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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 02:49 PM
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What word do you mis-pronounce
A few weeks ago, someone in the Lounge was making fun of dumbasses who say "expresso". Yikes!!

Fortunately, my barista boy knows my daily order and i don't have to say anything except "thank you" when he puts the tiny china cup in front of me. But when I'm out of town, I guess I was embarrassing myself -- now I carefully say "espresso"
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 02:50 PM
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1. aluminunnum
CB
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gordontron Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 10:30 PM
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44. what do you pronounce it the english way?
;) I screw up a lot of words but none come to mind at the moment.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 02:54 PM
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2. Dunno
When I realize I'm mispronouncing a word, I'll do my best to never do it again. I'm very conscious of that sort of thing.

My mom & sister in law say "cream" brulee and it drives me nuts.

I used to pronounce "forte" as "fortay" instead of "fort". Even though it's pretty widely mispronounced, now that I know the correct pronunciation, I use it. It makes me look like a weirdo, but whatever.
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ChoralScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 02:56 PM
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3. 'forte' depends on the usage.
In music, it is still FOR-tay.

If you are talking about someone's strong point, it's a fort.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 02:59 PM
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4. Oh good point...
I hadn't thought about the musical context. Quite right.

Thanks :)
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CAcyclist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:41 PM
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27. Really?
I have never, ever heard someone say forte as fort. In any context. I'll keep saying it as for-tay.
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ChoralScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:59 PM
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30. I actually read it for the first time in a George Carlin book.
But I did check it out.

In actuality, the musical term is Italian vernacular, hence the pronunciation of both syllables.

The word meaning 'strong point' as in "social skills are her forte" originates from the French word fort.
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 07:00 PM
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38. It's in my dictionaries with the long a.
At the end of the list of acceptable pronunciations. :)
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:03 PM
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6. You sound like the person to ask about eccentric
(Not because you ARE eccentric...)

I've had people insist it was EK-centric, and others insist it's ES-sentric. Which is correct?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:11 PM
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11. If I'm not mistaken it's EK-centric.
Edited on Fri Dec-30-05 03:13 PM by redqueen
Let me check... if that's wrong I'll post again.

edit: just confirming that it is ik- or ek- but never iss or ess.

:hi:
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:13 PM
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19. That's in a special class of words that make people stare
if you pronounce them correctly. Those I can think of are forte, grimace, harass/harassment, flaccid.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:25 PM
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24. Ooh thank you!
Edited on Fri Dec-30-05 05:21 PM by redqueen
Now I have to look up grimace, harass, and flaccid.

OK wait on grimace, it seems the second pronunciation is odd, but the first one is the one I'm familiar with. Same with harass and flaccid. Flaxid? Wow... I'd have never imagined.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:03 PM
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5. Nuclear.
We all know that its pronounced "Nuke-you-lar.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:03 PM
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7. Shrimps
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:49 PM
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35. I have a friend who says "srimps".
A few weeks ago I heard a Louisiana interviewee say it that way, too.
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:04 PM
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8. Not me. I'm perfect. :) But my husband has a few...
mushroon for mushroom
jag-you-ar for jaguar
vovol for volvo
debris without the s silent
for all intensive purposes instead of for all intents and purposes

But now twenty years later, I would hate it if he changed them.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:06 PM
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10. Ha! I used to say 'intensive purposes' too.
:)
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:28 PM
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25. Brits say 'Jag-you-ar'
when speaking of the automobile. Dunno about the animal.

Since they named the car, I honor their pronunciation.

I have to concentrate to say words with adjacent 'l' syllables, i.e. "particularly" — maybe because my Arkansas-born-and-bred folks pronounced it "p'tickerly," and I grew up with that.

(My dad had a funny way of saying "registration;" it came out "regteration," with a soft 'g'. And, like many Suthuhnuhs, he said "Shivalay" for "Chevrolet.")
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:04 PM
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9. specific
I cannot say "specific" for the life of me.

My mind just cannot come to terms with it. x(

It is truly frustrating.
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:40 PM
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13. i always say renember, i cannot say remember unless i renemeber
Edited on Fri Dec-30-05 03:41 PM by bettyellen
that i always pronounce it wrong --which is not at all what i'm thinking about when i say it, you know what i mean?
been doing it all my life. i give up! :shrug:



on edit: jeeze, i can't spell it either, i guess
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:06 PM
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14. I know exactly what you mean.
I had to double check the spelling on the net of "specific" - it is just one of those words for me.

