I have a few...I used to work with a girl back in NJ who used to mispronounce all kinds of words...We actually kept a running list of some of them...That was years ago and today I came across the list...It was so funny and got me thinking about it...Here are a few of them...
layaway... lair ware
shrimp fried rice... strimp fried rice
fish net stockings... fish neck stockings
jewelry... jury


~Lisa

Well there is the usual culprit of naked and necked but we all know the meaning of the two words and believe me they are two different words and I've been both!!!

A friend of mine says ice-ah-ning for the word icing

I don't know how she says it but, she just grew up saying it that way!!

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Nuclear. It's like nails on a chalkboard for me when I hear people. especially those in high public offices, pronounce it noocular.

And I can understand saying wash instead of laundry, but where the heck did warsh come from? I think it's a South Jersey thing...

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The most annoying is how people pronounce my daughters name : Mara.

Its pronounced Mar-ruh with a short a and other always say Mare-uh with a long a. My poor daughter has to keep correcting the teachers but usually another student beats her to it!

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I've got one-my highly itelligent husband w/ a Master's Degree, always says "I'n gonna'" instead of
"I'm gonna'". It makes him sound like a 6 yr. old. He really should be saying I am going to.....

Also, my sister had a friend who wanted to be an aminator (yes you read that right). Uhhuh, she wanted to draw cartoons. Thinking she should have gotten that word figured out correctly BEFORE her fist interview!

I totally love Nanci, lol. I agree.


I also hate to hear Ofrah instead of Oprah, skreet instead of street, and I HATE it when people here say "just barely" instead of "just". So you hear "I just barely got started" instead of "I just got started".

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Sandwiches pronounced sammiches.

ok, I grew up in Illinois and the "S" is silent
and
GYRO the "G" is silent!

Phew....so, gald I got that off my chest ;D

Here in SC we have Clemson University and people will call it "Clempson"

Also library- pronouced "libary"

Now I do pronounce "aunt" as "ant".....maybe it's a southern thing

Christine

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Q-pon for coupon

Mute for Moot...as in a moot point. Drives me up a freaking wall. (Unless of course, you're a FRIENDS fan and then it's a MOO point....LOL)

Axe for Ask

Liberry for Library (kids at school are the worst for this one)

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My last name gets mangled more than any word in the world (to me!). We can always tell when it is a telemarketer on the phone because of how they will say our name.

LOL....
my hubby born and raised in Ohio ,cant;' say the word idea,but says ideal...drives me nuts.
and you does it ,or he/she do it.....ughhhhhhhhhhh
if I was you ....aghhhhhhhhhhhhh

english is my 2nd language,,I can;t say desert,it sounds like dessert....
mouth ,mouse......

Folkston, GA.

It sounds like its spelled Folk-ston

Ppl say fulkston

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Heigth instead of height.

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wooder for "water"....might be a Philly thing, tho.

Wal-MartS for "Wal-Mart"

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oh my mom says warsher instead of washer
and rollee coaster instead of roller coaster

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So, how do you pronounce it?

It's qpon for me. So it must be coopon for you?

answering a phone "yello" its kind of endearing to me though since my Dad is the one that does it- must be bURGH THING.


My dh says some things phonetically- I think because he was raised by Ukranian immigrant parents who said things as they were spelled- butttt theyve also been here 27 years!!!!!!!!!!

They say

Chick-ah-go

Also dh and MIL say oran- juice

where is the g- ughhh

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BF always says 'youse guys', like he was from Brooklyn or somthin' instead of MN born.

He also says 'warsh'.

My pet peeve is also 'Liberry'.......

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My nieghbor's name is "Sharon", and for almost 7 years my DH has referred to her as "Shannon". Im done correcting him, he just doesnt retain that info!!

ALso when he speaks of his "Brudder" instead of his brother (yes, hes from Brooklyn!) There are lots more!

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I grew up near Texarkana, TX/AR and Shreveport, LA--it drove absolutely INSANE to hear people say "Texacana" and "Shrevesport".

Funny story--when I first started working as a 911 dispatcher, I noticed that all the "old"/experienced dispatchers pronounced KNIGHT Street as "K-night Street." I thought "hmph, and they say Southerners are stupid! These people don't even know that the "k" is silent!" Finally, I asked why they pronounced it that way. Over the radio "knight" (pronounced correctly) sounds too much like "Ninth"
Of course they didn't say "Ninth" or "Eighth" or "Seventh", etc. It was always "Number 9 street", Number 8 street, etc.

