Personal HUGE pet peeve: the mispronounciation of "nuclear." (1 Viewer)

[MikeH1]

I never say "Calgary" I always say "Calgrie". I think everyone, including Calgarians, say Calgrie.

 

[Jack Shappa]

One that bugs me is people who pronounce "moot" (as in a moot point) as "mute" ("myoot").

It's just like "boot" but with an "m", people!

- Jack

 

[Matthew Todd]

Although I'm always bugged whenever I hear it pronounced Nuke-U-ler, websters (find it at www.m-w.com) now has this note:

"Though disapproved of by many, pronunciations ending in -ky&-l&r have been found in widespread use among educated speakers including scientists, lawyers, professors, congressmen, U.S. cabinet members, and at least one U.S. president and one vice president. While most common in the U.S., these pronunciations have also been heard from British and Canadian speakers."

Matt

 

[LewB]

And Andy Sipowicz had his 'prostrate' removed

 

[Garrett Lundy]

I've been mispronouncing stuff for years just to annoy people. Here are some of my favorites:

Esophagus: Eesofaggus

February: Febrahry

Chaumont: Chow-mont (Maybe just a local. The natives of chowmont call it sha-moe)

Nuclear: Atomic

Bose: Shit

Silica: Sillca

Wednesday: Wed-nes-day. Three syablles, pronouce 'em all!

Ask: Axe

Even more fun are the grunts:

Yes: ehheh

No: Ehh

Maybe: Ehoeh

And the lazy english that has, over the years, morphed into something else:

Sleepy, go away: Nehrpharliap

 

[Henry Gale]

Jimmy Carter pronounces it "nuculer,"

Yes, but Jimmy was from Georgia so I cut him some slack about that. Shrub on the other hand is a New England preppy posing as Texas oilfield trash.

 

[Hugh Jackes]

Bidness (manufacturing, buying, and selling)

 

[LewB]

Don't forget the highest praise you can give a performer:
A standing ovulation !

Thanks Norm Crosby

 

[Joseph Young]

I remember living in Maine, and saying Worchester for the first time.

Hehe, when I lived in Maine I did the exact same thing. Really embarrassed myself in front of a lot of people.

"Oh yeah, that's near 'Were-chest-er.'"
"Umm... that's 'Woos-ter.'"

:b oops

 

[Carlo_M]

WimbleTon.

There's a "t" in that word??? The All England Lawn & Tennis Club would just about drop their strawberries and cream if they heard the way seemingly 90% of America pronounces that name.

And it's funny reading the responses so far, but I have to wholeheartedly agree with the first two instances brought up: nuke-ular and Joolery. Makes me grit my teeth.

 

[Tim K]

I thought it was "filthydelphia", that is what my brother called it when he lived there

Hey, Philadelphia is CLEAN now...he must have lived here in the 80's when it was a mess. Of course, even though our city is now clean, our mayor is now dirty.

 

[DanFe]

Oh, and it's Or-I-gun, not Ory-gone (for the State of Oregon)

 

[Cees Alons]

Wal-Marts (instead of Wal-Mart, "I stopped at Wal-Marts today.")

I actually think that's proper UK English: WalMart's (as in "Walmart's Store"), compare "Henessy's", "HMV's" and "Macey's".

Cees

 

[Dheiner]

The one that drives me nearly insane is height pronounced as hîth. The freaking word ends with a T.

 

[Bob Kavanaugh]

Since I live on the Alabama border, I constantly hear "can't" pronounced as "caint". UGH!

Also,

jewelry - "jury"
borrow - "borry"

some people accuse Northerners of saying "out" and "about" as "oot" and "aboot", but in my experience, they say "oat" and "a boat". Very catchy.

I have to throw this in, not a mispronunciation, I guess this belongs in that other thread, but at the bowling alley, one of the ladies at the snack bar is all about saying, "Y'alls's orders are ready!" Check that out! "Y'alls's!"

 

[Paul_Sjordal]

I actually think that's proper UK English: WalMart's (as in "Walmart's Store"), compare "Henessy's", "HMV's" and "Macey's".

Most folks around here who pronounce things that way aren't thinking about possessives. They randomly pluralize proper nouns, and that's all. "I wuz over down on Mains street an' I t'ought I'd go ta da Burger Kings fer some grub."

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Makes me wonder what people think of A Christmas Story.

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

"Y'alls's orders are ready!" Check that out! "Y'alls's!"

Well, you have to give her credit for getting all those apostrophes in their right places though (not to mention the plural and possessive s's)

 

[Henry Gale]

"Y'alls's orders are ready!"

Well, that's just wrong, around here we would say, "All y'all's orders are ready."

 

[Dome Vongvises]

You know what I love using that still pisses people off?

AIN'T

I claim in my defense that it's a numerically neutral word that compress "is not" and "are not".