drawer' and those of us who pronounce our Rs can say it the way it's spelled.

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Mmhmmn · 22/08/2023 23:29

Conclusion is: kids need to read more books. If you read as a child you learn and remember how to say these basic words and phrases. Sigh

mathanxiety · 22/08/2023 23:29

Puzzled about the close/ clothes peeve.

I can see how it would be annoying if misspelled, but as far as pronunciation goes, 'close' (as in "close the door") is how millions of people pronounce 'clothes' and they're not wrong.

ElthamLemur · 22/08/2023 23:29

WibblyWobblyTimeyWimeyStuff · 22/08/2023 23:26

Also.... 'not gonna lie but........'

Why say 'not gonna lie' before making a statement?! Very annoying!

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Yes!