Things people say wrong...a lot.

[WBAC]

A few faves
1. Romano noodles = raimen noodles?
2. Et as in 'I et too much' or 'Last night I et some catfish' -not eat or ate, but et? (Sounds like bet) Its so bad I can't spell
it the way it sounds. I draw up when I hear this.
3. Bet room - as in 'bet room shoes' or 'in the bet room'
4. Loaffa Bread - is this like a luffa sponge that you bathe with?
5. Wit - as in 'I went wit them'
6. Flipflaps = flipflops I think the name comes from the sound they make? Maybe you have a foot problem if they flap instead of flop?
7. Tubbybath = Its a bath.
8. Peoples - People are already plural.
9. Complexion = the skin / complex = an insecurity

This thread is lots of fun on a dull friday night at home. Thanks!!

 

[Elvistelth]

I'm guessing most of the people who post here like word puzzles.
If so, try this site for wordgames:http://eastoftheweb.com/games/index.html

{popword is my fave}

 

[chell]

My name is Melissa and I get called Michelle all the time!!!! What's up with that? The two do not sound a like at all!!

yep....I'm Michelle and I get Melissa too....it's so weird!

At least I'm not alone. How the heck to they do this?

 

[kimmar067]

My "off the boat" Italian grandma called it It-lee, as well.
We say It-uh-lee, but hearing It-lee always reminds me of my gram.

...ahhhh, Bergen County - that explains it.....

 

[chell]

Sorry if this has already been said, but I can't remember what I read yesterday.

I can't stand to hear people say something about the "same difference" between things. If the difference is the same aren't they the same?

What about youons instead of you all? I don't even know how to spell it!

There are tons that I hear all the time but for some reason my brain is stuck and I can't think at the moment.

 

[crashbb]

2. Et as in 'I et too much' or 'Last night I et some catfish' -not eat or ate, but et? (Sounds like bet) Its so bad I can't spell
it the way it sounds. I draw up when I hear this.

8. Peoples - People are already plural.

Neither of these are actually wrong (though peoples is only correct in a few specific situations).

According the the Merriam-Webster dictionary, ate can be pronounced as 'at' (cannot do the mark over the 'a') or 'et' (again cannot do the mark over the 'e'). The 'et' pronunciation is a British version (my uncle uses it, so I looked it up once).

"Peoples" is correct if you are referring to multiple groups of people. For example Aboriginal peoples refers collectively to a group of different aboriginal groups (each of which would be, for example, the Cree people). Or, for example, peoples of the world which would include the people of Canada, the people of the US, etc. If you weren't interested in people as individuals but rather as part of their country of origin. Disabled Peoples International, as another example, "is a network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people".

 

[Jaimee]

My co-worker used two words today that drive me crazy.

1- "era" for error, there are actually several people at work who say this, not sure why

2-"mark" for mock. Again, I've heard this from other people too. She was talking about her son and said he likes to "mark" her grandmother's accent

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

where's your party at?

where are you at?

where did you eat at?

where does feral peg live at? (I hope it's in Kansas)


.....my blood just boils when I hear anyone say that.........

 

[kaytieeldr]

I'm guessing most of the people who post here like word puzzles.
If so, try this site for wordgames:http://eastoftheweb.com/games/index.html

{popword is my fave}

Ah, great. Just what I need - another obsession

 

[suejai]

DH pronounces ancient - angcient. This is an ongoing discussion between us, we have agreed to disagree. But while watching tv one night, I heard the narrator pronounce it the same way, I thought it was just DH. DH grew up in Boston, I'm just wondering of this is a common pronunciation in that area.

One that makes me crazy is when people use Belgium for Belgian - as in I had some 'Belgium' chocolates.

 

[debraW76]

Maybe this is a southern thing but i hear people add an "R" where it shouldn't be like "I need to warsh the clothes" or "Warshington, DC" Drives me nuts!!

Maybe not mispronouncing, but mis-calling something... have you ever heard someone refer to a garden hose as a hose pipe? Yikes! Every time I hear that I want to say that the hose pipe is the pipe that is sticking out of the ground that you connect the hose to. But since EVERYBODY here calls it that I assume I am the minority and it is just not worth it. UGH!

