Most stupid mispronunciations and just weird words people say

[HumanDoing]

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)

Nonplussed seems to have completely changed its meaning and no-one told me. I'm nonplussed.
I've heard shined for shone a lot recently - is it an real alternative or just incorrect?

The pun that never works for me is all the dinosaur/lion birthday cards that wish kids a “roarsome” birthday. “Roar” and “awe” sound completely different in a Scottish (rhotic) accent.

A colleague of mine said that a situation had ‘gone oary’ once. I couldn’t work out what she was trying to say until she explained what had happened and I realised that she meant awry.

I love a Scottish accent. Rewatching episodes of Downton Abbey and hearing Dr Clarkson (David Robb) and Elsie Hughes (Phylis Logan) in the same show is like being given a gift! And also there's Tom Branson's (Allen Leech) incredibly sexy Irish brogue.

Nothing weird about saying jag, no need to be an arse.

Are they from New Zealand?

When people say samwich instead of sandwich.
There is not a bloody m in it!

And sammies for short instead of sarnies!

@AppletreesAndHoneybeesAndSnowWhiteTurtleDoves

No they're from Saff Landan meaning south London.

Ah, I see. When I saw your post I could immediately hear an NZ accent saying Wetherspoons as Witherspoons.

I just say Spoonies.

I had a London-themed fancy dress leaving party before moving to the capital.

My friend turned up in a bodysuit with an anatomically correct pancreas drawn on it and a halo on his head as "London St Pancreas".

Ditto hambuger.
There's no bloody ham in it!

Versing. As in "my team are 'versing' your team at football". It comes from a misunderstanding of the latin word 'versus' and it's creeping into popular usage more than ever. I don't know if it's as bad in the UK but here in Australia it seems to be everywhere, even sports presenters on TV are saying it.

I know it's regional but it irks me when I read things like the baby needs fed. Internally I'm like no no no! The baby either needs to be fed or needs feeding.

How about ‘I boobed the baby to sleep’…..😬

@Palindrone

That's funny. I hear so many people pronounce it that way.

Reminds me of another one.

Travelling on the choob instead of tube.

Please go back and read the 5 or so posts I wrote defending the use of “jag” in Scotland, including describing the 41 years of resentment I have harboured against the teacher who corrected it in my work in Primary 5. However the poster who first mentioned it was entirely within their rights to say that, in her opinion and experience, it was a “weird word”.

Ooh yes that ad drives me mad too!

And Ann Doyle (now retired news reader) used to pronounce sexual as secks-yule with an emphasis on the second S. So wierd!

I once thanked a lovely gentleman customer for his cervix.

Totally meant to write service, but dyslexia and sleep deprivation put the world against me that day.

Cancel instead of council.

Oh dear. Did anyone enlighten him?

Jag is a Scottish word. There are loads of words in the Scots language that you won't hear much outside of Scotland, they're not wrong, it's just a different language.
I'm in Australia and it's Paddy's Day (not Patty's), not that it sounds much different in an Australian accent. Everything in Australia gets shortened, it's quite normal here.

Well, I'm sure somebody like Keir Starmer would say it's ok because men can have cervixes too! 😀😁

@Palindrone

Did you mean hamburger instead of beef burger?

I just say a burger usually but I think I've said hamburger.

I did google it and it seems legit.

I’m not keen on American’s with ‘BuckingHAM Palace’.