When people use words that aren't even words...

[5Slays]

I have one...

My old boss, who by the way has a masters in education, says replemish! As in let's replemish the supplies in the closet. Every time she would say it, it was all I could do not to laugh.

 

[snowy76]

Unless you are from NY, then they sound very much alike

Also, when I taught 5th grade, merry and marry were words on the kids' spelling list of homophones -- so, at least McGraw Hill textbook company thought the two sounded alike too!

 

[goofygirl]

One I hear lately is "B.F.F.", short for Best Friends Forever: "Oh look at Paris Hilton and her new B.F.F., Britney Spears!"

Ugh!!! B.F.F. is NOT a word!!

 

[shirleyb]

merry  [mer-ree]
marry [mar-ee]

Short 'e' vs. short 'a' sound

This is a new one for me, do people pronounce

merry as murry?

I have always heard them pronounced the same?

 

[Dina]

Ax for ask
punkins for pumpkins

These all usually bother me, but I actually like punkin. My mom always said it and it bothered the crap out of me. But then my sons called it that, and it was so darn cute that now I say it sometimes too when I'm with them-- I know that's horrible they'll never get it right now. It's so cute when they say it though.

Ax for Asked has bothered me to no end since high school. I also had a friend who said picsture and another who said birfday for birthday and death for deaf-- I don't understand why she confused them so badly.

My father in law kept saying salmon the other day (but pronouned the L and it really bugged me). He also says stelroid for steroid-- it bothers my husband so badly

My mom says mammiogram for mammogram-- I wish she'd stop.

 

[LadyyRedd]

Our DS4 used to say "puter" before he could pronounce it. Currently, the only thing he has trouble saying is "Mystic Force" (Power Rangers). He calls is "Mystic Forest".

No worries! It doesn't bother me to hear a 4 year old say, but it does bother me to hear a 24 year old say it!

Kimya

 

[Dina]

This is more of a regional accent thing. My family is all from Minnesota and everyone there says "kyoopon". I think it's weird when I hear it the other way!

It's not kyoopon???? Ooops. My mom says koopon, and I always thought she was mispronouncing something else wrong-- huh. Alot of people around here call it kyoopon.

 

[rayelias]

This is a new one for me, do people pronounce

merry as murry?

I have always heard them pronounced the same?

Merry rhymes with berry.

Marry rhymes with Harry.

 

[Dina]

It's a word, but I hate it when people are like, "I talk good" or "Will they fit on my feet good".

The good thing bothers me alot. Alot of people I'm close with use good instead of well-- I have to bite my toungue.


My mother in law says hisself instead of himself, and it drives me nuts as in "can he tie his shoes hisself??" She does it all of the times. It really bugs me.

 

[cybrkitn]

No worries! It doesn't bother me to hear a 4 year old say, but it does bother me to hear a 24 year old say it!

Kimya

Actually, after hearing our son say it so much, we started to (for a while at least)! I think we are finally back to saying COMputer.

But it does bother me when DH says his "th's" like "f's". He doesn't think so, but I can hear it clearly

 

[cybrkitn]

It's not kyoopon???? Ooops. My mom says koopon, and I always thought she was mispronouncing something else wrong-- huh. Alot of people around here call it kyoopon.

<singing> Potato, pototo, tomato, tomoto, let's call the whole thing off.

I say kyoopon too. DH says koopon and I cringe when he says it

 

[Dina]

Ak-a-mee for the supermarket called ACME.
!"
!

As soon as I read this, I knew you had to be from Philly. Sometimes I feel like the only person who says Acme and doesn't go to "The Acamee"

 

[Curious]

When people use words that aren't even words...

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It drives me crazy.

http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html

 

[Laura]

Regarding coupon:

This word, which was borrowed from French in the 19th century, was originally pronounced (koo´pon´´). The variant pronunciation (kyoo´pon´´) developed in American English perhaps through association with words such as cube, cupid, and cute. Both pronunciations are acceptable.

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C007/052.html

Since it's not spelled "cupon", I say it koopon.

 

[deekaypee]

Don't know if these have been used:

--Commentate when the intended meaning is comment
--Past for passed, which has worked its way into student papers when they use the euphemism "past on" for "passed on"
--anywho for anyhow

 

[SplshMtnLvr28]

http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html

That guy was doing something

 

[Yzerbear19]

I have no idea how to spell this word, but its pronouced like ah-fin-a-go which I guess means "I'm gonna go." The people I work with use this term and I can't stand it!!! Its not even a word!

The other word they say a lot is MINES. This one would be OK if they were referring to dark places under the ground, but they use it as "That is mines, not yours." Grrrrrrr.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I have no idea how to spell this word, but its pronouced like ah-fin-a-go which I guess means "I'm gonna go." The people I work with use this term and I can't stand it!!! Its not even a word!

The other word they say a lot is MINES. This one would be OK if they were referring to dark places under the ground, but they use it as "That is mines, not yours." Grrrrrrr.

LOL My co-worker used to say that. Ah-fin-a-go means "I'm fixing to go" or "I'm about to go." It drove me up the wall. Everyday she'd say "Ahfinago tuh lunch."

 

[Liberty Belle]

merry  [mer-ree]
marry [mar-ee]

Short 'e' vs. short 'a' sound

Well I say them both with a sound somewhere between a long a and short a. Berry and Harry also rhyme to me.

 

[mytwotinks]

Well I say them both with a sound somewhere between a long a and short a. Berry and Harry also rhyme to me.

Me too! Along with everyone I have ever met! I guess we're all wrong.