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s/o Mispronouncing words

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Grandma called it a "croysaunt" the other day.  ::smh::  I corrected her.  I don't care if she's older, she sounds like a dummy.

She also called a gyro a "jyero" like gyroscope.

Or alzheimer's--altheimers.

No gma, no.
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  • zsazsa-stlzsazsa-stl member
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    edited December 2011

    I had a great aunt that used to say "samich" and pronounced pasta with a short a, "past-a."

    When I get old I'm going to say these things just to annoy people.

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  • loveshine1loveshine1 member
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    edited December 2011
    It's just like the diabeetus.

    My grandfather says "terlet" for toilet and "fil-um" for film.
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  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    my other grandma says "sugar diabeetus"
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  • loveshine1loveshine1 member
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    edited December 2011
    Grandparents are awesome like that.

    DH's grandfather announced on Saturday that he was going to call our son Jack. Uhm, any particular reason?

    Granted, he has another great grandson that is 4 and still goes by BJ.
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    edited December 2011
    Are you one of those pretentious people who says "yee-ro" instead of gyro? It's a gyro. Jai-ro. 
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  • Butter CookieButter Cookie member
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    edited December 2011
    Dad says "milnk" instead of milk


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  • HeffalumpHeffalump member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_mispronouncing-words?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:1d2ccf67-e3d3-44ba-bc38-4504c32c3a4aPost:b74e943d-069a-4153-b9ba-d636c4ed9fc3">Re: s/o Mispronouncing words</a>:
    [QUOTE]Are you one of those pretentious people who says "yee-ro" instead of gyro? It's a gyro. Jai-ro. 
    Posted by baconsmom[/QUOTE]
    I don't think it's pretentious to call a gyro a "yee-ro."  Where I come from, that's how it's pronounced.  Not coincidentally, that's how it's pronounced where gyros come from, too.

    No more pretentious than pronouncing champagne correctly.
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  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    *i2i w/ heffa*

    it's like saying WARSH instead of wash.
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  • HeffalumpHeffalump member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_mispronouncing-words?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:1d2ccf67-e3d3-44ba-bc38-4504c32c3a4aPost:3ab4724f-8804-4f08-b09b-00f2bf1fab96">Re: s/o Mispronouncing words</a>:
    [QUOTE]Dad says "milnk" instead of milk
    Posted by Butter Cookie[/QUOTE]

    When I lived in Western Michigan, people said "may-zhure" for measure and "gro-shrees" for groceries.
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    edited December 2011
    I grew up with it pronounced with a hard "g". I never heard "yee-ro" except on television.

    OTOH, I've never heard any other pronunciation for champagne, unless you count The Continental on SNL. 
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  • Butter CookieButter Cookie member
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    edited December 2011
    I tend to make "groceries" two syllables rather than three. Mainly because when I say "gross-er-ies" it makes me think of gross, which makes me not want to buy anything. I know, I have issues.
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  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    It will be interesting going to Boston/ME area soon and hearing how farked up they sound. 
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_mispronouncing-words?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:1d2ccf67-e3d3-44ba-bc38-4504c32c3a4aPost:a02a20f0-0afa-4d9d-a284-ee22b283f054">Re: s/o Mispronouncing words</a>:
    [QUOTE]It will be interesting going to Boston/ME area soon and hearing how farked up they sound. 
    Posted by **O-Face**[/QUOTE]
    They have The Law Of Misplaced Rs: Every R they drop (from car or park or Harvard, let's say) shows up somewhere else - strawr or drawr. Apparently, Rs are neither created nor destroyed; they simply change form.
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  • TheDuckisTheDuckis member
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    edited December 2011
    Warsh is a Maryland thin that drives me insane. You know someone's not actually from DC when they say they live in Warshington.

    I say gro-shrees. I never really considered that theres an alternate pronunciation.
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