New York/Philly thing 
Are there any mispronunciations of words you can't stand?
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Posts: 4080 (11/07/2009 2:40 PM) |
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 ALR83 |
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Posts: 53815 (11/07/2009 2:52 PM) |
Suposebly or Suposively. No fucko it's SUPPOSEDLY.
Alex the Goob wrote: I prefer the way Aunt sounds rather than Ant, but I grew up saying Ant. I think I'll make my kids, if I have any, say Aunt lol. |
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ValpoKC |
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Posts: 2197 (11/07/2009 3:11 PM) |
"I could care less"This bugs the hell out of me! I am guilty of saying "expresso" instead of "espresso". My roomate got on me about that one day at Starbucks.. |
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Alex the Goob |
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Posts: 54191 (11/07/2009 3:14 PM) |
Oh, and also "Awnt" instead of "Aunt"
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iwantjcslips |
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Posts: 17903 (11/07/2009 3:16 PM) |
It doesn't really bother me that much, but I tease my best friend for saying "cyupon" instead of "coupon" and "simular"
instead of "similar".
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lid0linda |
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Posts: 1783 (11/07/2009 3:19 PM) |
Yea I'm from Philly, but I don't say wuder/wooder. I say wah-ter.
I go to school in the Pittsburgh area though and I hear a lot of people say you guys as "yinz". I HATE IT! And they don't say "to be". Like this needs to be washed. They just say this needs washed. That's annoying too. |
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AngelPrincess81 |
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Posts: 4082 (11/07/2009 3:24 PM) |
They just omit whole words? That's funny
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Lukadeem |
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Posts: 1608 (11/07/2009 3:32 PM) |
I haven't read this post but I hate when people say "dill" instead of "deal", "pill" instead of "peel" and words
like that. But the worst is "supposably" instead of "supposedly" - it makes me want to scream at them.
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Nicks Twinkie |
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Posts: 493 (11/07/2009 3:38 PM) |
lid0linda wrote:Yes! I've encountered this anywhere west of the Philly area...like Lancaster County and further west. A lot of my college friends (who were from the Lancaster area) said this. That and "outen the lights." 
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SurvivorQT4EVER |
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Posts: 2484 (11/07/2009 3:45 PM) |
growing up in hawaii you get exposed to a lot of different languages, especially japanese. When you mainlanders pronounce Karaoke "Kah-reeh-oh-kay"
it ticks me off, its supposed to be pronounced "Ka-rah-oh-kay"
and tamagotchi "tuh-muh-GO-chee" |
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bigredmunkeebutt |
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Posts: 16214 (11/07/2009 3:54 PM) |
I don't like when people say ''MonDEE, TuesDEE,''etc., instead of ''MonDAY, TuesDAY,'' etc. It's DAY, not DEE! Paul
McCartney didn't sing; ''YesterDEE, all my troubles seemed so far away...''!
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sarasum41chasez |
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Posts: 12481 (11/07/2009 3:56 PM) |
AngelPrincess81 wrote:WTH? Are you serious? No. It's pronounced "WAH-ter". |
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AngelPrincess81 |
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Posts: 4086 (11/07/2009 4:04 PM) |
^yeah, I am serious...I know I don't say it "correctly" but I do know that "WAH-ter" (pronunciation like "swatter") is not
the right way to say the word either. Sorry.
I don't like when people say ''MonDEE, TuesDEE,''etc., instead of ''MonDAY, TuesDAY,'' etc. It's DAY, not DEE! Paul McCartney didn't sing; ''YesterDEE, all my troubles seemed so far away...''! That irks my soul too. and my mom always corrects me in saying words with "er" in them...like America or Eric. I pronounce them "A-MARE-icuh" and "AIR-ic" and she says that's wrong and it's "A-MERR-icuh" and "ERR-ic"...I don't care...she still sounds weird to me... |
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AudaciousAudrey |
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Posts: 33472 (11/07/2009 4:05 PM) Biggest Know It All '09
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It's pronounced just how it's spelled. Water.
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ScarletOWhora85 |
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Posts: 17094 (11/07/2009 4:06 PM) |
Koytoy2004 wrote: Seriously! I also hate "same difference", when they mean "same thing". |
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ScarletOWhora85 |
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Posts: 17095 (11/07/2009 4:08 PM) |
FallenAngelFound wrote: Yes!!! That drives me crazy, and so many people do it! |
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mableberry |
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Posts: 15 (11/07/2009 4:11 PM) |
This isn't a pronunciation thing but I don't understand when people say that they "make good grades" or "make straight As". How
does one "make" a grade/A? I guess it's an American thing?
It also irks me when people say: "I seen it" when they should say "I have seen" or "I saw". Like nails on a chalkboard... 
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ScarletOWhora85 |
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Posts: 17096 (11/07/2009 4:13 PM) |
Oh, when people say "yuman" instead of "human". I haven't heard anyone from here say it...they have all been from the Boston area.
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ScarletOWhora85 |
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Posts: 17098 (11/07/2009 4:15 PM) |
mableberry wrote:OMG..."I seen" is THE WORST THING EVER. Everyone I know says "get good grades". |
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starlightperfume |
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Posts: 3191 (11/07/2009 4:17 PM) |
Fanatic15 wrote:So many people around here say "mise well". It's so bad.
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