I would have used "Granmere" and "Granpere", but my grandmother was not sufficiently evolved to the point that she could use language, so it was useless to call her anything and we don't know who my grandfather was because she couldn't tell us.
Is this a joke or should I feel sorry for you?
Feel sorry for me because it is absolutely true. My grandmother did not have the vocal chords or facial structures necessary for speech. It might not have mattered anyway, because older people at that time considered speech to be a trivial fad that would soon die out.
I pronounced Sepiroth as Sherupfy when I was a kid, I have a tendency to do this with character names, simply assigning a name I like that sounds like how it's spelt and sticking with it.
Dunno if it counts, but Natchitoches, Etouffee, and many other Cajun/Louisiana-esque words and names I've been exposed to since dating Natalie. I always say them wrong on the first try and get made fun of.
We've also had the argument - is it "crawfish" or "crayfish" several times...
Dunno if it counts, but Natchitoches, Etouffee, and many other Cajun/Louisiana-esque words and names I've been exposed to since dating Natalie. I always say them wrong on the first try and get made fun of.
Can you say "Tchoupitoulas"? How about "Pontchartrain"?
I would normally say "crayfish", but if I was to complain about Americans using different spellings and pronunciations of English words, we'd be here all day forever.
We've also had the argument - is it "crawfish" or "crayfish" several times...
Crawdad.
C'mon, every one knows it's Mudbug.
ObMispronounce: I used to ride through the Grosvener stop on the DC Metro and think/say "GROS-ven-or" until my father corrected me ("GROVE-ner").
I am well aware of that now: I just bought a house on Grosvenor Drive in Ellicott City, MD and am now constantly having to talk people though it ("Grosvenor. Ah, no: it's spelt like it should be GROS-ven-or. G-R-O-S" [pause, listen...]" Yes, really: an S. Then V-E-N-O-R" [pause and listen again...] "Yeah, that does seem a bit odd.")
I am certain that I mispronounced any and all words I attempted in Icelandic. The Icelandic people were very, very nice to put up with me. Seriously, though, does every consonant and consonant combination have to be pronounced as a "k"?
I think most non-Finns have mispronounced Helsinki and sauna at least a few times. I can't remember mispronouncing many words (no, not even Antigone) just because if I don't know how to pronounce it, I'm not going to say it, because I most likely also don't know the meaning. I probably pronounce "veterinary" wrong though (I pronounce it "ve-TRIN-ary", probably from living in MI too long).
I was out to see the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie with a bunch of people. As we sat watching the credits as we waited for the stinger, Chad called out, "Sabreh? What's a Sabreh?" The credits were for the "saber" stunt coordinators.
I cannot say Massachusetts, I leave out syllables. Chimney, I end up putting stuff that is not even there. Apparently, it is very funny to hear me say them.
It bothers me when people pronounce "roof" or "root" with the same vowel sound as "took".
I can't stand it when people say "crick" for creek.
Can you say "Tchoupitoulas"? How about "Pontchartrain"?
No, and sorta. After the first time I fucked up Pontchartrain, I was corrected. Now I remember it by thinking "punch a train".... only with an O instead of a U.
I can't stand it when people say "crick" for creek.
At least where I grew up, a crick was a small creek, itself a small stream, which was a small river.
How confusing must that have been? 'Quick! The Fulton's horse is trying to drown itself in the which!' 'Which crick?' 'No! Which!' 'The crick?' 'No! The Which itself!' 'Is that the crick or the itself?' 'Which?' 'Either!' 'Isn't that a tributary?'
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Sometimes, I mix up "v's" with "w's."
We've also had the argument - is it "crawfish" or "crayfish" several times...
Hades - Wyatt: (haeed's)
all dayforever.ObMispronounce: I used to ride through the Grosvener stop on the DC Metro and think/say "GROS-ven-or" until my father corrected me ("GROVE-ner").
I am well aware of that now: I just bought a house on Grosvenor Drive in Ellicott City, MD and am now constantly having to talk people though it ("Grosvenor. Ah, no: it's spelt like it should be GROS-ven-or. G-R-O-S" [pause, listen...]" Yes, really: an S. Then V-E-N-O-R" [pause and listen again...] "Yeah, that does seem a bit odd.")
Seriously, though, does every consonant and consonant combination have to be pronounced as a "k"?
I've also screwed up saying bandoleer and most other words in the english language.
I hate it when people mess up epee and pronounce it like "E-pee."
'Quick! The Fulton's horse is trying to drown itself in the which!'
'Which crick?'
'No! Which!'
'The crick?'
'No! The Which itself!'
'Is that the crick or the itself?'
'Which?'
'Either!'
'Isn't that a tributary?'
I intentionally mispronounce "robot" as "ro-butt" or "robit". Fuskin' robits. They took 'r jerbs!