Mispronunciations????

[dogar sahab]

Guys,this is the thread where you have to tell the daily-mispronounced words...
There are many common words which most of us mispronounce...
So in this thread you can figure-out those 'common' mispronunciations!!!

[JBI]

Further and Farther. Most people I know don't distinguish between the two, and it is unfathomably annoying. Same with flipping anyways for anyway, and a common trend in Canadian English, making the 1 syllable word, such as sour, into a 2 syllable word sou--er.

[TheFifthElement]

pacific instead of specific is quite common where I live.
Amblimence as opposed to Ambulance.

Actually my mother is the master of mispronunciations. Some of my personal favourites are:

corncrete as in pertaining to that greyish stone like substance used for building with, and
pre-hysteric as in pertaining to the time before recorded history.

[Niamh]

common trend in Canadian English, making the 1 syllable word, such as sour, into a 2 syllable word sou--er.

:confused: Everyone i know pronounces it as if it was two syllables...

Edit: from Dictionary.com

sour   /saʊər, ˈsaʊər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [souuhr, sou-er] Show IPA Pronunciation
adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb
–adjective 1. having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
2. rendered acid or affected by fermentation; fermented.
3. producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, salt, or sweet.
4. characteristic of something fermented: a sour smell.
5. distasteful or disagreeable; unpleasant.
6. below standard; poor.
7. harsh in spirit or temper; austere; morose; peevish.
8. Agriculture. (of soil) having excessive acidity.
9. (of gasoline or the like) contaminated by sulfur compounds.
10. Music. off-pitch; badly produced: a sour note.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sour
thats two syllables

[Bitterfly]

pre-hysteric as in pertaining to the time before recorded history.


I love that one! :p Couldn't you call it a malaproprism too?

Yes, and about "sour", it's a diphtongue, right? So two vowel sounds.
I'm not sure about the difference between further and farther, actually. :(

[papayahed]

A guy I used to work with always used to say "I'm Mandino", it took me a few minutes to figure out he meant to say "I'm Mandingo"

[pussnboots]

how can we forget liberry for library

[AuntShecky]

We have 4 TV channels which have local news broadcasts, and there must be 4 or 5 anchormen and anchorwomen on each, but I've never heard any one of them pronounce the month of February correctly.

Only a small percentage of our politicians can pronounce
the word "nuclear."

[LadyWentworth]

How were you guys taught syllables in school? I can remember the teacher telling us to put our hands on our chins (I guess it wouldn't matter whether you use your fingers to touch your chin or just place the hand under the chin - I can't remember which I used to do :) ). Then slowly say a word. Based on how many times your chin would move down when you said that word, that was the number of syllables in the word. I always considered "sour" one syllable, and I barely move my chin when I say it, but I think it is because I just might be making a concious effort to NOT pronounce it as if it were two syllables now. :) Because seriously, I never paid much attention to how I prounced a word like that before until now. Well, not since I had to pay attention in school. :)


how can we forget liberry for library
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!


Another one that bothers me is pitcher for picture. That drives me crazy.

[Niamh]

when someone asks me for a package of crisp (potato chips) instead of a packet. *cringe*

[papayahed]

when someone asks me for a package of crisp (potato chips) instead of a packet. *cringe*

Besides, it's a bag of chips (crisps) :lol:

[librarius_qui]

There's escape, and there's special, both like this because of Latin ... :D

(In escape there's "ex-/e-", and special comes from "species, -ei")

Someday I came to THINK, and finally solved this mystery ... (It was, to me.)


librarius
:crash:

[dogar sahab]

Another very common mispronounced word is "prestige"
In this word,the letter 'g' is not pronounced in the same way as normal..
So you all must check it out....

[dogar sahab]

another very very common mispronunciation which even my english teacher didnt know was
1-row-sort of arrangement
2-row-quarrel
both the words have different pronunciations..

[dogar sahab]

^so you check it out and correct your mispronunciation!!!!

[Niamh]

Besides, it's a bag of chips (crisps) :lol:

:p being a smartie now arent we!

[TheFifthElement]

Besides, it's a bag of chips (crisps) :lol:

No, they come from the fish n' chip shop (chippy!) wrapped in newsprint and sticky with salt and vinegar. Yum.

Dust instead of just

pet hate:

fink and fought instead of think and thought. Ugh.

[Weisinheimer]

Inneresting instead of interesting. And axe instead of ask (though it's pretty funny when someone says something like, "I don't know, I'll go axe him")

[kilted exile]

No, they come from the fish n' chip shop (chippy!) wrapped in newsprint and sticky with salt and vinegar. Yum.


Nah, thats a "poke of chips - and they generally come with haddock or sausage or a deep fried pizza......(plus of course a deep fried mars bar)

[Niamh]

deep fried pizza???? :confused:
Would love a bag of chips right now. lots of salt and vinager. oh and some curry sauce to dip!

[SleepyWitch]

I love that one! :p Couldn't you call it a malaproprism too?

Yes, and about "sour", it's a diphtongue, right? So two vowel sounds.
I'm not sure about the difference between further and farther, actually. :(

a diphthong counts as one vowel sound, so that would be one syllable (the "ou") bit. but we've also got a little "schwa" sound in there (the e that's upside down), so that's another syllable ---> 2.
some people count a triphthong like in fire as one vowel, though, so I'm not sure whether the same applies here.

[TheFifthElement]

Nah, thats a "poke of chips - and they generally come with haddock or sausage or a deep fried pizza......(plus of course a deep fried mars bar)
Thus proving the rumour that Scots are obsessed with poking ;)

I used to like getting batter-bits with my chips (scraps) until one day I found half a deep-fried woodlouse with my scraps, then they weren't so appetising!

[pussnboots]

Inneresting instead of interesting. And axe instead of ask (though it's pretty funny when someone says something like, "I don't know, I'll go axe him")

2 good ones Weisinheimer!!!

[Equality72521]

When people say Nietzsche like nie-tc-hee opposed to nie-tch-uh. Very upsetting.

Or...

When people say Hegemony like Hedge-eh-money opposed to hedge-emon-ie