What amusing mis-pronunciations have you heard?

[Ichinisan]

Gotta hand it to HAL, this is actually a fun thread. Not like the others...

 

[HAL9000]

Gotta hand it to HAL, this is actually a fun thread. Not like the others...

 

[IGemini]

Are you saying these don't sound the same:

Those sound the same because they're non-rhotic pronunciations. Most American accents are rhotic (i.e. heavier "r" sounds). Here it sounds like this: http://www.forvo.com/word/deer/

 

[HAL9000]

Those sound the same because they're non-rhotic pronunciations. Most American accents are rhotic (i.e. heavier "r" sounds). Here it sounds like this: http://www.forvo.com/word/deer/

OK well check out the English ones on the Idea page.

http://www.forvo.com/word/idea/

I sound exactly like the American and the Briton on this one. I see no difference there's no R sound at the end...?

Also if you listen to the second one down without the pronounced R sound in "deer" you'll find how I sound when I say deer, it sounds the same is idea.

 

[JujuFish]

Are you saying these don't sound the same:

There is an 'r' (albeit soft) at the end of that pronunciation of 'idea'.

 

[IGemini]

Some pronounce it in America as "idear" with a hard r (see the pronunciation by "meric" on that page). I have a couple aunts in the NY capital region who pronounce it this way, drives me up the wall. Saying "idea" and "idear" sounds no different to you since your accent is non-rhotic.

 

[foghorn67]

Zair-are-one....ZR-1.

It's Zee, not Zair.

 

[HAL9000]

Some pronounce it in America as "idear" with a hard r (see the pronunciation by "meric" on that page). I have a couple aunts in the NY capital region who pronounce it this way, drives me up the wall. Saying "idea" and "idear" sounds no different to you since your accent is non-rhotic.

Yeah fair enough, I can hear it a bit I suppose in the "meric" one.

 

[CZroe]

because "yer" and "yuh" sound almost identical unless you extend the last letter for example "yerrr" sounds very different to "yuhhh"

"Extend?" You mean, actually pronounce it at all.

I guess it's time to break this out on you again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We_cFAlfsRM

Stop truncating words! Use your Ts and Rs.

 

[HAL9000]

"Extend?" You mean, actually pronounce it at all.

I guess it's time to break this out on you again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We_cFAlfsRM

Stop truncating words! Use your Ts and Rs.

People don't actually talk like that unless they live in the east end of london. Yall

 

[schneiderguy]

English people somehow mispronounce "trunk" as "boot". Not sure how :hmm:

 

[HAL9000]

English people somehow mispronounce "trunk" as "boot". Not sure how :hmm:

This isn't a thread about using different words in different countries, it's about funny mis pronunciations.

 

[Ichinisan]

English people somehow mispronounce "trunk" as "boot". Not sure how :hmm:

That's a funny mispronunciation.

 

[BoomerD]

quay is pronounced key.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quay

quay
noun \ˈkē, ˈkā, ˈkwā\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byIExgHDOpk

 

[HAL9000]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quay



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byIExgHDOpk

I laughed at that video.

 

[Mike Gayner]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quay



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byIExgHDOpk

Erm, I'm pretty sure that youtube video is a troll video.

Dictionaries may consider "kway" to be acceptable, but it's definitely not correct. Though I understand many Americans struggle with words that aren't pronounced exactly as they're spelling - some New Zealanders have the same problem, though primarily children.

edit: Indeed yep, I happen to have a newer edition of the exact dictionary the troll is claiming to reference, see below for the correct pronunciation and etymology of the word.

 

[CZroe]

People don't actually talk like that unless they live in the east end of london. Yall

Well, it seems that you leave your Rs off at the end of words so "Idea" sounds the same as "Eye Deer." It's still truncating.

 

[HAL9000]

Erm, I'm pretty sure that youtube video is a troll video.

Dictionaries may consider "kway" to be acceptable, but it's definitely not correct. Though I understand many Americans struggle with words that aren't pronounced exactly as they're spelling - some New Zealanders have the same problem, though primarily children.

edit: Indeed yep, I happen to have a newer edition of the exact dictionary the troll is claiming to reference, see below for the correct pronunciation and etymology of the word.

Oh snap!

 

[sactoking]

quay noun \ˈkē, ˈkā, ˈkwā\

from Merriam-Webster online. I'd check Oxford online, but they want to charge NA customers $300/yr for something you get free at dozens of other locations.

 

[qliveur]

Spidermun.

 

[Ichinisan]

Spidermun.

I sometimes mockingly say "Spidermunn" as if it's a last name.

 

[Muse]

PORSCHE, not PORSCHAAAAAA.

Oh, and elevator, not lift.

Porsche is German and in German you say it PORSCHAAAAAA. So, arguably it is the correct pronunciation.

Elevator, lift, who cares... press the damn button, SSSnail!

 

[eits]

Stupid brits:
Ah LU meenium

OReGHANo

FileT

i think you mean "al-you-mini-um"

 

[SSSnail]

Gotta hand it to HAL, this is actually a fun thread. Not like the others...

You kidding me? There are at least 10 threads with almost the same freaking titles that have been posted. The posts and participants are almost identical.

It's probably that people notice the trolls more...

 

[Muse]

There's a sizable amount of people who pronounce Missouri as "Miz-OAR-rah" also. It sounds idiotic, and those who say it that way probably are.

It's always been my impression that people who said it this way were actually from (i.e. in) Missouri. I figure they're entitled to say it any way they want.

BTW, it was explained to me by an Oregonian that people from (i.e. in) Oregon can tell you're not with it if you pronounce the word "Ore-gone" instead of "Ore-gun." Therefore I continue to believe that the latter is the correct way to say it.