Why, why, why do some people pronounce the letter H with a Y sound?!?!!
Like YUGE instead of HUGE and YUMOR instead of HUMOR.
I know I shouldn't let it bother me so much but it does and it is like fingernails on a chalkboard.

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Seriously. now I have a question for you, in what is going on today with all American's going through and the how life is so short and you never know what tomorrow will bring. This is what is bothering you and making you so upset. How about people who are not from this country and misprounce words and do not say they abc's correctly does that bother you also. Cause my mom is from Bulgaria, she has been in this country since she was 18 however, her accent and the way she pronounces words never ever would bother me and that goes for my best friend who was born in Spain. She then lived in Miami and has lived in the states since she was 16 and again the way she talks I could care less, life is too short. This thread totally upset me to see how upset you are by something so so simple. Geesh take a chill pill. No one talks perfect. Not even me. I was born in Brooklyn, am a native new yawker and for the past 23 years have lived in Long Island, so between all those places you should hear me talk, ..... Again take a breath life is too short...... Peace. Catherine

1. Take your own advice -- chill
2. You of all people know this is a place to come to vent and say what's on your mind. It's a place to say things you can't say IRL
3.to the OP -- my MIL did the "Y" sound instead of "H" -- I always thought it was odd, too.

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Who spit in Catherine's coffee this morning?

OP, I totally know what you mean about pronunciation. It sucks when you have to decode a conversation. I HATE calling AT&T because I can't understand their customer service people through their think accents.

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Some of it depends on what part of the country you are in. Around here we sometimes say warsh our clothes! lol

unfortunatly any company anymore, i have to turn off utilities cause we're moving soon and dread it cause I'm almost certain it'll be someone who i cant understand what they say

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Both pronunciations are correct, according to Merriam Webster's dictionary:

Main Entry:
huge
Pronunciation:
ˈhyüj, ˈyüj

Same for humor.

jm19, I'm with you!

I also cringe when I hear other words - like "AXE" instead of "ask" and "ofTen" for "often" (yes, it's a silent "t")

But I know I'm guilty of a word mispronunciation that annoys many - I try my best to say "jew*EL*ry" instead of "jewl*ER*y"...


I also want to add - jm19 doesn't complain about ANYTHING. She's been here forever, and she is nothing but nice. So if she has something to gripe about for once, I say the floor is all hers...

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Warsh hahahahah

Reminds me... I need a "monkey wrench"

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My Grandmother cant say walmart or kmart without adding a K at the end heheheh

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If you were here in Maryland you could warsh you stuff in the zink!

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Ok just slightly off, but When I worked for a catalog company. I had a customer spelling out her street name, nothing wrong with that but when she siad K as in Kilo. I began to wonder how she made her money. LOL

K as in Kilo--military phonetic alphabet. I'd bet she was either military, law enforcement, or married to one.

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Sorry but no one spit in my coffee, first off lol I only drink Tea. Also like I said if this is what truly bothers this person then I am sorry but again life is way too short to get upset over just a little little thing like she did. Perhaps I take it personally because as a mom to a sick child who among his heart defects, he lives with being Lactose Intolorent. IBs and Chrons Disease. NOw that is alot to be upset about. I guess its all comes down to what is really important in life, without your health and love. life stinks, again this is me and I guess today is a bad day as to term of someone spitting into my coffee, cause today health wise my Son THomas had a very rough day and that truly is something to get upset over... Catherine

There is a history on that, sinks used to be actually made out of zinc. I can remember my grands and greatgrands always calling it a zinc, even when stainless and porcelain had come along. Thanks for the memory !

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I wouldnt have thoguht about that either that's a good point too




A: Alpha
B: Bravo
C: Charlie
D: Delta
E: Echo
F: Foxtrot
G: Golf
H: Hotel
I: India
J: Juliet
K: Kilo
L: Lima
M: Mike
N: November
O: Oscar
P: Papa
Q: Quebec
R: Romeo
S: Sierra
T: Tango
U: Uniform
V: Victor
W: Whiskey
X: X-Ray
Y: Yankee
Z: Zulu

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According to dictionary.com, either pronunciation for often is correct :

"Although it is still sometimes criticized, often with a /t/[t] is now so widely heard from educated speakers that it has become fully standard once again."

For the life of me, I don't know if I say it with or without the silent t. The more I think about, the more unsure I become.

I do say "jew*EL*ry", but it feels wrong...I think because I grew up saying jewlry...sounded most like "juhrry"

How about "iron"? Anyone? I say "eye-urn" unless I'm really conscious of how I'm pronouncing it.