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people say vs. what it should be

1. anyways...anyway
2. burger...booger
3. chunk e. cheese....CHUCK e. cheese
4. warsh.....wash (come on people, there's NO r in WASH)
5. liberry...library

I also hate that people who have a college education sound redneck when they just haven't schooled themselves on pronunciation and phonics. I always have this animal instinct (it's the leo in me...born in august) to growl at them and have to fight the urge to correct them! Crazy!

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biggest one for me would be:

AXED!

"I axed yous a question"

No you didn't "axe" anything, and YOU is singular!!!

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I agree with two earlier posters.....AXE instead of ask

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I hate when people say "tooken". There is no such word.

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I have to chastise my boss, an attorney, for saying "liberry." It drives me crazy. He also says, "Idear" for idea. I also can't stand axe for ask, warsh for wash, or comferable for comfortable.

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[quote=allinaugust;2807317]wooder for "water"....might be a Philly thing, tho.

I grew up about 50 miles from Philly and say it like that. Boy do I hear it now that I live in Maine. Took some time to get the hang of words up here

Pizzer....No it's PIZZA Drives me crazy
I also agreed about AXED. GRRRRRRRRRR

Or when someone says "Lend me 50 cent" UGH!

I have another one. MINES for Mine....another kid favorite.

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I guess these bug me the most:

Kinnygarden instead of Kindergarten

ascared instead of scared

Illinoise instead of Illinois w/silent s

and any use of the word irregardless, it is not a word.

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My mother in law drives me nuts when she say's "pooh-bur-dee" for puberty. She is a fairly intelligent woman and it makes her sound ignorant.

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Unfortunately, according to Merriam-Webster on-line, irregardless is a word...

irregardless
One entry found for irregardless.


Main Entry: ir·re·gard·less
Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s
Function: adverb
Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless
nonstandard : REGARDLESS
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

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There are two that drive me crazy--"axe" for "ask" is one. The other is "momento" instead is "memento". That one seems petty but everytime I hear someone say it wrong it just makes me cringe!

exspecially instead of especially
expresso instead of espresso
axe for ask

I think I have letter X issues!

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My last name.


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When my husband and I were first married, he used that word all the time and I would ask him...how many people are living inside of you? I think I finally (after five years) have him broke! He hasn't done it in awhile!

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Winda for window
Eyetalian for Italian
Why is the word "don't" substituted for "doesn't"? ex. If that light don't change, we ain't never going to get there. (MIL quote) That brings me to ...

Ain't ain't a word and should never be combined with never. If you're going to use ain't it should be "ain't ever".

My daughter says aminal for animal, but she's only 7.

Rebecca

i know someone who says vice instead of versus...'i think i will get the steak vice the chicken' 'i was going to buy a first class ticket but the price is too high for first class vice the coach ticket' it sounds so weird!

and someone who talks waaaaay too much about her citibank account and calls it sippbank 'i got this thing in the mail from sippbank...' 'sippbank is the first credit card i ever had' gah!

when the secretary takes a msg and says 'can i axe your name' and then 'i'll have her to call you back' (where did the 'to' come from? either say i will ask her to call you or i'll have her call you...)

people who say merrrrlin when they're talkin about maryland

someone who calls to 'see how you-uns are doing' we-uns are fine thanx!

so many who can't pronounce nuclear...or have a 'stratejory' (strategy!)

people who think it sounds classier to say 'myself' in sentences like...john and myself are going to starbucks, or... susie and myself are in charge of that project. OMG just say John and I are going to starbucks..(would anyone say myself is going to starbucks.. myself is in charge..well then stop saying it when you add John to the equation LOL)

A friend of my mom's says that she's going to buy her airline tickets on Travel-O-Citee....Not Travelocity....lol

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here are two that my husband FREQUENTLY says (he was born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine...and lived there until 1 year after Chernobyl--so he was there when it happened)

1) "that is out of the questions" ----automatically has me saying "you mean it is out of the question!"

2) "they will give him a cancellation prize" ---instead of consolation prize



He speaks English pretty well, for it not being his native language...but he does grate on my nerves after 10 years of "marital bliss" with those 2 sentences above--and me constantly correcting him.

