Well since I played Starcraft and Diablo 2 when I was like 8 I thought zealots was zeal-ots and I didn't figure out the correct pronunciation until last year (age 16)
Mispronounced words
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The only ones I can think of are usually because of dialect, so they don't really stand out as "wrong" to me. My sister's old roommate pronounced prosciutto as "prah-ski-oo-toe", which I thought was hilarious. My mom has trouble with soft "g" sounds, so words like "massage" and "garage" sound funny. She has trouble with pronunciation subtlety; she can't hear the differences in some sounds, so she learns words incorrectly.
I didn't know where the stress in "superfluous" went for a while. I mistakenly put the stress in the same place you would in "super".
I didn't know where the stress in "superfluous" went for a while. I mistakenly put the stress in the same place you would in "super".
I always thought undermined was pronounced with a short I sound instead of a long I sound, so it would be something like "under-minned" in my mind.
I learned to read very early and I read a ton, so my written vocabulary has always been larger than my spoken vocabulary. I used to mispronounce a lot of words. I thought eh-pih-tohm and eh-pih-to-me were two different words for the longest time, and that Natchitoches and Nack-a-dish were two separate places.
Also, I still have trouble with "scythe". It's got a C in it, dammit, it should be pronounced.
Also, I still have trouble with "scythe". It's got a C in it, dammit, it should be pronounced.
Not a great many can pronounce "loch" properly.. but it's more a case that they physically can't and if you don't know the word, it's not the "ch" sound from the likes of "cheese." it's that sound you make when you bring up a spit like the word "hawk" with a more phlegmy sound.
Constantly mispronounced as "lock" when it's actually "lawk"
Constantly mispronounced as "lock" when it's actually "lawk"
I would just say some weird jumbled "Swee-eh-ih-reb" thing to try to get right in between. Then everyone would look at me funny and I would change the subject.RobCoxxy said:
A phlegm indicator should be mandatory in all dictionary pronunciation guides.ScruffyTheJanitor said:
I always say crayon like cray-on
while my friend says it like cra-ane
I asked him wtf did he say and said it again. He also said thats how he pronounced it so i said he was batshit insane.
while my friend says it like cra-ane
I asked him wtf did he say and said it again. He also said thats how he pronounced it so i said he was batshit insane.
Being a New Yorker, I have been ripped-on for any number of pronounciations, especially since I've gone to school in Virginia and Texas (both of which have much, MUCH more retarded accents, in my opinion). Anyway, one word that I apparently didn't say correctly was "orange;" I pronounced it pretty lazily - more like "AH-renge" than "OR-ange."
In my defense, however, I've never heard anyone from any region put that much effort into pronouncing the "OR" part so strongly. I guess I was just being particularly slack about it.
Again, Americans are lazy wordsmiths.
In my defense, however, I've never heard anyone from any region put that much effort into pronouncing the "OR" part so strongly. I guess I was just being particularly slack about it.
Again, Americans are lazy wordsmiths.
Towns/cities in Massachusetts:
Haverhill: Not Ha-ver-hill, but Hav-rull (with an "a" sound)
Somerville: Not Sum-mer-vill, but Sum-uh-vull
Worcester: Not War-sest-er, Wars-ter, or War-ches-ter, but Woo-ster (with a short "oo" as in "good")
Gloucester: It's Glaw-ster, trust me.
Haverhill: Not Ha-ver-hill, but Hav-rull (with an "a" sound)
Somerville: Not Sum-mer-vill, but Sum-uh-vull
Worcester: Not War-sest-er, Wars-ter, or War-ches-ter, but Woo-ster (with a short "oo" as in "good")
Gloucester: It's Glaw-ster, trust me.
I have this bad habit of saying "aunt" Auh-nt. Mainly because half my family's from Boston. I still refuse to pronounce it like "ant".