I think there is a short somewhere. :shrug:
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:15 PM
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22. i remember a college teacher saying he fell in love with his wife partly
because she pronounced interesting as inneresting, he just thought it was so damned cute and unique.
they got engaged and he went home w/her to meet her family, etc.
at the dinner table, they asked him about his career, and of course every single one of them thought it was really inneresting!
i don't know why i renembered that, it's like a geeky O Henry story. :shrug:
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:31 PM
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26. and that is why you remember it.
It is like a geeky O'Henry story (that and because you and I share the fact that we are self-conscious about a word we cannot pronouce, we are happy to know a learned man found it endearing that his beloved can't pronouce a word.)

:hi:
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 03:16 PM
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12. Well, if I knew I mispronounced something I wouldn't mispronounce it...
:shrug:
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:08 PM
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15. route
I always say "route".
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:09 PM
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16. My friend had to call me several times awhile back, so I could help her
pronounce "Copernicus," when she was preparing to give a presentation. She just could not do it. My South-Dakotan friend from college used to TAUNT me about how I said "out" and "about," but that's just regional-dialect stuff.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:10 PM
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17. I mispronounce "patiod." I pronounce it as though it were "patoid."
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:12 PM
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18. Mischievous and jubilant.
Miss-CHEEV-e-us when i forget it's miss-chi-vus, and JUBE-u-lant instead of JUBE-uh-lant.

I know these are wrong but they are from childhood so sometimes they still slip out.

But at least I don't say SIM-EWE-LAR. That one drives me insane.
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:15 PM
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20. Ebullient?
I'm not sure how to say that one.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:15 PM
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21. When I'm asked who the president is, I mispronounce "Bush"
And say "Gore."
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:22 PM
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23. LOL!
I can't say the words "royal" or "rural" without sounding like I have a mouthful of crap. My sister has the same problem.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:45 PM
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28. I can't say "royal" right to save me.
There is just something about that word.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 04:52 PM
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29. Chaineeeeeee
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 05:29 PM
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31. Lingerie - used to till corrected. Partisan. nt.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:24 PM
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32. Grand Prix...
:evilgrin:
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:25 PM
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33. Macabre
I want to say Mack a burr not Ma cob.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:37 PM
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34. Thong..........n/t
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:53 PM
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36. That begs the question: how can one be a dumbass for saying "expresso"?
Edited on Fri Dec-30-05 06:54 PM by Kellanved
It can't be an attempt to use correct Italian, as saying "Espresso" in Italian would be redundant; "caffè" already means "espresso". "Expresso" is simply the French term for "Espresso" and completely fine.

Anyway, I am proud to mispronounce about all words in the English language. :P
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 06:58 PM
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37. I used to mispronounce segue
seeg instead of with two syllables with each having the long a sound. More like Segway, hmmm.....
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ContraBass Black Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 07:06 PM
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39. Gyro
And I've been talking to the Republicans too much, and they don't understand the word "Iraq," so I got into the habit of saying "Eye-rack"--and then said it at a Young Democrats meeting.:blush:
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 07:08 PM
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40. MRS PRONOUNCE
Janree
Febree
Libree
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 07:19 PM
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41. karoake
I pronounce it "kar-ROKE-ee" but I am told it's pronounced "kare-EE-oh-KEE". Neither seems to match the spelling. This reminds me that I should look it up.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 10:20 PM
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42. Karaoke. :-O
Ask, and ye shall receive.:hi:

http://www.karaoke.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Karaoke.woa/wa/Karaoke/staticPage?name=Karoke
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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 10:25 PM
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43. about
out
couch
house

that is according to the Americans here abouts think I do.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 10:32 PM
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45. I don't care what I mispronounce as long as I NEVER say..
IRregardless. OMFG do I HATE that. I can't help it. I'm not some irrational nazi member of the grammar police but I well and truly HATE that non-word. I cringe every time I read it in a D.U. post...
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 10:38 PM
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46. cliche, Lacan, novice
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