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Oh I am so in with you on this one - I hate it everytime I hear it - makes me want to say can you even spell coupon - and gee why do you think there's an o before the u!!!!!

I hate to hear:
perscription instead of prescription
pralee instead of probably
chester drawers instead of chest of drawers
and the worst....my boss pronounces my name Jewya instead of Julia

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Along with axe a question. I find it annoying when people want to know how many betrooms are in a house.

I hate it when people say:

skrimp instead of shrimp
skreet instead of street - I joke around with my husband and say - Let's go across the skreet and get some skrimp.
axe instead of ask
cent instead of cents - I only paid 59 cent for that.
libary instead of library
ernge instead of orange - I just at an ernge.
warsh instead of wash
bafroom instead of bathroom
rosissatary instead of rotisserie
jewry instead of jewelry

I can't stand it when someone says "It don't supposed to..." or "It doesn't supposed to..." when it should be "It's not supposed to..."

Nobody pronounces or spells my last name right either - they are always sticking in extra letters that just aren't there.

I know there are more, but I just can't think of them right now.

I agree with the poster who said ILLinois & the s is silent I do know someone from ILLInois they live here now & she always says ILLINOS"S prouncing the S at the end that annoys the heck out of me & I have known here now for about 7 yrs. Also people who say warsher instead of washer or I am doing the warsh LOL.

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hahahah, reminds me of one time on the TOT board, I used that word, and someone jumped all over me about it not being a word. hahahaha. Thanks for the chuckle.

Oh, another "philly" word is MELK for milk. I guess it's just accent from the different areas???

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So many used irregardless that it now is considered a word. It's in the dictionaries. Some will call it a nonstandard word and others state that it's not usable in formal style but nonstandard speech and casual writing. It is a double negative, however, some dictionaries say it is an adverb meaning regardless.

My BIL calls breakfast, bref-tist.

He knows he prounces it wrong and I think he likes the attention because someone always says something to him. I think he sounds like an idiot.

axe, worsh, liberry, mines--all irritate me, too.

I do say Qpon!

Lisa

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As for the AXE instead of ASK....

I alway wonder if they can pronounce SKI correctly. Since the SK is obviously hard/impossible for them to say. Do they say KSI instead of SKI???

I also hate the EXPRESSO instead of ESPRESSO.

WARSH is a Washington thing too.... A lot of people in Washington (state) pronounce the state WARSHINGTON too... Especially the old-timers.

I do, too. I used to say "coo pon" , but, thought Q-pon sounded better.

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I wasn't going to lower myself to this, but I'll bite.

I can't stand it when people are referring to college financial aid paperwork and they refer to it as the 'FASA' instead of the 'FAFSA'

"anyhoo" !!! Its "anyway"! EVERYBODY is doing it. Who invented that stupid word anyway? and WHY??? I can't stand that word! And I won't put up with it anymore!!!!

the word "pitcher" for picture

Where I grew up in PA some people say -

my-in for mine

I can't stand it.

ATM machine - I'm going to get cash from the ATM machine- the machine is redundant, you are saying automated teller machine machine.

Oh yeah, a woman I know says this. The first time I heard her say it I thought she was goofing around and then I realized that is how she really says it.

Also worked for a guy who said "yous guys"

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I have a friend who says, "hamburger meat" - it's redundant also - hamburger IS meat!!

And, just FYI for all you Q-Pon pronunciators (myself included) - it is a valid pronunication:

Main Entry: cou·pon
Pronunciation: 'kü-"pän, 'kyü-


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My mom says "penquin" instead of penguin, and "fruneral" instead of funeral. Drives me crazy, but I'm not quite sure why.

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nothing really bothers me if i can figure it out but i dont know why adults say
something is nummy instead of yummy and i dont understand why people say they
have a great ideal instead of a great idea.

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There is a street here called Chinden, some people call it "Shinden" and my mil does the same thing with Chicken... It's shicken... ch ch ch!!!

oops posted my answer to the wrong board. who hates thats lol

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Heres a few more
toof- for tooth
yous- for you
borrow me some money- I have never heard of that, I have heard of asking someone if they can borrow some money, but not someone saying "borrow me some money"
Maybe its from where you are from