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

[almacdonald]

prime example:

New York on Flavor of Love(i watched the recap) when she said something about Flav being "beneful" For her.............***?? what does that even mean??

I think Beneful is a brand of dog food. Maybe the concession ran out of popcorn.

 

[cybrkitn]

I used to have a boss that was the king of mis-pronunciation:
Instead of Office Depot, he called it "Office Depp-O"

OMG!!!! I have a co-worker who pronounces it that way too! I have to hold back a laugh at times.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

Here are some of the grammer rules my older dd learned & I think of them anytime someone makes a mistake:

Liberry-- There are no "bears" in the library!

Done-- This was courtesy of her teacher Ms Dunn. A chicken is done, a turkey is done, I am Ms. Dunn, you however, are finished!

I can't remember anymore off the top of my head.

I hate that Kmarts/Walmarts stuff too. Another big pet peeve is when people mispronounce other people's names.

Ex: My dh & his sisters' always used to talk about the model Christine Brinkley! --UGH!

 

[mom*to*2*princesses]

My parents have a few, including "warsh" instead of wash and "crick" when they mean creek. One biggie I don't think I've seen is "fer" instead of for. I hear everyone say that, from celebrities on tv to newscasters to my kids' teachers. I say it too but it bugs me. LOL

I think it's interesting how things are so different regionally. I grew up in part of AppaLAYsha, not AppaLATCHia. We drink pop, not soda or cola.

 

[Missy1961]

I've worked as a writer and an editor, so this stuff drives me nuts.

Food Network types who always say "Mars-ca-pone" cheese (for Mascarpone).

Using "myriad" as a noun.

Saying "of" instead of "have" as in "should of" instead of "should have." (Saying it is bad enough, but people write it, too).

Yes, that one drives me nuts.

 

[Robmom]

My DH always says, "You seen that movie?", I always say, "no, but I did see that movie". He use to say "brang" instead of "brought". I guess because we are from Brooklyn. He finally stopped saying that. My mom always says, "Mondee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee, etc." also "diabetus" instead of "diabetes" She always calls Suzanne Somers - Susan Somers. It drives me nuts! My SIL always says "supposably".

 

[Beca]

Let's see....a few more of my pet peeves are:

"She read me the RIGHT act" instead of the "Riot Act".

Good vs. well REALLY annoys me. This is one of the major reasons I could NEVER watch a soap opera (besides the fact that they are stupid)...writers on soap operas mis-use this word constantly....I guess they do not want to sound too "stuffy"...I think they just sound stupid.

My final one is actually correct for the US, but incorrect for every other English-speaking country...."gotten". I KNOW it is still "legal" in the US, but I have heard many of the English think we are deeply stupid for continuing to use it. I had a huge arguement with my dh a few years ago. I said there was NO appropriate way to use "gotten". I was wrong, but what a STRANGE word!!

 

[ukwildcat]

I had a highly educated woman who worked for me once who used words that are really words, but used them incorrectly. We have a mezzanine in our plant, but she always called it the Byzantine, for some reason.

I haven't laughed out loud when reading something on the computer in a long time. I almost spit my coffee all over my computer when I read this, however. Very funny.

DW mis-pronounces Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. She says Reese (Ree-see) instead of Reese's (Ree-ses). She does, however, say Reese's Pieces correctly. I've questioned her on this numerous times. She says she knows how it is supposed to be pronounced, but that it's just a habit.

Anyway, thanks for the laugh shirleyb.

 

[JCJRSmith]

Correct pronunciation of Depot can be either dee'poh or dep'oh (the second is how the British pronounce it)

 

[ukwildcat]

Another one I just remembered. I think this bothers me because I am in the healthcare field, but I hate it when people call Alzheimer's Disease ..... All-timers or Old-timers Disease. Just gets on my nerves, but I never correct anyone.

 

[JCJRSmith]

Here are some of the grammer rules my older dd learned & I think of them anytime someone makes a mistake:

Liberry-- There are no "bears" in the library!

No berries either, lying or otherwise

 

[PeterPanette]

Imagine my shock and confusion when my ex-mother-in-law announced that she had knitted my (then) newborn son a "yellow baby african".

It's sad when people are being "taken for granite", as my mom used to say.

When my younger son was about 8 years old, he asked to get something out of my purse, and I said "No." He then said, in a prissy, sing-song voice, "Why? Because you don't want me to see your pant-ons?"

