Pronunciation Errors That Drive Me Nuts

"Hy-dth" for height. I hear it all the time from complete f-tards these days. I can only imagine that since we have width and length, then these morons think that height must have the same ending -th sound. Grinds my gears more than anything.

Triatherlon

Atherlete

Oh, and people (you know what type of person I'm referring to) who say "shtrenf" instead of "strength"

thewhitestuff wrote:

Melk instead of milk.

The one that really galls me is "Wednesday."

It's "Woh-dens-day." Woden's Day. Do not insult the All-Father by pronouncing his name wrong. The evolution of language and dialect is no excuse.

FebUary instead of FebRUary.

feb wrote:

FebUary instead of FebRUary.

I'm guilty on that one. Saying FebRUary is too much work

Cowboys butts drive me nuts

Yooge instead of huge.

luv2run wrote:

The one I get amused by is nuclear. People made fun of Bush 43 for pronouncing it the way he did (nucular) when Carter pronounced it the same way--and he had a degree in nuclear engineering.

Didn't Carter have a quote like> I'll let those who understand more about nuclear deal with or answer that> during his election campaign?

or am I just expanding on the idea that a man with a nuclear engineering degree got away with standing in front of us and saying> I'm just a simple peanut farmer?

AlexandAr SolIKSNiCHyn instead of Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.

I hate when people pronouncer drawer as "draw"

Two that I have heard at work from supposedly over-educated people:

"Mines well" - (might as well)

"Take it for granite" - Yeah. someone actually said this all the time. None of us had the heart to tell him he was saying it wrong.

barry (hell,I don't even know how to spell it but rhymes with "starry") instead of borrow. But I work in a bank and sometimes I say it just to annoy my coworkers.

libary

realator

THEE-ay-tor

IN-surance

licen-plate

com-PAR-able

I hate when girls pronounce "I consent to this sexual act" as "get out of my dorm room before I call the police."

annoying mispronunciation wrote:

I hate when girls pronounce "I consent to this sexual act" as "get out of my dorm room before I call the police."

LOL

Fay-cade instead of facade.

Huh? Please tell you there is sarcasm involved here?Are we talking about a sentence like, "the mile is his forte"?

Trackster Flipster wrote:

Forte misprounced as "For TEY" with accent on second syllable. Should instead be pronounced as "fort."