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50 Incorrect Pronunciations That You Should Avoid
Daily Writing Tips ^ | December 2, 2008 | Maeve Maddox

Posted on 11/18/2016 12:35:53 PM PST by EveningStar

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To: IronJack

It’d probably be interesting - and a bit sad - to do a study on how the various English accents are changing, or fading out altogether. I suspect that the East End doesn’t sound like that anymore.


221 posted on 11/18/2016 7:53:45 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: zeugma
Another interesting project is the upcoming Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planet live-action movie. That one is really an enigma to the American audience, being based on a 50-year-old *French* comic book series (and subsequent Japanese anime adaptation). The European-influenced anime projects can be very interesting - and sometimes unintentionally comical.
222 posted on 11/18/2016 8:14:05 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: shotgun
Back on the old “PASSWORD” tv game show the password was deer. The celebrity gave the clue “doe”. The contestant answered “knob”

That story reminds me of a recent ”Family Feud episode. Steve Harvey said "name something that goes with pork." The contestant said "cupine."

223 posted on 11/18/2016 8:49:21 PM PST by Rollee (PIAPS = Pig In A Pantsuit)
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To: EveningStar

No one agrees ... we just deflect and approve or disapprove


224 posted on 11/18/2016 8:57:50 PM PST by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: EveningStar

Whoever wrote this needs to STFU and make me a sammich.


225 posted on 11/18/2016 9:01:41 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar

She missed a few:

The number “20” does not rhyme with “bunny.”


226 posted on 11/18/2016 9:08:21 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: EveningStar

She gives the correct pronunciation of jewelry, but fails to condemn specifically the pronunciation JOOLERY.


227 posted on 11/18/2016 9:12:53 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: EveningStar

I’ve been hearing this a lot:

His original approach didn’t work, so he decided to take another TACT.


228 posted on 11/18/2016 9:16:15 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: EveningStar

Bookmark


229 posted on 11/18/2016 9:23:59 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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To: EveningStar
In late, but my cringer is people who write/say ‘would of’ instead of would have for would've.
230 posted on 11/19/2016 6:43:55 AM PST by Centaur (Never practice moderation to excess.)
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To: EveningStar

The one that gets ME is H-I-L-L-A-R-Y. It’s pronounced Criminal!


231 posted on 11/19/2016 6:51:03 AM PST by Castigar
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To: EveningStar; Kid Shelleen; Prov1322

In Philadelphia, masons often pronounce “masonry” as “masonary.” Sort of like the way many Fluffyans pronounce the name of the Acme grocery store: “ACK-a-mee.”


232 posted on 11/20/2016 6:29:47 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Cowboy Bob
Wipped cream...or Whipped cream?

Wip creem.

233 posted on 11/20/2016 6:31:23 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Battle Axe
I warrsh my squarrsh.

That's fine for you; but many natives of Washington, DC pronounce it "Warshington." That's gratingly disrespectful of our first president.

234 posted on 11/20/2016 6:33:45 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
I think a lot of these are not so much mispronunciations as they are non-standard pronunciations, or regionalisms, or pronunciations based in dialect. I remember “bob-wire” was common where I grew up in southern Illinois.

They forgot to include "duck tape" (duct tape).

235 posted on 11/20/2016 6:38:41 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Buttons12
I’ve noticed lately that “pundits” is being pronounced “pundants.”

Trump says that a lot. He also says "phenomena" when he means "phenomenon."

236 posted on 11/20/2016 6:40:36 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Covenantor; Bigg Red
Michigan ··· mitch-chikan
Buffalo ··· Boo-follow

I heard an European tourist on his cellphone telling someone he was in TUCK-sohn. (Tucson, AZ)

We have a town in Maryland called Havre de Grace that has several longstanding local pronounciations, accompanied by longstanding feuds:

1) HAVE-er-dee-grayce
2) HAVE-ah-dih-grass
3) HARV-dih-grahs
4) HAHV-dih-graw

237 posted on 11/20/2016 7:00:00 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

Isle au Haut, Maine

I’ve heard it pronounced, Il da Ho

Linda Greenlaw of *Perfect Storm* fame, lives there.


238 posted on 11/20/2016 7:05:13 PM PST by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: needmorePaine; Gil4
Is your wife from the Philadelphia area because "crowns" instead of "crayons" is prominent there. I can attest that it is difficult to stop that one.

As is "shtreet" instead of "street."

239 posted on 11/20/2016 7:05:54 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: FrankR
UHMbrella, or umBRELLA?
INsurance, or inSURance?

AM-byoolence, or AM-byoo-LANCE?

240 posted on 11/20/2016 7:10:46 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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