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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 02:32 AM
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Poll question: worst mispronunciation
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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 02:35 AM
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1. I'd like to suggest "bidness" for business.
You've got a lot of horrible ones listed. I can't make up my mind!
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:46 AM
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52. I say "bidness". But I don't say "nukular" cause only morons say that.
And I won't take a lecture on pronunciation from people who say "clam chowdah".
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:21 AM
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2. In defense of nukular
President Carter pronounced it the same way and he was an retired officer in the nukular navy.

Hell, I'm anal enough that I pronounce the 'n' in environment.

From dictionary.com:

IThe resulting pronunciation is reinforced by analogy with such words as molecular, particular, and muscular, and although it occurs with some frequency among highly educated speakers, including scientists, professors, and government officials, it is disapproved of by many.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:42 AM
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27. "it is disapproved of by many."
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 10:00 AM by stuntcat
that would be me :hi: much as I do like Carter..

I almost get the "N" in environment when I say it too!
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spoony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:54 AM
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29. Edward Teller did, too.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:32 AM
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36. Which n would one leave out of environment?
I've always said both, and never realized I was wrong. :shrug:
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:42 AM
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50. I'm guessing the second.
I usually say "envirament". Bad I know.....
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:51 AM
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55. Hm. If anything, I leave out the O.
Something like "envirnment." I've been saying it out loud. My co-workers think I'm insane, and hide their children and sharp objects from me.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 03:57 PM
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63. How do you pronounce environ?
en-vahy-ruhn

Therefore: en·vi·ron·ment = en-vahy-ruhn-muhnt
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:39 AM
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3. mischeeveeous
GAR! why is mischievous so hard? I have an irrational anal-retentive hissy fit when I hear someone pronounce it incorrectly. Oh and supposibly too.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:29 AM
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4. "Didneyland" for Disneyland"
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:20 AM
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19. Ith dith Didneylan?
Woo hoo!

:woohoo:
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:40 AM
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40. Ah'm goin' Didneylan
with apologies to Nancy "Why Meeeee???" Kerrigan who got her knee capped at the Olympics.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:32 AM
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5. "Highanus" for heinous.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:19 AM
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46. I have a highanus.
It's not my fault I have long legs!! :D
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:38 AM
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6. "Liberry" for "Library"
That one really chaps my ass, which is bad 'cuz I like my chaps ass-less.

mikey_the_rat
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:46 AM
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7. Why do you hate ..
the George W Bush Prezuntial Libary?

Forming the nuculus of lernin.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:49 AM
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8. Because I've seen the entire collection at the G.W. Prezidentin' Libary,
and I already read that comic book. When I was 9.

mikey_the_rat
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:17 AM
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14. Scary
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:24 AM
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22. Howdy, Swim! Long time, no hear/see!
mikey_the_rat
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:31 AM
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23. LOL
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formerrepuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 07:46 AM
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9. "supposably"; "supposively"....either one and I'll file the speaker under 'hopeless'.
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:04 AM
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10. My mom said prostrate when my grandfather had
prostate cancer. It drove me nuts all the time! MA THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PROSTRATE.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:14 AM
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13. Well, actually,
prostrate is to get down (or bow) to someone of a higher office or religious leader. Obviously, it's not a body part, but the word does exist and have meaning. :)
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:21 AM
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15. lol ok i stand corrected..
but its not the male body part she was referring to :)
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:21 AM
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20. Correct!
NOT a body part!! :hi:
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:36 AM
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Not really -
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 10:38 AM by Seabiscuit
You said there's no such thing as "a prostrate". You're correct. There's no noun form of "prostrate". To "prostrate" oneself as in a bow, is the verb form, not the noun form. So grammatically you are correct, and you're mother, while using "prostrate" as an adjective (and it does exist as an adjective) to modify the word "cancer" is still wrong simply because it's the wrong word.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:36 AM
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38. self-delete dupe
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 10:37 AM by Seabiscuit
Sometimes the server slows down and I hit "post" twice out of frustration.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:06 AM
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11. "axe" for ask
come on, how hard is it to pronounce three letters???
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:11 AM
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12. There are a few others I find particularly grating
And most people don't even notice themselves doing it.

"acrosst" for "across"

"axe" for "ask"

"heighth" for "height"

and one that's not mispronounced, but just irritating:

seen for "saw" (As in "I seen him yesterday."


:) As a Massachusetts-ite, I also don't like seeing my father's sister being called an insect. :)
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:25 AM
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16. sammich for sandwich
hate it hate it hate it.

So does the wife so I must be right.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:10 AM
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33. how about sammidge?
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:38 AM
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49. You know, I've only ever seen that online. Never heard it in
real life.