Sandy

I had a friend from Canada and she had a hard time pronouncing her H`s and people always made fun of her but you know something, English was her second language. I don`t have a second one. How many of you do. (I really dont want to know, just making a point.( I really wish people would stop making fun of people who use the wrong words or say words wrong. Chill out. nancy

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Njfl loved your post. Like I said no one is perfect in their speech and to get that upset over how someone pronouces a word is so small in reality of whats more important.

My dad used to always say "myilk" instead of "milk". He also used to say "Huh-wi(long I)-yuh" instead of "Hawaii". I have no idea why - he was from Arkansas.

I'm sorry that I upset some of you. I do know that this is a minor thing compared to all of the world's woes. I could have complained about all of that and gotten everyone more upset and worried than we already are on that subject. I could have complained about the stroke I had in February and the fact that I now cannot use the fingers on my right hand as much as I'd like to and constantly have a tingly feeling in my face and right arm and hand. I could have complained about the fact that my 68 year old husband with heart problems is going to have to go back to work and I am very afraid for him. Instead I chose a silly little thing that bugs me. I also could have gone thru everyone else's posts and picked them apart. I'm sorry that I didn't realize that you would rather see only gloom and doom on this board!

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ehhh...I wouldn't let the cranky ones bother you.

Sometimes when you are dealing with a lot of really "serious" issues (like you seem to be), it's the smallest of things that you have a low tolerance for.

In the midst of all that I'm dealing with--I wonder how come I'm the only one that notices that the toilet paper is out in the bathroom!
And it really irks me!

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jm-

I'm sorry that you're having such a tough time personally right now.

I didn't take your post negatively - I've always enjoyed your posts, even tho I mostly lurk here.

I think we all have little things that bug us. Given as much doom and gloom as there is in the world right now, we can all use a little levity, which is how I took your post, and responded in kind.

I hope things are looking up for you soon. Take care of yourself & hubby.

Sandy in DE

I know where you're coming from, jm.

Sometimes I like to take my little pet peeves our and give them a good petting. Sometimes you feel better if you just rant about something little that just annoys the heck out of you. It won't change anything but it lets you get some of your frustration out in a harmless way.

I'm not feeling really ranty today but I'll join you with this: I hate it when people go around sniffing all the time. Get a tissue and blow your damn nose already! Makes me crazy!

Whew, sometiems it just feels good to gripe.

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How about when people say "hwen" for when, and "hware" for where ??? Didn't drive me cray, I just wondered where they learned that pronunciation?

Very interesting listening to people speak.

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HOw come all of this has to turn around and make me look like the bad person. I just expressed my views that something so minor be made out to bother so one so much. I agree I do not like complaining and always thinking negative is not good either. But for me and my son I live with it on a constant basis and when I see how he suffers to see a post about the way people pronouce some words... well again its seems minor to me. But please do not make me the bad person here because I am not. I know I will refrain from speaking on the subject again, so sorry you got upset and sorry to hear about your problems as well we all have them. Thats why I posted about the post about to tell each other about ourselves to lighten up the board. Again no harm intented just speaking as a mom with a sick child. Peace. Catherine

Sometimes, you have to focus on something minor so that you don't worry yourself sick over the really bad crap.

Sometimes, what's a minor thing to you, is a huge deal to someone else.

Who are you, or who am I to dictate/mandate what's important to another person? I mean really--it has nothing to do with bad guy/good guy.
For that matter, it bugs the crap out of me when someone consistently voices their opinions and hurts other people's feelings or offends others and then qualifies it with "well, I was just voicing my opinion" --that's kind of like starting a sentence with "now, don't get mad, but..."

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Or...."I'm just sayin" after someone gets offended. Like that makes it ok??

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MArilynk this is for you. DO you have a personal problem with me. Because every single time I post or open up my thoughts you jump all over me. You know if you cannot say something nice then please do me a favor and say nothing and leave me alone. Do you ever see me posting when you decide to voice your thoughts or views on something no never,for heavens sake, leave it alone. On a final note, do you have a sick child do you know whats it like, if you do then I am sorry if not, then you cannot comment on how I feel to see someone post about the way people talk and that its such a big deal.Sheesh Marilynk leave me alone honestly you have done this to me too many times. Go pick on someone else. Are you happy now that you have totally turned it all around and now make it a big deal stop seeking more drama and trouble> I said I was sorry to the op, you did not have to keep putting wood on the fire..... Catherine

oh good grief.....Look lady, I don't look at who's posting, just at what is posted.
I don't know you! How could I possibly have a personal problem with you?? Seriously, you take things waaaaay to personally.

Oh! and an apology doesn't sound like "I'm sorry, but if you hadn't said or done XXX, I wouldn't have had to say or do XXX...." An apology does not need an explanation, a simple "I'm sorry" or "I was wrong" is generally sufficient.

If I bother you, then put me on ignore (it really does work, I promise!) then you won't see anything I say, good or bad. But, since I'm thinking you truly enjoy the attention and the turmoil, I don't think you will.