 

[turkeymama]

Maybe this is a southern thing but i hear people add an "R" where it shouldn't be like "I need to warsh the clothes" or "Warshington, DC" Drives me nuts!!

Maybe not mispronouncing, but mis-calling something... have you ever heard someone refer to a garden hose as a hose pipe? Yikes! Every time I hear that I want to say that the hose pipe is the pipe that is sticking out of the ground that you connect the hose to. But since EVERYBODY here calls it that I assume I am the minority and it is just not worth it. UGH!

Oh dear, don't associate that with all of us from the South (I'm from Louisiana). To my knowledge, that is just "an Arkansas thing". My best friend when I was little would say that. Her family was originally from Little Rock. It drove me nuts, even as a young child.

 

[Mysteria]

I have not read through the entire thread. I'll admit I ran out of patience a few pages in. There is some stuff that is silly and funny in the way people say it. Like my sis can't say horror...it comes out *****. Funny to everyone including her because she's in on the joke.

That being said I have read many things here that "drive people crazy" that are speech speech impediments and NOT something they can change without help. A big one is saying F for TH. Hope you feel good for making a lot of people feel like crap.

eta: sorry didn't know it was a banned word. It's out there now so not trying to get around it but it should be fairly obvious.

 

[debraW76]

I have not read through the entire thread. I'll admit I ran out of patience a few pages in. There is some stuff that is silly and funny in the way people say it. Like my sis can't say horror...it comes out *****. Funny to everyone including her because she's in on the joke.

That being said I have read many things here that "drive people crazy" that are speech speech impediments and NOT something they can change without help. A big one is saying F for TH. Hope you feel good for making a lot of people feel like crap.

eta: sorry didn't know it was a banned word. It's out there now so not trying to get around it but it should be fairly obvious.

Maybe I am just an idiot but i have no idea what word this could be and now i am just plain curious

 

[turkeymama]

When we were little, my sister was afraid of "munsters". Those aren't to be confused with the Munster Family from the popular 1960s sitcom, but munsters that hide under the bed or in the closet. She is almost 40 years old and she still can't say "monsters".

 

[kaytieeldr]

That being said I have read many things here that "drive people crazy" that are speech speech impediments and NOT something they can change without help. A big one is saying F for TH. Hope you feel good for making a lot of people feel like crap.

Sometimes, sure. But the post that sticks out in my mind about this 'misuse is the one where the offending person (not a DISer, but a real live person in the poster's life) interchanges them - using "f" where the word actually contains "th" and "th" where the word actually contains "f". That's not a speech impediment.

Respectfully, the intention of this thread is not to make anyone feel badly, but rather to simply lightly vent about things people frequently say wrong - and anybody reading this thread should expect to possibly read about one or more words/terms they mispronounce or misuse.

 

[karibritt01]

Maybe I am just an idiot but i have no idea what word this could be and now i am just plain curious

Well... its not a garden HOE, but its close!

I think most of these words pronounced "wrong" are all accents and inflections. While I'm sure my southern drawl is like nails on a chalkboard to some, keep in mind that your Yankee accent does the same to me. Tolerance is a good thing.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Maybe I am just an idiot but i have no idea what word this could be and now i am just plain curious

well, say the other word out loud and THINK about it!

 

[Mysteria]

Sometimes, sure. But the post that sticks out in my mind about this 'misuse is the one where the offending person (not a DISer, but a real live person in the poster's life) interchanges them - using "f" where the word actually contains "th" and "th" where the word actually contains "f". That's not a speech impediment.

Respectfully, the intention of this thread is not to make anyone feel badly, but rather to simply lightly vent about things people frequently say wrong - and anybody reading this thread should expect to possibly read about one or more words/terms they mispronounce or misuse.

So are you saying the person in question does that on purpose? Meaning they know they are using f for th etc?

 

[Elvistelth]

I had a boss that couldn't say the word program. She'd instead say "pogram" which would make me laugh every time she said it.
Then it was even funnier when I found out pogram was actually a word.

from the free online dictionary:
pogrom Noun
an organized persecution and massacre [Russian: destruction]