Thank God.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:41 AM
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17. "Pronounciation"
I've heard several celebrities say "pronounciation" on TV, including Diana Ross this year on "American Idol." Nobody ever questions it when it happens either. That's my pronunciation pet peeve.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:44 AM
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18. Q-pon
It's COO-pon, damn it.
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:05 AM
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31. According to dictionary.com, it's either one
And m-w.com concurs.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:14 AM
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34. They would both be wrong
"Cou" does not equal a "q" sound. Unless you think "coup" should be pronouned "kyoo."
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:20 AM
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35. Nope. They carry a lot more weight than you do
Merriam-Webster is the authority on such things, not you. Calling them 'wrong' doesn't make them so.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:14 AM
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44. Geez, sorry to offend you.
I didn't realize you were so fucking sensitive about it.

I don't like hearing it that way. May I have that opinion?
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:23 AM
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47. Geez, sorry I'm not offended
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 11:33 AM by kay1864
Nor "fucking sensitive"

:eyes:

Nope, more amazed, actually (or maybe I should say amused), that you would consider yourself more of an authority than the people who write freakin' dictionaries.

:rofl:

Do you usually change your tune mid-argument?
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:21 AM
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21. Actually george bush for idiot asshole
is the correct pronunciation. ;)
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:33 AM
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24. "warsh" or "Warshington"
Ugh!!!!!
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:39 PM
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69. "Warshington"
I had never heard this until I went to school there for a year in the '80s. As weird as it may seem, though, iit has legitimacy, since this is how it comes out when pronounced with a Maryland accent.

That city about 35 miles to the north? Bawluhmuhr.

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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:34 AM
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25. or "tur'rists"
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 09:35 AM by stuntcat
for terrorists :puke:
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Throwing Stones Donating Member (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:42 AM
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26. Not a mispronunciation, but I can't stand "irregardless"
It's redundant and superfluous.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:42 AM
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28. Q-pon
coupon

(coop on)
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:06 AM
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32. Either is fine
See above
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 09:58 AM
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30. Tomato - Termayter
Potato - Pertayter

Let's call the whole thing off!
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Throwing Stones Donating Member (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:32 AM
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37. "Let's call the whole thing off!"
Morans in charge? Yes, let's DO call the whole thing off!

EP - who won your copycat thread from yesterday?
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 12:34 PM
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57. No one won yet
It may go one forever
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:49 AM
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54. Fried pertayters. UmmHmm...
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:36 AM
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39. I love 'em all! Viva la difference! Up with egalitarianism, down with grammar nazis!
In fact, I hate when people say "you" when they really mean "y'all" or "you guys" or "all a yuse." :)
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:42 AM
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41. At least we're not soup nazis. :)
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:45 AM
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42. Yeah, those soup nazis are scary!!
:rofl:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 01:38 PM
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59. No grammar for you!
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 10:47 AM
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43. Colliephoneyuh for California
Edited on Wed Jul-11-07 10:47 AM by Seabiscuit
Yeah, I'm talkin' to you, Ahnuld.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:18 AM
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45. "Joo-DISH-uary"
Instead of Judiciary.
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:37 AM
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48. COSH-tume (costume) and ValenTIME'S Day (Valentine's).
:scared:
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:42 AM
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51. In-DUSS-try for "industry"
Heard it on NPR the other day (not by one of the hosts, thankfully, but rather from someone he was interviewing). Not the first time I've heard that, either.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 11:48 AM
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53. "Miss-Cheevy-us" for mischievous
It's only three syllables
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rhiannon55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 12:06 PM
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56. Impordunt, rather than important
It seems like southerners do this the most. Even Bill Moyers pronounces important with a 'd' in the middle. Drives me CRAZY. It's like the habit of pronouncing Washington with an 'r' in the middle -- if a person can READ, shouldn't he/she know how to correctly pronounce most common words?
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Seashell Eyes Donating Member (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 01:36 PM
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58. Nukular is like nails on a chalkboard for me
Also the pronounciation of "terrorist" so that it almost sounds like "tourist" and pronouncing "often" with the "t" sound.
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 01:42 PM
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60. "ON-ree"
For ornery.
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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 01:47 PM
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61. Diabeetus
where do people get this one from?

Di-uh-bee-tees
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 03:07 PM
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62. acrosst
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:01 PM
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64. "Sherbert," "reel-a-tor," "supposably,"
:banghead:
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WildEyedLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:16 PM
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65. "warsh" instead of "wash"
I hear that a lot.

I've never actually heard anyone say "prezunt" or "amurka" though. I see them typed on DU as a parody of freeperspeak but I've never actually heard anyone pronounce the words like that.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:24 PM
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66. I want to force every American who doesn't get it to wear a collar....
That deleivers an EXTREMLEY painful shock every time they say "Ex-scape".

It's ESCAPE, not EX-Scape, you fucking morons!
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churchofreality Donating Member (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 04:48 PM
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67. Terrace for Terrorists.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:37 PM
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68. My-o-nayz
This is how my mother in law pronounces mayonaise. She's a native New Orleanian, part of a population prone to coming up with novel pronunciations for a lot of things, but this one really hits me like fingernails on a chalk board.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 05:44 PM
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70. Molly Ivins said "bidness" so that's okay by me...
Did she say "gummit" or "guvment?" I can't remember.
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