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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 22, 2019 19:00:19 GMT
Jaguar they say it like. jag wire.
And bottle. They say boddle. for some reason.
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Post by klandersen on Aug 22, 2019 19:29:49 GMT
They also supposedly say "supposebly". To this day I haven't heard anyone pronounce it in regular conversation. I have been told that it is mostly a regional thing. My Sister In-Law in NC says folks down there say it all the time.
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 22, 2019 19:56:07 GMT
They also supposedly say "supposebly". To this day I haven't heard anyone pronounce it in regular conversation. I have been told that it is mostly a regional thing. My Sister In-Law in NC says folks down there say it all the time. I have heard people say "supposebly". With kids ten and under, it can be cute. When I hear a grown person say it, I always wonder how he or she made it through school: it sounds subliterate.
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Post by DarkManX on Aug 22, 2019 20:40:27 GMT
Jaguar they say it like. jag wire.
And bottle. They say boddle. for some reason. How are you supposed to pronounce Jaguar?
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 22, 2019 20:58:17 GMT
Here's one that I would have thought we'd heard the last of: "lie-berry" for library...and I work in one (i.e., a library).
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Post by ellynmacg on Aug 22, 2019 21:08:21 GMT
Jaguar they say it like. jag wire.
And bottle. They say boddle. for some reason. How are you supposed to pronounce Jaguar? If you're American: JAG-wahr (to rhyme with BAG-bar). If you're British: JAG-you-ah (listen to "Jeepster" by T. Rex to get the sound of that one) If you're a Spanish speaker:
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 22, 2019 21:11:06 GMT
Every word in a foreign language you don`t speak or understand.
Also the word can be pronounce differently in different languages like Jaguar is pronounced differently in English and Norwegian.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 22, 2019 21:18:31 GMT
Jaguar they say it like. jag wire.
And bottle. They say boddle. for some reason. How are you supposed to pronounce Jaguar? jag eww are. I think. I am dumb.
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Post by Catman on Aug 22, 2019 21:58:16 GMT
Most people mispronounce Katsura.
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Post by Harmless elf on Aug 22, 2019 23:06:12 GMT
Backpack people say Bagpack
Aluminum
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Post by politicidal on Aug 22, 2019 23:37:29 GMT
"Succinct." I hear people pronounce it like "suck sink".
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 23, 2019 9:09:04 GMT
They also supposedly say "supposebly". To this day I haven't heard anyone pronounce it in regular conversation. I have been told that it is mostly a regional thing. My Sister In-Law in NC says folks down there say it all the time. I knew a guy from Virginia who pronounced it like that. |
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Post by Sulla on Aug 23, 2019 15:57:51 GMT
I frequently hear people say "simular" instead of "similar."
And some people who should know better still say "nucular" in place of "nuclear."
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Post by someguy on Aug 23, 2019 16:03:32 GMT
Realtor pronounced realator.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Aug 23, 2019 16:08:38 GMT
Humans mispronounce a bunch of words. Animals are definitely better pronouncers.
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Post by theauxphou on Aug 23, 2019 16:50:32 GMT
Painstaking mispronounced as painn-staking, when it should be painzz-taking. I guess this one's harder to notice unless they say it slowly enough for one to spot the error.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 23, 2019 17:08:38 GMT
I frequently hear people say "simular" instead of "similar."
And some people who should know better still say "nucular" in place of "nuclear." The "nucular/nuclear" one irritates me the most! My 'grammar police' tendencies are going to increase - fair warning, everyone! I am doing part-time proofreading for a local newspaper, and, wow, I have found some really bad, as in embarrassing, typos! To me, it is kind of like a treasure hunt, and when I find a bad one, I get to taunt the original writer of the copy! 
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 23, 2019 17:49:14 GMT
Oh, oh, thought of another one! Jewelry... mispronounced joo-lah-ree, should be joo-el-ree. I hear it even in television shows, where one would think the writers or show-runners would catch it and insist on proper pronunciation.
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Post by Catman on Aug 23, 2019 17:51:53 GMT
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Post by klandersen on Aug 23, 2019 18:23:10 GMT
Some mispronunciations are a matter of local dialects (Not to be confused with Lo-Cal (caliber) Daleks). One of the many mispronounced words that gets me, one of the local talk radio hosts says forward pronounced as foe-ward instead of for-ward. I can get over when it is pronounced for-word but the foe pronunciation drives me nuts N-V-T-S.
For many people it is the way they were taught how to say the words, or as I have said the local dialect.
Oh another thing that gets me is the pronouncing letters that are supposed to be silent like the "t" in "often" and that leads to the "e" or "i" debates "off-fen" (off-en?) vs "off-fin" (off-in?) or for those who pronounce the "t" "off-ten" vs "off-tin". Wait do you mean "often frequently or orphan someone who has lost their parents"? (Pirates of Penzance reference)
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