 

[Squirlz]

Imagine my shock and confusion when my ex-mother-in-law announced that she had knitted my (then) newborn son a "yellow baby african".

How silly. Everyone knows it's an afghanistan!

 

[JVL1018]

LOL....I live in an area heavily populated with Italians. Drives me nuts when I hear the REAL pronounciations of food items, as the one you quoted. How in the world are Americans (without an Italian grandma) supposed to know that? Another is cavatelli...gavadeel? Yeah right...to me, it is and always will be, ka-va-tel'-ly...or mozzarella...what happened to the "a"? Go ahead, flame me, I can take it...I'm a square head, I'm Swedish (or maybe I say Sveedish?)

It is NOT the correct pronunciation to say mozzarell for mozzarella or gabagool for capicola et al--it is a dialect, or an accent.
My grandma was straight off the boat from Italy and she(and her whole family, even my relatives who would come and visit us from Italy) emphasized every single vowel in any Italian word, they never ever pronounced words like the above examples-I have a girlfriend whose parents are Italian immigrants, they even own an Italian restaurant, and they may talk with an accent, but they do not pronounce things like "gavadeel".
My friend and my family are from Genoa and Naples-the people I know who pronounce it the "other" way, as far as I know, have been Italian-Americans from Southern Italy/Sicily.

ETA: I don't mean it's wrong for people to pronounce it say "Mozzarell", just that it's not the only way, mozzarella is just as correct.

 

[bntlyclg89]

How about pacific...I'm not talking about the ocean here, I am speaking of "pacific" arrangements. I want to tell them call back when you need "atlantic" arrangements or when you find the "s" you've lost.

 

[va32h]

My mom has a couple of doozies.

Cirque du Soleil has always been "Circus del Sol"

And Hot Pockets - the microwave sandwich things? She always calls them High Pockets, for some reason.

 

[rhanditresmom]

How silly. Everyone knows it's an afghanistan!

That's the way I heared it!


My DS13 hates "liberry" and really hates "packpack" (for backpack). I can see his eyes bug out whenever he hears one of these! Personally, I love going to the Wal-Marts....all of them...same with Barnes and Nobles. Why go to one when you can visit them ALL!!!!

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

These are so funny! I'm definitely guilty of some. I do say Eye-talian. Where I live, everyone does. And we say "Eye raq" and "Eye ran."

My aunt has some doozies are pretty funny. Like when that big tsunami hit last year, she kept calling it a big "salami" and would actually correct people who pronounced correctly and tell them, "It's sal-a-mi." and would draw it out like that. Always made me laugh.

Another aunt calls it a "Rolodex" instead of a rolex. I just picture a big giant address roller on a hand when she calls it that.

My late dad had some funny ones too like pall bearer was always "pall burier." Hawaii was "how wah ya." Home Depot was "Depp-o" as others have mentioned. Aluminum and Cinnamon was virtually a disaster waiting to happen when he attempted those. Loved that little old man.

 

[lyzziesmom]

My final one is actually correct for the US, but incorrect for every other English-speaking country...."gotten". I KNOW it is still "legal" in the US, but I have heard many of the English think we are deeply stupid for continuing to use it. I had a huge arguement with my dh a few years ago. I said there was NO appropriate way to use "gotten". I was wrong, but what a STRANGE word!!

I believe it is correct to say "have gotten."

One that always bugs me "all of THE sudden." It's "all of A sudden," people!!

 

[POB14]

My mom always says, "Mondee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee, etc." also "diabetus" instead of "diabetes"

I checked it out on Merriam online, and both pronunciations are correct, but I've never heard anybody say "di-a-BEE-tees" instead of "di-a-BEE-tus." And I worked in hospitals for two years. Must be a regional thing.

Most of the others listed here bug me too.

It won't mean anything to anybody else here, but in the legal profession, at least around here, 75% of lawyers and judges say "trial in absTentia" when they mean "absentia." I usually say, "He didn't show up. Whether he had sex or not, I don't know."

MIL sometimes says "sodie" for "soda", meaning soft drink. I've learned to deal with "soda" for something not involving ice cream (I'm a "pop" guy ), but "sodie?" Drives my wife nuts in particular.

Has anyone mentioned "hopefully" yet? I think we've lost that battle, along with "nucular" - when the last five or so Presidents make the same mistake (pronunciation, not pointless invasions of tinpot dictatorships, but that too ), I think the fight's over.