Pronunciation

Nebb

There is a man I work with, he is the entire accounting department for the company. He was just explaining something to me and told me he wants such and such done so he has record of the "cal-kul-ations". I dont know why, but the way he pronounces it drives me batty. Please humor me with words that drive you nuts like that?

alixzafiris

Nuculer. Not. A. Freaking. Word. Idiot.

[Deleted User]

A lot of people around here say amalance instead of ambulance. I hate them. They also say libary instead of library. I hate them too.

AlexiaANDRobert

Realtor. NOT realAtor.

mandapanda78

I was in a meeting yesterday where someone kept pronouncing "hover" as "hoe-ver". I don't know why but I nearly started laughing.

ricksang

Some people down here call oil (earl). I hate it.

betrothed123

Library.  I hate it when people say libarry.  The first r comes before the a, jerkface.

anna.oskar

"I need to ax you a question"  It's ASK damn it.

mrsswift

I hate people who say supposebly

cougarette

MaRscapone  vinegAretteHate!

[Deleted User]

or wurter instead of water.

ricksang

Yes, ax is replaced with ask down here too, gross.

Nebb

My grandma used to call dandruff, "dandreth". I was a kid and it drove me nuts then.

anna.oskar

My other:  "I seen that."  It's "I have seen or I saw"

Hello Sunshine

I hate when people pronounce "coupons" as CUEpons.  If it was supposed to be pronounced that way, it would be spelled that way.

J&K10910

People around here add random letters into things.Sweather.  Alvocado.  Warsh.  It drives me nuts and makes me mad because it makes people sound like uneducated hicks.FI always says stanima, instead of stamina.  Drives me up the wall.

laurenclaire1386

Had this discussion with FI a few days ago.  People pronounce the word "mischievous" mischevIous.  And it's not.  There's no i after the v.  Drives me crazy.

Hello Sunshine

Espresso has no X in it.  Essssspresso.

betrothed123

Often-the T is not silent.

[Deleted User]

some people around here say walmark's instead of Wal-Mart.

aMrsin09

Down here they pronounce aluminum as:Al (the name)loominiumand filet is pronounce fillit.  I could go on.

Golfer'sLady

"So didjew hear about that?"Um, it's DID YOU - two words, not one.Also dislike adding an "s" to companies that don't have one. It is Nordstrom and Tiffany, not Nordstroms and Tiffanies.

Nebb

oddly enough, I love when I hear aluminum pronounced like that. It usually is accompanied by an accent though, which hides a multitude of sins.

raynes

Right now? I'm hating on everyone saying "fer" instead of "for". I catch myself doing it and correct myself, but EVERYONE is doing it. Everyone. Seriously, say "for".

bbyckes

People who pronounce the "th" on the end of a word with an "f" sound.  So instead of monTH, it's MonF or instead of deaTH, it's deaF!  I hate this!  This is the first monf after my aunt's deaf. 

anna.oskar

Exactly Nebb. When I first leaarned english it was: al - U - minimum for aluminum vit - uh - mins for vitamins  

Nebb

I also really hate when people pronounce clothes "close". You are NOT wearing close. You close a door.

[Deleted User]

My son says chuge instead of huge. But it's cute cause he's 4.

salt78

I'm a good Baltimoron that says wudder (something you swim in) and arnge (a color/something you eat). I know it irks people because LTB just said it did. :-)

mandysmear

"I need to ax you a question" It's ASK damn it.Some people have accents therefore say ax.I hate when people call my city Cal-gary.  It's pronounced Cal-gry.  I get they are just saying it the way it's spelled, but it drives me nuts.A girl I work with won't add the letter S on things.  So she'll send out an email for my birthday lunch or something.  The subject will say "Amanda Birthday Lunch".  She has bad grammar all together.  But  yeah.I hate when people say shed-ule.  I say it sked-ual.

txmom21

Umberella = umbrella Crick = creek (my mother does this...ugh!) Irregardless <------ This is NOT a word!