Things people say wrong...a lot.

[Elvistelth]

I hate when people say "artistic" when they mean autistic.
I hate when they pronounce a phantom "r" in wash, saying "warsh"
even worse is when they refer to our capital as Warshington D.C.
I hate when people put an "s" at the end of a name which lacks one, i.e.
"Mr. Sterns" instead of the proper Mr. Stern (I don't mean a possessive use)
Ax instead of ask is annoying to no end.
The over use of "had" is something I've recently noticed: Instead of saying "I tried the dessert" they say, "I HAD tried the dessert" That bugs me.

I also hate the way text messaging abbreviations are being used in formal communication. It makes the user look ignorant.

 

[ecuagoddess]

A few Disney ones:
Adding S to restuarant names that don't have an S in them. It's NOT Boma's, 'Ohana's, or Jiko's. It's Boma, 'Ohana, and Jiko.

Speaking of 'Ohana, it's not an Irish restaurant (O'Hana), it's Hawaiian ('Ohana), and there is no letter S in the Hawaiian alphabet so (again) don't add one!

And a decidedly non-Disney one:
I'm in the Health field, and have heard every possible mispronunciation of prostate (mostly prostrate like a PP said), sigmoidoscopy (sigamoscony) and colonoscopy (colonoscofy). They are either scoping the sigmoid colon (sigmoidoscopy) or the entire colon (colonoscopy). What is the problem with these words?

 

[NotUrsula]

Anyone who has ever spent any time in New Orleans knows that "axe" for "ask" is very common there, especially among working-class residents. It is a hallmark of the so-called "Y'at" accent.

I friend of mine teaches grade school in Arabi, in suburban St. Bernard Parish. She likes to mess with her kids' minds during Carnival season by writing the word "MASK" on the chalkboard and asking them to pronounce it. Being good little New Orleanians, every one of them says it correctly.
Then she puts her hand over the M and asks them to say it again. Sure enough -- AXE! When pressed to explain how it is possible to correctly pronounce MASK yet mangle ASK, they tend to get REALLY confused.

 

[Shyvioletisme]

wow I had no idea a mispronunciation of Reece's Pieces existed. The only way I have ever heard it pronounced is: "Re-ses Pea-ses", like the possessive of the name Reece....so that the two words rhyme. So do all of you that say it weird also say Pieces wrong(or what I view as wrong) as well?

 

[Diznotyzed]

Hello from ORE-ah-gun

 

[sbell111]

... If you ask around the capital in Jefferson City, they will tell you that "out-state" means anywhere in Missouri that is NOT in the Greater St. Louis or Kansas City metro areas.

I'm reminded that I hail from Buffalo, NY, which is in Western New York. Howver, if you visit The City, you will find that there is no Western New York, there is only the boroughs of NYC, Long Island, and 'upstate'.

 

[AustinTink]

But then, I live in Austin where Guadalupe is pronounced "gwad-a-loop".

Ah yes, good old "gwad-a-loop". It sticks in my throat when I have to say it! My big peeve it realtor. It's real-tor not REE-LAH-TUR.

 

[sbell111]

wow I had no idea a mispronunciation of Reece's Pieces existed. The only way I have ever heard it pronounced is: "Re-ses Pea-ses", like the possessive of the name Reece....so that the two words rhyme. So do all of you that say it weird also say Pieces wrong(or what I view as wrong) as well?

I bet that loads of people who call the peanut butter cups 'reesees' actually call the candy 'reesis peesis'.

 

[heaven2dc]

I was just getting ready to post my pet peeve of people saying "axe" instead of "ask" when I saw NotUrsula's post. It drives me bonkers!! I never heard it until I moved out to the East Coast.

And I know this is not really on the same subject but my DS31's gf has a whole list of names for her family members that drives my son crazy like Meemaw, Pawpaw (or is it Peepaw)...the list goes on. There is only one person in her family who actually goes by their given name instead of some nickname. I know it's a Southern thing but it drives him nuts (another one is when I hear someone say "baby daddy"? Why can't they just say the baby's father or daddy!!)

And I agree with "warsh" instead of "wash".

Get in line somehow got translated to get on line.

And Des Moines - it is not "dee moynez" - there is no "S" sounded at end of Moines.

Sorry - I'll get off my high horse now!

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I was just getting ready to post my pet peeve of people saying "axe" instead of "ask" when I saw NotUrsula's post. It drives me bonkers!! I never heard it until I moved out to the East Coast.

And I know this is not really on the same subject but my DS31's gf has a whole list of names for her family members that drives my son crazy like Meemaw, Pawpaw (or is it Peepaw)...the list goes on. There is only one person in her family who actually goes by their given name instead of some nickname. I know it's a Southern thing but it drives him nuts (another one is when I hear someone say "baby daddy"? Why can't they just say the baby's father or daddy!!)

And I agree with "warsh" instead of "wash".

Get in line somehow got translated to get on line.

And Des Moines - it is not "dee moynez" - there is no "S" sounded at end of Moines.

Sorry - I'll get off my high horse now!

LOL about grandparent names... when I first moved to Ga from Ca I laughed at those names.... Meemaw comes to mind most...
But...my kids have 2 grandpas...and one is Papa, and the other, I admit, is pawpaw. BUT...we say it the same, (Poppa) but somehow they got spelled differently on cards and gifts... lol

 

[Nawlinslady]

OMG....I've always wanted to post this but here is the perfect place....

I belong to several message boards and I see people do this quite often...

When they are trying to say "I should have done that", or "That would have made a difference"....they say instead....."I should of done that", or "That would of made a difference".........it drives me crazy!!!!

Also......estatic for ecstatic or assessory for accessory...........but then again....I'm Nawlins Lady......HAHAHA!!!!

 

[heaven2dc]

Hello from ORE-ah-gun

Hello from a fellow ORE-ah-gun-e-un (I grew up in Portland and moved to East Coast in 1994.)

 

[matthew&haleysmom]

DD is hard of hearing and wears hearing aides. Often, people will ask if she is death. I just reply, "Nope. She was breathing last time I checked."

If I want to annoy my DH, I will say something is littler. This drives him crazy!

 

[Feralpeg]

OK...sorry for the Missour E vs. UH...but it does grate on me. I used to work in politics and it drove me nuts when the politican I was with used E or UH based on their locale! (and, just so you know, I used the neanderthal comment to get under a specific person's skin in a teasing manner. I should have made that clearer in my post).

I will say that I have found E to be most common in eastern MO and UH more common everywhere else.

Karen

I don't think anyone truly took offense. I don't mind being called a neanerthal. Just don't call me a Kansan!!!!

 

[Muffin]

expresso instead of espresso

 

[TheAmazingSpidey]

As someone who lives in Hershey, PA (home to Reese's) and works at the Hershey Corporation, I can tell you with comeplete certainty that every single person that works here- or at least that I have come into contact with- pronounces it REE-SEES. Even our President does. It annoys us who LIVE and WORK for Hershey to hear people pronounce it any other way!!

Lol, it just doesn't make sense to me to pronounce it that way, due to the letters in the word. If there was an extra 'e,' then yes, say 'Ree-sees.' But as the word is only 'Reese's,' there should be just the one way to say it. Like a previous person noted, it is to be said like it's the possession of someone named Reese. Oh well, if that pronounciation works for you guys, be my guest!

And this thread is cracking me up.

 

[NancyIL]

When they are trying to say "I should have done that", or "That would have made a difference"....they say instead....."I should of done that", or "That would of made a difference".........it drives me crazy!!!!

There's nothing wrong with saying should've for "should have" - as long as you don't spell it "should of."

I see this written all the time: loose when you mean lose. Your pants will be loose when you lose weight!

 

[onelilspark]

I'm reminded that I hail from Buffalo, NY, which is in Western New York. Howver, if you visit The City, you will find that there is no Western New York, there is only the boroughs of NYC, Long Island, and 'upstate'.

Ahhhh, YES! When I told the people I was in school with that I was moving to "New York," they all assumed New York City. Drove me bonkers!

I grew up in western PA and now live in NJ and had never heard anyone say "crowns" until my kids went to preschool. I was dropping them off and heard the teacher tell the kids to get out their crowns. I thought maybe it was some kind of princess game.

Grew up around Philly, lived in S.Jersey for a bit. Guilty as charged!

I didn't have time to read all the posts so I'm sorry if these have already been mentioned but I hate the following:

Feb-you-airy - it is February - it has an "r"!
Ax for Ask
I-tal-yun instead of Italian

The one that bothers me the most (and I will correct adults who say this) is:

Lie-berry - it is LIBRARY! Yikes!

I'm also somewhat guilty of the last one. Took me years to correct it! As I said in the above post, I grew up around Philly, meaning all my "berry" words sound like "burry." (No, it's not wrong! Philly is the birthplace of the nation, we pronounce everything correct! ) So I'd say "Lie-BURRY." Then I went to college (in Indiana) and everyone started looking at me funny. No idea where I picked up the mispronunciation...'til I heard my Nana talking about the nice new LIEBURRY they were putting in on my campus

Seriously, my parents say it correctly. Totally my Nana's fault.

Actually, Avon isn't pronounced Ahhh-von, it's a short "a" like in alligator. I don't really know how to write it though!

And how could you forget about Charlotte?!?! Up here in Rochester, it's pronounced "Shar-LOT" I used to live on Charlotte Avenue in small town outside of Rochester, and when giving my address on the phone, I just always pronounced it like Charlotte ("SHAR-let").

Right! That's the "a" I was going for! I guess I didn't type it out right!

And how could I forget Char-LOT?!

 

[Christine]

All of the sudden. Nope--it's all of a sudden.

 

[HardShell]

All of the sudden. Nope--it's all of a sudden.

What's wrong with just "suddenly" instead of either one?