fhqwhgads said:

i laugheded so hard i almost hitted my head.

There are alot of things like this that annoy me, but I REALLY hate that no matter how many times I correct her my mom pronounces Jalapeno as "Jall-a-pen-gos"

....I think she's just doing this to spite me

Let's c,recently I've heard:
Furnitures
I do's that all the time
Conversate instead of converse
Caculator instead of calculator
There's more,but I just can't remember now.

sexxydancer said:

Oh,and another-"I should have "stood" home.

my mother mother messes up quite a few words

-she calls our Beagle a Bagel

-Red Robin (the restaurant) is Red Ribbon

-A Hummer is a Hammer

-and she can never just say Thank God it's always Thanks God

sexxydancer said:

but at the same time

This site has some interesting ones:

http://www.yourdictionary...spron.html

Old-timer's disease --- Alzheimer's disease

athelete, atheletic --- athlete, athletic

a blessing in the skies --- a blessing in disguise

card shark --- cardsharp

diptheria --- diphtheria

For all intensive purposes --- For all intents and purposes

'erb --- herb

jewlery --- jewelry

miniture --- miniature

often --- ofen

respite --- respit

spitting image --- spit and image

tenderhooks --- tenterhooks

I don't know if someone said thia already but I HATE when people say "Lookit".
"Lookit, ain't he cute?!"

fhqwhgads said:

good gawd
tenderhooks

Imago said:

this works for any older ladys with a accent tho

"oh my goodNA siiieeeex lehmons por 5 dollorrs"

KidaDynamite said:

yeah...it doesn't take much to add one little syllable to make it "lookatit" or "lookitim" (above context) at the very least

I've said these ones though

card shark (it's sharp???)
diptheria (so it's dif eh?)
miniture (don't think I've ever put the 'a' in there when saying the word)
often (say the 't' as offen as I omit it)
respite (been saying spite not spit for as long as I can remember)
spitting image (honestly had no idea this was wrong)

fhqwhgads said:

i've said those too

miniature i usually just say "min-ih-chur"
i try to remember not to omit the "t" from "often" but um, offen it slips my mind.
i had NO clue "spitting image" was wrong
and i never use the word "respite/respit"
diphtheria...i usually don't make the dif sound because of the way it comes out rather hard to say it that way
and it's card sharp?

Nasty said:

No, apparently you should omit the 't' from often.

Some of those threw me for a loop. Wait, it's probably actually threw me in a loop. Threw me at? Through me and a loop? Threw me at a hoop? Thought me found a hoop? :fuggit:

fhqwhgads said:

wtf. you're supposed to?
omg.
i'm so confused.
i'm gonna go back to my "facts to remember" thread and keep saying all this shit wrong. it feels better to my small, weak brain.

and i'm going to bed, since it's now 2:30 AM and i've gotten approximately nothing done all day.

Nasty said:

Again?

Couldn't be stuffed going through all 5 pages.

I've known about 4-5 people who have all pronounced "asked" as "arksed".

-_-

I've also heard "pumpkin" pronounced "punkin".

-_- -_-

And I used to have a friend who pronounced "something" as "some-ping".

AsianBomb777 said:

Or strimps.

I know WAY too many people that say CHASE lounge when saying chaise (shayz) lounge. I'm tired of correcting folks.

Nasty said:

How 'bout skreet instead of street. Also, pretty common here.

SCNDLS said:

grosss

my mom could never say "Fruit"...she always spelled it


My aunt can't say "beautiful"...more like "bootiful"


for some reason...I can't say "melt"

it comes out all jacked up...

Rhondab said:

I am sooooo calling your ass up one day just to hear you say 'melt'

I recently had a conversation with a friend whom I consider to be very intelligent and she said, "conversate".

JustErin said:

the one that gets me is people that can't tell the different between specific and pacific.
whats more annoying is that I have to correct them every time.

jami0mckay said:

Are these close friends?

Or do you just correct ANYBODY who offends your sensibilities?

jami0mckay said:

Who the FUCK gets that mixed up???



I used to think that "Alzheimer's Disease" was actually called "Old Timers Disease". I'm sure I was in my late teens/early 20s when I finally made the realization.

GREAT topic. I haven't read a single post in it, so excuse me if I cover words that have already been discussed.

My pet peeve are broadcaster that cannot say "president". Many of the right-wing nut jobs foam so much at the mouth that they pronounce it "present". Michael Reagan is the worst offender, and his dad WAS "present".

If someone else has already ragged on this, then mods, go ahead and lock this thread.

"For all intensive purposes"


"For all INTENTS and PURPOSES".

Mars23 said:

HAHAHA!

YES!