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Al Pacino has ruined my day

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OfCourse · 31/08/2014 15:15

DM rang last night and told me she had watched a film starring Al Paseeno -that's how she pronounced his name. DM has done this before, and I told her it's not 'Al Paseeno, it's Al Pachino'. So I told her again last night it's Al fucking Pachino.

DM is all narky with me today because I corrected her speech. Well, I said, when you call him 'Al Paseeno' it makes my teeth itch; which is apparently not good enough defence for correcting her and highly bad manners.

She has other words which I don't correct, keybab is one example.

I ended up apologising!

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Whiskwarrior · 03/09/2014 21:38

A friend got her daughter a hampster as a pet. And constantly referred to 'the hampster', never used its bloody name! There's no sodding M in it!!

ExDP's mate used to say pacifically (specifically) and Houston Station for Euston Station. He also claimed he was 'chromotase' after a night out!

A general one that is quite common (even comes up on tv, used by people you would assume to be intelligent) - mischievous pronounced as 'mischeevious'. No, it's mis-chi-vuss.

And my friend's Mum used to say BirNingham - we all fucking lived there and had grown up there!!!

OhTheDrama · 03/09/2014 21:49

My DF has never been able stay ridiculous properly, he always ridiculas. Really winds me up! My next door neighbour pronounces Majorca exactly how it is spelt.

Dazedconfused · 03/09/2014 21:52

whisk I'm confused there is definitely an m in hamster but no P...

Dazedconfused · 03/09/2014 21:57

I realise that is probably me just missing the point....I blame being 38 weeks pregnant

Gruntfuttock · 03/09/2014 21:59

Whiskwarrior "A friend got her daughter a hampster as a pet. And constantly referred to 'the hampster', never used its bloody name! There's no sodding M in it!!"

Yes, there is. What do you call it then? A hapster? It's the P that's wrong, not the M!

DoJo · 03/09/2014 21:59

When I worked in a cafe we had a regular who used to order a 'caffy latt' which always confused new staff the first few times and then you'd get used to it.

I also worked with someone who said 'Annie-one' for anyone, which I found strangely endearing.

I get mocked quite often for saying 'tor-toys' and have been beaten into submission and usually manage 'tort-uss' these days. My husband also laughs at me when I say 'salt' as apparently I say 'Sollt' whereas he says something which he claims is completely different, but sounds identical to me.

Whiskwarrior · 03/09/2014 21:59

Oh sweet Jesus, Dazed - you're bloody right!

I was so caught up in it I didn't think what I was typing Grin

Whiskwarrior · 03/09/2014 22:01

I KNOW THERE'S NO P IN HAMSTER!!!! I meant to type that but made a mistake.

I need my bed - can't get used to early mornings again...

Bartlebee · 03/09/2014 22:05

We have a friend who says 'joovay' for duvet!

I have another who has annoyed me for 20 plus years with her pronunciation of 'worry' to rhyme with 'sorry'.

Dazedconfused · 03/09/2014 22:08

Have a Wine whisk and get to bed. I will be too (minus the wine for a few more weeks).

Slongette · 03/09/2014 22:14

My mother insists on calling Kenya - Keeeenya. It gives me a twitchy eye!

Kumquatcow · 03/09/2014 22:27

Ooh talking about the pronunciation of names, I'm originally from Cheshire/Lancashire way and I've always said Michelle as Mi-shell whereas when I moved down south they pronounce it as Mee-shell, it's always sounded wrong to me as they seem to be over saying it!! Same with Eeevon rather than Evonn for Yvonne Smile

hamptoncourt · 03/09/2014 22:28

slongette Kenya did used to be pronounced Keeeenya. The pronunciation of the name was officially changed to reflect the name of it's President Jomo Kenyatta.

Surfsup1 · 03/09/2014 23:26

One afternoon we were sitting on my parents balcony watching the tide go out in the bay and my sister (in her 30s) suggested we all go down and play cricket on the mud flaps!
The sight of mud flats has made me smirk ever since!

Surfsup1 · 03/09/2014 23:29

My mother is obsessed with people saying sort-ay instead of sew-tay when pronouncing sautee. She really shouldn't have moved to Australia. She appears to be all alone on her little sew-tey island.

moominmarvellous · 04/09/2014 04:31

This thread was not a good one to read while I can't sleep, I've been stifling laughter all the way through trying not to wake DH!

My Mum will always offer a Sangwitch if you go for lunch, and if DH is trying to be polite while describing someone with big boobs he'll say she's Fallumptuous.

Mischeevious is how my friend describes DS and her Mum cooks a lovely LasoGnya (lasagne) or Carnobanara Grin

A funny little one was my nephew who always called McDonalds, McNoddles which has stuck much to his embarrassment now that he's 14 and really cool Grin

moominmarvellous · 04/09/2014 04:42

Yes about rhyming Worry with Sorry.

I always remember a school assembly (the only one I do remember) where the headmaster was on about exams and stress and was on about how some people are natural worriers and asked us 'Are you a worrier?' But he was actually saying 'warrior'.

I thought he'd lost the plot.

sashh · 04/09/2014 08:33

It's a small town in the NW of England.

Do you mean Manchester?

ThrowAChickenInTheAir · 04/09/2014 08:47

Dh has a bowl of cereals for breakfast. It's cereal.

Also mentioned are Trivial Pursuits and a trip to the cinemas. Why all the plurals? Confused. He's even got dc doing it now. Aargh!

Surfsup1 · 04/09/2014 08:48

I have another who has annoyed me for 20 plus years with her pronunciation of 'worry' to rhyme with 'sorry'.

Am I being vague again? How else do you pronounce worry? I don't think I've ever heard it said any other way! Confused

Thumbwitch · 04/09/2014 08:55

Surfsup - worry is more usually pronounced "wurry", but not like furry, more like hurry. (Although some people will pronounce furry the same as hurry, just to further complicate!)

Surfsup1 · 04/09/2014 09:03

Hmm, that must be one we do differently here in Aus. I never really noticed it when in the uk, but I probably just thought of it as an accent thing. There were a few I did notice that sounded really odd to my ears, though.
Aquatic - we say ak-WHAT-ik.
Plaque - we say plark to why with spark.
There were a few others that seemed to be Hertfordshire specials which I will try and remember but had me really confused for a while. My cleaner was full of them!

Surfsup1 · 04/09/2014 09:03

rhyme not why!

EvansOvalPiesYumYum · 04/09/2014 10:14

Some people pronounce 'because' as 'becUzz'. Dominic Holland does it.
A celebrity chef (Michael Caines) says 'sawt' for 'salt'.

(My Dad also says 'sangwij' Moomin )

My name is a two-syllabled one where the emphasis should be on the second syllable. We have one friend who ALWAYS puts it on the first. I've got used to it now, after knowing him for nearly 30 years, but at first have to admit to finding it a bit weird.

We have a friend named Maria. Another friend (who has known her for years and years) calls her Marie. Has she not heard the rest of us saying it? And she's seen it written down. Some people just seem to have a mental block. Makes me want to jump up and down on the spot with frustration!!

(This thread has really made me laugh, though)!

EvansOvalPiesYumYum · 04/09/2014 10:17

Actually, correcting myself - Michael Caine's pronunciation of salt is more 'sote'. Hard to explain in words, sometimes! Grin

Dad also says tortoys and porpoys.