Furthermore--my post wasn't attacking you, it was simply a commentary on who are I or who are you to tell someone not to be irritated by something? Yes, I'm sure there are more important things in life than how a word is pronounced---but often times, you're so stressed about the "really" important things, that the next time you hear someone says "warsh" instead of "wash" that it's just too much and you kind of snap. Hey, and sometimes something bugs you and you know that letting it bug you is completely insane--but it still bothers you. It's life.

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I had a friend who prefaced just about everything she said with "I don't mean to be rude........" Uggghhhh, drove me nuts. If you don't mean to be rude, then don't even open your mouth!!!

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JM19, I know the spirit in which you were posting. I hope it's clear to you that most of us did, and I was happy to jump on board. It's always fun to discuss the little quirky things that make us shudder. For me, nothing does that like the random, contagious mutilations of the English language. And I laugh at my own issues there, too.

I don't think I remember reading that you had a stroke in February. I'm glad you're here with us! You and your DH will be in my prayers.

To those offended, I really don't believe anyone was angry at the actual *people* using these words at all! I believe that some of us just become slightly irked by the spiral some little words have taken. It's the WORDS bothering us (at least me) - not necessarily the PEOPLE. And from what I read on these posts, it seems like the words cited by the posters are even butchered by the most educated people. I didn't read any posts that made me think that people with language-based disabilities were being called out at all. Heck, we're all guilty of saying something incorrectly.

JM19 isn't being judgmental. It's not her style. This was just a poster airing an amusing grievance.

We all have little things that just rub us the wrong way. I think we really need to see that this one is just one of those little things.

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Ok i just want to end this post here and perhaps in the times we are in right now, everyone including myself is on the edge. I did say i was sorry to op so this is the second time I am saying it. As far as marilynk I do not want to block you in anyway. i just truly want peace on this boards. i believe this thread got way to much attention, so lets just end it and start fresh okay ladies. peace to all. CAtherine

One that sets my teeth on edge is "shtraight" instead of straight.

Maureen

Back to the original comment....the "Y" pronounced for "H" has always bothered me a bit as well. When I used to watch "The Apprentice", it would make me cringe whenever Donald Trump would say "yuge". I have a friend that talks like that as well, and it's just a little annoying, like when President Bush says, "nukular" instead of "nuclear".

The one that makes me crazy is "AKS" instead of ASK. How does the 2 get confused??? I have never heard anyone say a Y for an H, but I feel sure I wouldn't care for it.

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Marilynk -

I do think when you quote someone, as you so often do, that the implication is that you are responding to the person, or at a minimum, the content of their post. If you want to give general commentary, then I would recommend not quoting and/or otherwise calling out someone. And yes, I am quoting you and I am talking to you.

That said, I do have a general recommendation to add....and that is to read and "listen" before jumping in. You can learn a lot by observing what people write and the way people interact with each other. Through observation, and not being so quick on the keyboard, you can learn what matters, who to respect or not, and who/what to let roll off your back. (That's assuming that you're reading/posting in a forum that allows for observation to get one's feet wet and doesn't require immediate participation )

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Oh, and aks for ask drives me crazy. I hate to admit it, but I immediately think the person who talks that way is an idiot.

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This reminds me of when I faked a speech problem in Elementary school to get out of boring History to go to Speech therapy classes instead,lmao.
I faked the "s" sound with the "th" sound with a "thraight" face.

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I did the same thing!! I lisped my "S" during the evaluation because my friend, Kathy, lisped and we wanted to be in speech therapy together!

I spent a year marching over to the convent to work on it, and had great fun and some yummy candy as a treat for my progress.

I forgot all about that!! Thanks for the laugh!

[quote=valorian;3058159]My Grandmother cant say walmart or kmart without adding a K at the end heheheh[/QUOTE

That's so funny. When my MIL started welcoming great grandchildren into her world there were several names she just couldn't pronounce. She declared "I'm just going to call them all baby". And she did.

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OK, I have to add mine ~ I work in a libRary - not a li-berry!

If I quote someone, I'm addressing what was being said---not necessarily who said it. With the rare exception, I don't even realize WHO posted it until after the fact. The other reason I quote, is to preserve the original post. Often times the original post is altered after the person realizes what an @$$ they have made of themselves, and they will try to deny that they said it....when quoted, it's hard deny.

Some posters seem to have difficulty grasping the fact that not everything is a personal attack on them. I think, and this is just my opinion, that those posters actually feed off of playing the victim. That's how they get a sense of importance.


I do apologize if anything I posted came across as a personal attack--that was not my intent.

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At one of our local stores, the lady who ran the jewelry dept. would announce the great deals to be had in the "fine JEWry" department. I still giggle every time I think about it...

