What wourds do you hate hearing mispronouced on TV

[jcgirl]

jaguar

anyone heard the new radio ads that pronounce it jag-U-wa ?

 

[Ian1]

Either, I hate the word e-there, it should be i-there.

 

[Never]

Ian:
"Either, I hate the word e-there, it should be i-there."

Yes, it should be I-there, especially if you're talking about a certain lady's boudoir.

 

[Cheyenne]

Psst, Cheyenne.. it was a joke.

Good, you scared me there for a minute agreeing with Todd.

The second choice pronunciation including the "t" isn't even in my Oxford American Dictionary. And I can hear my senior year English teacher rolling in her grave now at the sound of someone pronouncing the "t". Used to give her fits. Just like "I could care less."

 

[Dillinger]

On TV, on the streets... anywhere... the word is ASK not AX (hell I've even heard school teachers say AX!)

 

[Never]

Cheyenne:
"Good, you scared me there for a minute agreeing with Todd."

Think that's scary? Wait until tell you what I did with my new credit card.

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Really though, what did you say about me and 69?

 

[Juliangel]

I just saw the commerical, it drives me nuts everytime. In Atlanta we have a company called Mattress King and at the end of the commerical the woman says "After all mattress's are our business" but she pronounces our - are.

So it comes out "After all mattress's are are business"

 

[ManOSafety]

Irregardless of the myriad of these other postings, I would of said that their are two many eggsamples of wourds that be mispronouced er used uncorrectly. In some cases those peeple that was hukt awn fawnix might be held uhcountable for this negative affect.

 

[Endlessly]

HA! Me and my silent 't' have been vindicated!

Oh, and a typical Montanan hick thing that makes me want to strangle people:

"So I says to her.."

GAH!!!!!!! I get furious just thinking about it. It makes me start twitching in the middle of a conversation.

 

[Never]

Would you like the Northeastern version more?

And den I goes to her.. "Wha? Wha accent?"

 

[RisiaSkye]

I totally agree with Grrr38 about the "nuc-u-lar" thing. It drives me buggy. Also hate the dropped L in "wolf" that turns it into "wuff," and pronouncing the L in salmon. It is not, no matter how many times you say it, called a "Sall Mun".

Oooh, one more. Pseudo is pronounced "Sue Dough" not "Sue Dew" or "Suda".

I'm an English teacher, I should get a few extra nominees for this list, right?

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Ticklish Girl]

Oooh, one more. Pseudo is pronounced "Sue Dough" not "Sue Dew" or "Suda".

Or "Swade-O." That drives me up the wall!

 

[Mustang Sally]

I absolutely despise hearing the word "schedule" pronounced SHEDule. It sounds so pretentious. My dictionary says it's pronounced SKEDule, and so do I!

Tranna for Toronto.

Cheyenne, here in Ontario harassment is occasionally pronounced HAIR-ess-ment as a verb describing the actions of our premier, Mike Harris. It's mildly amusing, I guess.