100 Most Often Mispronounced Words...

[Scouzer]

See here.

 

[jlee]

Wow...must have some heavy accents for some of those..

 

[ddviper]

supposably supposedly Adding ?ly to participles is rarely possible, so some people try to avoid it altogether. You can't avoid it here.


often ofen We have mastered the spelling of this word so well, its spelling influences the pronunciation: DON'T pronounce the [t]! This is an exception to the rule that spelling helps pronunciation.

These two bug me the most.

-Got pronunciation?

 

[l6873]

close clothes The [th] is a very soft sound likely to be overlooked. Show your linguistic sensitivity and always pronounce it.

According to wikipedia...

clothes was historically pronounced the same way as the verb close ("Whenas in silks my Julia goes/.../The liquefaction of her clothes" --Herrick), but many speakers now insert a /ð/ sound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_pronunciation

 

[jagec]

Card shark is acceptible, "snuck" is fairly acceptable, and while "duct tape" is more common, "duck tape" is not only a brand, but also the original spelling.

One might almost say the mispronunciation of "Tijuana" is justified, since it's namesake was, after all, an Aunt Juana.

 

[OdiN]

damned ebonics screwing up language.

 

[KarenMarie]

sad to say... living in bergen county, nj... that is the way a lot of ppl here speak.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: jagec
Card shark is acceptible, "snuck" is fairly acceptible, and while "duct tape" is more common, "duck tape" is not only a brand, but also the original spelling.

One might almost say the mispronunciation of "Tijuana" is justified, since it's namesake was, after all, an Aunt Juana.

However, "acceptible" is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

 

[Rebasxer]

Forte is pronounced fort. I've never heard anyone, educated or not use the word fort as a strong point...

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Hahaha, who the hell pronounces ask like aks? I thought that was limited to the pun in Last Action Hero. Hmmm... just noticed that they didn't include brocktude.

EDIT: Heineken remover? :laugh:

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Hahaha, who the hell pronounces ask like aks? I thought that was limited to the pun in Last Action Hero.

EDIT: Heineken remover? :laugh:

Lots of people...

I have peronsally seen many.

 

[njswift10141980]

that list is like "a blessing in the skies" for some people when they finally realize that they've been saying things the wrong way.

 

[Rebasxer]

And Parliament. Spelled with an I and pronouned that way it refers to the British body, not the term in general. Thats spelled with an I but pronouned without it IIRC

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Hahaha, who the hell pronounces ask like aks? I thought that was limited to the pun in Last Action Hero. Hmmm... just noticed that they didn't include brocktude.

EDIT: Heineken remover? :laugh:

Black people.




Ha..ha..just kidding.

Only people who speak ebonics.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
sad to say... living in bergen county, nj... that is the way a lot of ppl here speak.

Umm... apparantly it's the same way in most of the country, hence the 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English list.

 

[dighn]

damn those are bad. and english isn't even my first language.

 

[DainBramaged]

Irregardless of this article, people will continue to mispronounciate words.

 

[Konigin]

Heineken remover is one I haven't heard, but pretty funny.

 

[Mermaidman]

agh, ANOTHER timeout? There should be zero timeouts in OT.

LOL--wrong thread.

 

[jfall]

wrastling

 

[Buck Armstrong]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Hahaha, who the hell pronounces ask like aks? I thought that was limited to the pun in Last Action Hero. Hmmm... just noticed that they didn't include brocktude.

EDIT: Heineken remover? :laugh:

Um...African-Americans? Where have you been?

 

[mugs]

The ones that annoy me:

Calvary cavalry
doggy dog world dog-eat-dog world
drownd drown
excape escape
expresso espresso
excetera et cetera
expecially especially
For all intensive purposes For all intents and purposes
Febyuary February
in parenthesis in parentheses <--- nothing is more annoying that someone who unsuccessfully flaunts their knowledge that the singular of parentheses is parenthesis
irregardless regardless <----- pretentious
nucular nuclear <---- our president can't seem to get that one right
pottable potable <---- don't people watch Jeopardy?
perogative prerogative
supposably supposedly
upmost utmost

What's worse is when people try to spell idioms on Internet forums and they mangle them to death.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: dighn
damn those are bad. and english isn't even my first language.

That is to your advantage, because you have not heard these words and phrases mispronounced for your entire life.

 

[everman]

People pronouncing espresso as "eXpresso" *sigh*

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: jfall
wrastling

rasslin'