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Yeah, I totally agree with you.

I'll go a step further and state that some people seem to truly enjoy trying to "one up" others; i.e. "my problems are sooooo much worse than yours"

To the op: I enjoyed your post -- it's fun to find out what words affect other people "like fingernails on a chalkboard".

BirFday instead of birthday... ACK!!!!


How this topic got twisted into the OP just being terribly burdened or that she gets her most anger out of people that mispronounce words is beyond me. I read and re-read the post and can only see that this is something that is a pet peeve.
Relax people, relax

Okay, this was such a fun post reading the mispronounciations that I had to join in. My MIL says shicken, instead of chicken, and Shinden instead of Chinden (a road in my city)... I agree, it is like fingernails on a chalkboard...
Too funny... And I could see the OP's post was all for fun, not that she is litterally being driven crazy by it, or wasting her life away because people pronounce Huge wrong... Just a pet peeve, people are allowed to have those, even if our kids aren't sick, or we aren't handling a huge (pronounced with a hard h sound of course) trial in our lives.

Ok, I'll join in. In my geometry class we had a teacher that would always put a 't' on the end of twice. She always stood close to my desk and a little spit would always fly out when she said it lol. It's just something that got to be annoying and ever since then I noticed my dad would say it and also one of my best friends at work.

I also don't think anyone is being picked on, there are just differences of opinion on here. Anyway, I'm just sayin'.

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Let the flaring begin.

DH is pretty-well educated. He was accepted into a federal academy for college, has a master's degree, and is trying to figure out a way to get a second master's. He is usually very well-spoken, except he says I'n gonna' instead of I'm gonna'. I still don't like the I'm gonna'. As a girl who thought she wanted to be an English major, I have never much enjoyed contractions. I would rather hear, I am going to (fill in the blank). He sounds like a six year old boy when he says I'n gonna. Also, my mother was from Iowa, and we lived in Hawaii. She pronounces them Ioway, and
Ha-wye-ya. Don't even get me started on the axe vs. ask. I used to work for an answering service. While there were so many rules, and you were always getting quality checks on this and that, no one was ever reprimanded for saying, "May I axe who's calling?" Yet I was reprimanded on this: An elderly lady called. Her 80yr. old husband had fallen backwards on concrete and hit his head. She was calling her Dr. to let him know they were on the way to the hospital. Well, you were supposed to end each call with, "Have a nice day." I didn't figure that they were really going to have a nice day, in fact, I assumed at that point, that their entire day was going to suck. So, I ended my call with "You take care." I was told it was too casual. Of course I said, "May I AXE why?" lol...j/k.... Needless to say, I didn't hang around too long there.

Ok Kellyjef, to you I know you answered this post because of me, you do not like me from refundsweepers.com, so I do not like that you refer to me as being the poster to seeks drama from the board, you just proved I am not the one with the drama , its you dear.Please please do not take me for a fool, I say I was sorry to the op and it should have ended there. I am writing , this because the last time you wrote about me on rs, you mentioned my full name and that I was gettting on your nerves. Why are you hiding behind and pretending to care and add your 2 cents you are only doing it because you know its me. Also please please do not respond and say poor poor pity Catherine, I am just tired of all this un necessary posting, when you know exactly why you choose to put your 2 cents in.....Catherine

Is it paranoia that makes a person assume they are being singled out? Is it an already inflated ego (think Carly Simon's "You're So Vain")? Seriously? I don't understand....

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MArilynk Paranoia no hon its a fact, if you do not believe me im her KellyJef yourself. I thought me and you were finished I said I was sorry and to end it, however you cannot. So I will. End it... I am Catherine

Catherine, hon, I don't give a rat's behind who KellyJef posts about. But, I have read several posts that you have assumed applied or referred to you---when there really was no indication of who it referred to.

I'm sincerely asking you: do you just assume that posts refer to you? I also have to know--is English your second language? I'm assuming so, based on some of your verbiage and writing style.

If you truly wanted to let a post go---you wouldn't keep replying....I'm just saying, hon!

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Okay now you truly hit a nerve, what do you mean is English my second language, not its not. If you read any of my posts, I have always said I was born in New York and have lived in New York all my life, so pplease praytel, tell me what you mean about my usage of words, whats the problem this time. Geesh you will not stop. Do you speak so perfectly well, you received a trophy for it hon as to quote you????? Catherine

Hi I live in good old Maryland.

A lot of people around here say eating ett-in.
We have a Weis grocery store and they will call it WE-IS
If you are in or around Baltimore city everybody is HUN

Hey wonderful moderators!!! Good morning !! I think it's time to close and lock this puppy. Great topic, jm19, but certainly took an unexpected turn and I don't enjoy the bickering and the need to have the last word!!! I've got kids for that. LOL

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