Mispronounced words and sayings 7575 Responses

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• Gucci

  Lately, I've been hearing different people mispronouncing the same words. And yes … their first language is English.

  example:
  supposedly = supposebly

  mercedes = MARcedes (emphasis on the MAR)

  What are some others you commonly hear that drive you to drink?

  Sep 19, 08, 11:20 a.m. – Permalink

• T-Dawg

  nucular
  instead of nu-cle-ar

  I heard it in an interview last week

  • George W. Bush says nucular– mcLeod1/6

    good call. i hear this too.– Gucci2/6

    GWB is a dum ass that's why– sea_sea3/6

    Homer Simpson also says Nucular.– wordsarepictures4/6

    Palin says it and she's from way across the other side of the country! I don't get it– SigDesign5/6

    "Nucular A-Bombs!!"– ribit6/6

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• canuck

  bagel (bay-gal / bag-al)

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  for all intensive purposes

  • haha, took me a sec– locustsloth1/6

    to be fair i only found out about this one recently– 7point342/6

    i've said it wrong for most of my life– 7point343/6

    Well, for all intensive purposes it IS a ball peeing hammer. Right?– killthefish4/6

    that was my best guess– 7point345/6

    i hate that one, seriously– sputnik26/6

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• fyoucher1

  Tomato, Ta-maaa-toe
  Potato, Pa-tot-toe

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• grunttt

  i enunciate "interesting" (in-ter-rest-ing) while everyone else says in-trst-ing

  • i say inter-string sometimes, but just to be a jackass– 7point34

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:23 a.m. – Permalink

• mcLeod

  a whole nother

  • ..... levo?– Gucci

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:23 a.m. – Permalink

• grunttt

  i work for a boston agency so i constantly here "drawring (drawing), yogar (yoga), canadar (canada)... etc.

  • here instead of hear– 7point341/4

    ;)– 7point342/4

    now you're just fucking with me.– grunttt3/4

    do they was warsh instead of wash?– mcLeod4/4

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:24 a.m. – Permalink

• bulletfactory

  worsh instead of wash
  ie:
  worshington instead of washington

  missoura instead of missouri

  • rough instead of roof– waterhouse1/2

    wooder instead of water– waterhouse2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:24 a.m. – Permalink

• fyoucher1

  herrr...instead of hair

  • drives me f-in nutz– fyoucher11/2

    get your herrr did– mcLeod2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:24 a.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  schedule

  you know who you are. and i hate the way you say it.

  • U mean...Shhhhh..edule– fyoucher11/2

    shedjual?– bulletfactory2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:25 a.m. – Permalink

• grunttt

  I've heard folks pronounce the font Helvetica Neue (new) when it's actually Helvetica Faggot Wagon.

  • that fucking sets me right THE FUCK OFF!!– 7point341/4

    I've heard this as well.– Gucci2/4

    HAHAHHA– Point53/4

    Ahahahaha!– fresnobob4/4

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:25 a.m. – Permalink

• voiceof

  I don't know if it's pronounced wrong or not, but it's really annoying when someone says sans-serif like sahnz-sah-reef

  • lol - i've heard that too.– grunttt1/2

    I shot the sah-reef... but i did not shoot the deputy.– grunttt2/2

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:25 a.m. – Permalink

• canuck

  cunt (k-unt / jnr-mad-i-son)

  • hahahaaha– grunttt

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:26 a.m. – Permalink

• bulletfactory

  the•rapist instead of therapist

  • like... My the*rapist said the funniest thing the other day.– voiceof

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:27 a.m. – Permalink

• Greedo

  mature (mat-sure vs mat-oor)

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:28 a.m. – Permalink

• grunttt

  my wife pronounces "You're the greatest thing ever to happen to me" as "You're drunk again"... she says it all the time. I'm quite a catch.

  • hahahaha– gramme

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  i remember it used to bother my ex when i mispronounced her name.

  her name was megan, but it was spelled: MAEGAN

  she hated it when i called her: "you fucking bitch"

  • ha– _niko1/4

    but you're not bitter...– Greedo2/4

    true story– 7point343/4

    "Tell fucking mom that she should have spelled it that way then!"– grunttt4/4

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink

• grayhood

  both bolth

  • that requires someone getting punch in the mouth– Point5

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink

• Vicentvangogh

  ghey instead of REPUBLICAN

  • that's acceptable substituion– Point5

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  Saskatch-u-wan instead of Saskatchewan

  I see red when I hear that.

  • stop staring at the maple leaf.– Point5

  

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  Dog-earSep 19, 08, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink