What word mispronounced drives you crazy??

My mom's BF is from Minnesota and always pronounces it that way (we live in N. IL).

Wash pronounced warsh, so many people around here do it and I just don't understand it.

I was born in Washington, DC and most my whole family lives locally. My mother (who is in her late 70s) is also a Washington DC native. Her mother (my grandmother) was from Massachusetts and has the typical Boston-type accent so she never said "Warshington, DC." But her 5 children do. I was raised with my mother saying Warshington, DC. I do not say that. She also says Mon-dee, Tues-dee, Thurs-dee, but says Saturday just fine. It's almost like a weird local dialect.
 
I was born in Washington, DC and most my whole family lives locally. My mother (who is in her late 70s) is also a Washington DC native. Her mother (my grandmother) was from Massachusetts and has the typical Boston-type accent so she never said "Warshington, DC." But her 5 children do. I was raised with my mother saying Warshington, DC. I do not say that. She also says Mon-dee, Tues-dee, Thurs-dee, but says Saturday just fine. It's almost like a weird local dialect.

Yeah, I don't know what it is. I'm in northern Illinois and know several people that were born and raised here that use that pronunciation.
 
My mom's BF is from Minnesota and always pronounces it that way (we live in N. IL).

Wash pronounced warsh, so many people around here do it and I just don't understand it.
Minnesota accent can be very strong! But I enjoy listening to it. Not the exact same as Minnesota accent but does anyone know about "Manitowoc Minute" comedy sketches? I die laughing listening to it :laughing:
 

My mom's BF is from Minnesota and always pronounces it that way (we live in N. IL).

Wash pronounced warsh, so many people around here do it and I just don't understand it.

I live in northeast and we also say warsh for wash. eeeeeh now I'm thinking about our accent here lol
 
I live outside of Pittsburgh and “worsh” is common around here too, particularly in older people. My mom always called doing laundry “doing the worsh”. One of my kids spilled something at her house once on the tablecloth. She told them not to worry it was “worshable”. Drove my kids into fits of giggles. They still talk about it.
 
I live outside of Pittsburgh and “worsh” is common around here too, particularly in older people. My mom always called doing laundry “doing the worsh”. One of my kids spilled something at her house once on the tablecloth. She told them not to worry it was “worshable”. Drove my kids into fits of giggles. They still talk about it.

The Pittsburgh accent is definitely different.
 
Ghirardelli. The gh is pronounced like a hard g. I correct my family members all the time.
 
My name. Megan, Should be Meg-ann sound but people do Maygen or Meegan. :(

We are the opposite here. My daughters name is Megan. Here (Australia) its pronounced Meegan. When we travel to the US everyone pronouces Meg - Ann. It drives her crazy.

As an added note - Scones are Scons.
 
Minnesota accent can be very strong! But I enjoy listening to it. Not the exact same as Minnesota accent but does anyone know about "Manitowoc Minute" comedy sketches? I die laughing listening to it :laughing:
Love me some Charlie Berens! Definitely hams up northern/northeastern Wisconsin accent. Still is around here in southern WI but much more mild (I include myself in that 😁).
 
I went to school on the Central Coast in CA. The names of a couple of the towns are Hispanic in origin, the pronunciation is NOT! You should always use the local pronunciation - that's just polite. That doesn't stop the newscasters in So Cal from twisting themselves in a knot trying to be politically correct though. Some examples, with the local pronunciation;
Paso Robles (pass-a-row-bulls)
San Pedro (san peed-row, or peed-row for short)
and the one that drives me nuts;
San Luis Obispo (san lou-is oh-bis-bow)
We hear the Hispanic torture, but also "san lou-EE oh-bis-po". WTH? Now I know you aren't a local. Also "SLO" (slow) for short, but really only get to use that if you live there.

Same thing happens in St. Louis, but in French.
 
I've always wondered why that is? Why is the "r" silent? That seems to follow no other language pattern I've seen. Seems like it *should* be Arcadia and everyone dropping the "r" is wrong!! :P
Arcadia is a difference place from Acadia. Arcadia is Greek. Acadia is French and French Canadian. The park is named after the area of Acadia and it is located in that area.
 
A certain someone in my family cringes when pancakes is pronounced panna-cakes, so obviously I periodically say panna-cakes because I like pushing people's buttons sometimes. :rotfl:
My grandparents and sometimes my Father pronounced it Panny-cakes.
 
I live in northeast and we also say warsh for wash. eeeeeh now I'm thinking about our accent here lol
I lived in the northeast for 63 years and never once put and R in wash. Other things like not pronouncing R's when they should wata (water) or theya (there) or heya (here) that I recognize. When someone asks for directions the common anwser is you can't get theya from heya.
 




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