mis-pronounced words in your area

[Lee Barner]

around here I have three pet peeves when it comes to folks pronouncing words. 1: prostrate(prostate) gland, 2: Chicargo(Chicago) & 3: Ill-eye-noise(Illinois). been hearing it my whole life and don't expect it to ever change but I keep trying to when I tactfully(or not) can. tell us about words that are mis-pronounced in your area of the country. lee

 

[ColbyBruce]

I have lived in metro "Atlanter" since the summer of 1970.

 

[Big Cholla]

Oh Boy! I'm a Westerner and college educated. But, not an English major. Yet, I pickup on several mispronounced words that put my teeth on edge; Nevada, latigo, desert, wash, horse, high, you, corn, there, about, knife, fire; and tomorrow when I'm not so sleepy I will remember more. ......

 

[OLDSTER]

Scandahuvian

 

[dave holl]

My neighbor from WVA has his chimbley cleaned once a year. Yep.

 

[usm1rifle]

In the Northern plains, it is "fir" not for.

 

[dave holl]

What has helped me to correctly pronounce words was standing in front of a class of 30-40 mathematics students during my 40 year career. Mispronouncing a word tended to have an undermining effect on my credibility, and would raise a few chuckles.
Dave

 

[joeintexas]

My dear mother was born and raised in the Texas Panhandle area. Don't even ask!

 

[Stevens]

Just a few:
Dishes washed in the kitchen zink
he axed me for directions
vision problems caused by immaculate generation
Boston, Massatusets
Steve W

 

[ditrina]

EYE-TALIAN

 

[Qball]

Scandahuvian

There's another way to pronounce it?

 

[UncleEd]

Presidents Bush and Obama always seemed to mispronounce the word "to." Came out "ta."

Or maybe that is correct if you went "ta" Yale or Harvard.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Western Pa...............has it's own version of the English language.

 

[Tom K]

I think you meant to say, "mispernounced".

I remember seeing a cartoon decades ago of a security fence gate with a sign that said, "No one who says "nucular" allowed past this point."

I know a person who flushes the "toelet".

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

Two that come to mind in my neck of the words are:

Prescott, AZ; correctly pronounced Press Kit; outsiders say Press Cot

Hualapai, correctly pronouced Wal-a Pie; outsiders just give up.

 

[Shooting Padre]

Frezone instead of freon, capacetator instead of capacitor, Gosful instead of Gospel.

 

[billwill]

round our state.....most all of 'em

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

mis-pronounced? is that kinda like mis-spelled?

Raised in California and moved to Tennessee. Love Tennessee, but there isn't enough bandwidth on this forum to list the mispronunciations in these parts.

 

[joeintexas]

EYE-TALIAN

That's my mom. Another one that always gets me is Cali phone ya, for California. And the ever popular Disneyland, pronounced as two words, Disney LAND, heavy on the Land. Of course she always thought I talked funny too. Probably do.

 

[jscheck]

What kina quesion is that??

We just make'em up as we go. We know what we mean!