The words are...
...Eastern and Western, not EastREN and WestREN.
...wash, not waRsh.
...athlete, not aKlete.
...especially, not eKspecially.
...nuclear, not nucULAR.
...ask, not aKs.
Not worth griping about, but it still makes my ears bleed.
The words are...
...Eastern and Western, not EastREN and WestREN.
...wash, not waRsh.
...athlete, not aKlete.
...especially, not eKspecially.
...nuclear, not nucULAR.
...ask, not aKs.
Not worth griping about, but it still makes my ears bleed.
Thanks, I'm fidden to correct that stuff.
Irregardless.
Not really a pronunciation error, more of a common misuse or the prefix irr-. irr- + -less = double negative.
Bugs the heck out of me.
I don't hear ANY of those where I live. I think you spend too much time around really stupid people.
Is speaking that difficult wrote:
The words are...
...Eastern and Western, not EastREN and WestREN.
...wash, not waRsh.
...athlete, not aKlete.
...especially, not eKspecially.
...nuclear, not nucULAR.
...ask, not aKs.
Not worth griping about, but it still makes my ears bleed.
I have never heard the athlete or especially pronuncuations you listed.
My really only pet peeve for this would be people that pronounce library as libERRy. What are you 5?
Is speaking that difficult wrote:
Not worth griping about, but it still makes my ears bleed.
You must be the smartest guy in your trailer park.
Maybe you're right. But irregardless, I hate hearing it.
Uhh... Really? wrote:
I don't hear ANY of those where I live. I think you spend too much time around really stupid people.
I heard ALL of these today spoken by so-called professionals on national radio news shows (both sports and mainstream).
Galeeeene RuUuup not Galen Rupp
Hydrochlorothiazide, not MY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION
you have to say where you are from, because i honestly have never heard such nonsense.
cape cod accent wrote:
you have to say where you are from, because i honestly have never heard such nonsense.
North Carolina and I have heard almost all of them.
Is speaking that difficult wrote:
The words are...
...Eastern and Western, not EastREN and WestREN.
...wash, not waRsh.
...athlete, not aKlete.
...especially, not eKspecially.
...nuclear, not nucULAR.
...ask, not aKs.
Not worth griping about, but it still makes my ears bleed.
And yet here you are griping about it.
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.
OreGAHN
Toooornament
Forte misprounced as "For TEY" with accent on second syllable. Should instead be pronounced as "fort."
Irregardless, this is a mute point. Stupid people can't change.
you might be from nc if wrote:
North Carolina and I have heard almost all of them.
Yes, many of these are Southernisms.
For athlete, I have also heard athAlete, aFFAlete, and their descriptors athAletic and aFFAletic.
Others that drive me a little nuts are WalmartS (I'm goin to tha Walmarts. You want anythin?) and Lowell's (instead of Lowe's).
In our HR department, we have a benefits director who has been in the business for 20+ years who pronounces TIAA-CREF as "Tia CrefT". The Tia is fine; the crefT drives me insane.
There is nothing worse to my ears, though, than AKS.
"Sh" sound for "S," as in SHmart, SHtupid, SHtart. Drives me nuts.
i cantshhh shelp it