mis-pronounced words in your area

[steamloco76]

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

Pixsburgh, worsh(wash), erh (there), dahn (down), crick (creek), hass (house), aht (out), dem (them), sammich (sandwich), falled (fell), tahn (town), slippy (slippery), farr (fire), spigget (spigot), caach (couch), retch (reach), fahned (found)....

If you add in our own words like en'at, younz, redd-up, red dog, boney, jaggoff, chipchop, Sliberty and all the others, we really do have our own language.

 

[hoosierone]

Spent a little time in Ohio. Instead of "performance" they say "preformance". There was more but that sticks with me.

 

[Mistered]

Many from my area but the BEST is the name of the state itself - pronounced ORYGUN - we can always tell a newcomer when they pronounce it OREGONE!

 

[BAM-BAM]

Pixsburgh, worsh(wash), erh (there), dahn (down), crick (creek), hass (house), aht (out), dem (them), sammich (sandwich), falled (fell), tahn (town), slippy (slippery), farr (fire), spigget (spigot), caach (couch), retch (reach), fahned (found)....

If you add in our own words like en'at, younz, redd-up, red dog, boney, jaggoff, chipchop, Sliberty and all the others, we really do have our own language.

and our own towns like; Sliberty........ Worshington DC and Little Worshington Pa.......

Head out to the Southern Allegheny's..... and you get to add a lot of old German/Dutch words.........

 

[Smoke]

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

Pueblo
Vermejo
Tejon
Conejos
Cache la poudre
Raton
Ouray
Uncompahgre

 

[Erich]

"Lenth" and "strenth" for length and strength.
"Malk" for milk. The Minnesotan "bayg" for bag, is also in use, as is "sang-wich" for sandwich.

Of course, people here can easily and properly pronounce To'hajiilee, Abiquiú, Ohkay Owingeh, Taos and Cuyamungué whereas most other American's can't, so their pronunciations of these other words are just kind of charming.

 

[arjay]

The old timers called the town of Pueblo Pooweebluh
Zuni st was Zooneye st
Westminster was Westminister
Cache la poudre is the pooder
I know there are more [emoji1]

 

[DWalt]

In Texas, there's always Mexia (hometown of Anna Nichole Smith) east of Waco. Pronunciation is always split between MEH-HEY-AH and MEX-E-YAH. Then there is the famous Texas fast food hamburger chain Whataburger. It usually comes out Water Burger.

 

[forindooruseonly]

Well, I jus' larned I'm a idjit! Lookie all dese wards I been mispernouncing

 

[Krell1]

There are two I can't stand:

Nucular instead of Nuclear and

Realitor instead of realtor

The last one even realtors get it wrong. If you're going to be a realtor, get it right!

 

[Jessie]

We don't mispronounce nothin here.
We use pitchers instead so we know exactly what we're talkin about.

 

[amazingflapjack]

There was definitely a rescue accomplished at Calvary, but the ones in western movies and the military are cavalry.

 

[kthom]

Sorry, guys! I know how to speak, talk, and write correctly. But I generally talk the way I grew up talking. Since I still live on the high plains of eastern New Mexico and West Texas, nobody much notices and everybody understands me! I understand your angst ... there is an occasional dustup about how many folks pronounce "Lubbock" (they say Lubbick) that makes the paper and the TV news. I probably say it kinda both ways! But every body knows where I'm talking about.

Good communication happens when both the speaker and the hearer know what is being said, whether it meets the qualifications of good grammar and pronunciation or not. For me, I'm kinda proud when folks hear the way I talk and know I'm from this part of the world. Of course, part of that is not just the words that I use, it's the way I sound when I say 'em!!! BTW, I also talk so slowly that hardly anyone fails to hear what I say. But I can (unfortunately) type much faster than I think and speak, and that gets me into trouble on occasion. And sometimes, I type like I talk just for fun, and I have received critical acclaim for that as well. Makes me smile!! But I don't mind if it bothers you. I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'll apologize if I have done so.

 

[joeintexas]

kthom, I spent a good many years growing up close to your neck of the woods, closest town was Muleshoe or Farwell. Lots of relatives in the Tucumcari area in the 60s, mostly gone now. When you mentioned Lubbock it reminded me of Amarillo, we pronounced it Amarilla with an a. Nobody seemed to mind there.

 

[Irn-Bru]

Nissan is not pronounced "Neesan" and Jaguar is not pronounced "Jagwar"

 

[6518John]

One of my favorite Civil War stories: An Arkansas Cavalry commander was ordering his troopers to mount up--

"Prepare to Git on Yore Critters!"
"GIT!!"

 

[Lt JL]

There is an annoying pronunciation around me, used mostly by young people. They eliminate any consonant in the middle of a word. So "matter" is pronounced " Mah-er" and almost always, it's the hardedged consonants that are abandoned, like D and T .

 

[tedog]

A friend-- Tars for tires, crick for creek and nucleeer for nuclear. Another friend-- Warentry for warranty.

Another well used around here, Leeapold scope.

 

[dswancutt]

In Nebraska across is pronounced acrosst.

 

[Okie21]

Supposevly, pacific (as in "can you be more pacific?")

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