AIBU to get in a stabby rage over mispronunciation?

[JenEric]

DH likes to watch tech videos on you tube. Since we set up our chromecast I now see them more frequently. I've noticed that all the Americans seem to say "soddering" instead of "soLdering"

It's SOLDERING. It has an L right there in the spelling as a clue! Gaah. Is it just me? It gives me stabby rage. Soddering sounds vaguely dangerous and slightly immoral

AIBU to get irrationally irritated by this? Anyone else the same?

oh FFS so many typos in that post I could spit.

An N isn't called a Nen and an S isn't called a Ses is it?

No, it's en and ess

I don't accept the 'erb thing because herb is French. Herb isn't French it's just derived from French, but so what?

Also, if Americans are so concerned with getting the correct pronunciation for forrin words why do they insist on saying things like

'served with an au jus' as though 'an au jus' is a noun?

au jus means 'with or in its own juices' so you simply serve beef au jus you don't serve it 'with an au jus.' I even see sachets of 'au jus sauce' for sale in supermarkets, which really makes me want to punch someone.

Also it really annoys me when American chain restaurants refer to serving something 'with bruscetta' by which they mean a chopped tomato and herb sauce.

Bruschetta is a small grilled bit of bread with toppings on it. The bread is the bruschetta, the topping might be chopped tomatoes or it might not be.

Also had a little seethe at the Worry-a is correct!

To you and in your accent, maybe, Pest

"worry" is pronounced "wurry" to me (a scot) which would be comp[letely wrong for warrior.
Also, as a rhotic speaker I'd pronounce the 'r' at the end.

My accent is different to yours, not "incorrect".

I didn't say we are pronouncing it as it is in French, just that the pronunciation is derived from French. The same is true for how we say "garage." It's derived from the French pronunciation. No one goes around actually saying it exactly as a French person would.

As for restaurants, they are a linguistic world of their own, and that goes for the UK, too.

Ah, those cheeky Americans, having the noive to speak with American accents!

Another thing to point out is that there is a huge variety in American accents, just as there is in the UK. From television and movies, you are hearing mainly California and New York. I grew up in Georgia. Linguists have identified at least seven different accents just in the state of Georgia.

There is another one.. I'd say garage like garrij.

Ok, Icompletelyunderstand this is going to sound really stupid, but I genuinely didn't realise it was an actual word. I realise that probably sounds really fast, but I never realised that the 'pronunciation' of each letter were actual words

Fast?? Daft even.

A colleague constantly says done instead of did. At least twice a day, usually more. Drives me mad. It's a regional thing but it just sounds terrible. Luckily i am just out of the region but im sure i still do something along them lines.

but im sure i still do something along them lines

Along them lines?

Er, yes, you clearly do!

I take issue with people who say iss-you instead of ishoo (my boss does this)

Linguists have identified at least seven different accents just in the state of Georgia

As a friend once said, France may have 685 varieties of cheese, but they all taste the same .

There was a fascinating program, many years ago (BBC - I have the accompanying book. Somewhere) "The Story of English". They went all over the world, and it was fascinating to hear backwoods Appalachian being spoken, which (same as the UK Brummie accent) being as far removed as possible from port influences was regarded as the closest we'll ever hear to how our ancestors spoke.

Do people really feel "rage" when they discover that there are indeed different acceptable pronunciations of many English words? The mind boggles. If that is truly the case for anyone here, I would suggest that it might be worthwhile to broaden your mind a bit. Believe it or not, millions of native speakers of English actually speak correctly, even if their dialects include pronunciations that you personally do not use. Fancy that.

Many of the examples on this thread are not just about regional accents though. Some are mispronunciations.

Some are mispronunciations

maybe people need help ?

Hahaha there you go see! A lot of people round here say hes instead of his as well.

Luckily i am just out of the region but im sure i still do something along them lines.

You just did! Was that a joke, or a genuinely unintentionally funny post?

It's pronunciation. Just pronunciation. I just can't get my knickers in a twust about it.

But I feel some posters have been shockingly rude about American pronunciation. I bloody love American accents, whatever state they may be from. It's fun to try them, just as my American friends and Irish DH have fun copying my southern UK accent. DS 4yo says filum = film, it's charming.

oh sorry, crossed posts!

This is a bit like the 'jus' post, but it annoys me when I hear some such remark as "the hoi pollo will hate that". 'Hoi' is Greek for 'the', so "the hoi polloi" duplicates the 'the'. Just say "hoi polloi will hate etc". (If you insist on a bit of pretentiousness)

PIN number, anyone ?

Okay, I am going on strike. Instead of being charmed when I hear someone from the UK saying "shed-yool" when I would say "sked-yool", or "garr-ij" when I would say "gar-aaaj", I will raise a judgemental eyebrow and frown slightly in defiance of Mumsnet's commitment to making sure we Americans know our place. So there.

(Walks off towards kitchen to "get" a "yo-gert" from the "frijh")

Um, sorry about that last post. I am over that moment now.

I will go back to being utterly charmed and delighted by your accents! I can't help it-they sound so lovely!