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

[lyzziesmom]

I say "di-a-bee-tees" and not "di-a-bee-tus," the second way just sounds weird.

BTW, what is wrong with "hopefully?" It is a word.

 

[goofygirl]

Ak-a-mee for the supermarket called ACME.

pixtures instead of pictures.


"The Exorcist" not a made up word, but people mix this up all the time
- I'll explain this:

Someone will say something like , "Boy, she's sooo evil, she's like The Exorcist!"

Linda Blair was NOT The Exorcist. The exorcist is the priest who does the exorcism!

 

[goofygirl]

My parents have a few, including "warsh" instead of wash

If you listen to Brian Williams from NBC NEWS, he says "WARSH-ington".

He must live near your parents, lol!

 

[Phrebert]

We have a co-worker who's english isn't very good and she always says
"Quit being Crunchy(grouchy)!! We all say that when someone is in a sour mood.
Also she says "I am P*ssed OUT" instead of OFF.

 

[cybrkitn]

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.

Keep these coming everyone! It has been brightening up my week!

As far as diabetes go, I pronounce it dia-bee-tees. My DH, as well as FIL and my dad all have it. Never heard it pronounced any other way before.

My grandmother (deceased) used to say "erl" instead of "oil" and "bat-tree" for battery. My uncle still pronounces both words the same way!

 

[Beca]

Oh...two more of my other pet peeves:

"preventative" instead of "preventive"

and,

when people pronounce realtor "real-i-tor" My mom was a realtor, and ALWAYS mis-pronounced it.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

My mom has a couple of doozies.

Cirque du Soleil has always been "Circus del Sol"

Oh lordy, my MIL is the queen of this one.

Circus Soleil
Cirque du Soul
Circus Soul

... and then some.

 

[Kim&Chris]

Philadelphians tend to call souveniers "silveneers"

 

[lyzziesmom]

I can't remember if this one has been mentioned here already:

"For all intensive purposes." What the heck are intensive purposes?? Very serious purposes? I have even seen somebody write "for all intensive porpoises" which cracked me up to no end!!

 

[lyzziesmom]

Another one that bugs the bejeepers out of me: anyways. There is no "s" at the end!!










(and yes, I know that bejeepers is not a word)

 

[mrsheppo]

My DH pronounces secretary as secatary. Drives me crazy.

 

[Reflection]

Some of my pet peeves have been listed:

axe instead ask
loosing instead of losing
anyways instead of anyway
irregardless instead of regardless

Some others:
merry instead of marry
could of, would of instead of could have, would have

And why or why do some folks say, "I personally" or "I, myself"? WTH!? Who else could you possibly be referring to (or To whom could possibly be referring?--so that I don't end my sentence with a preposition.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Half of the people at the school where I teach say liberry including the principal. It drives me crazy. The principal also can't pronounce math so her announcements come out sounding like "Would all the maff teachers meet in the liberry?". It makes me want to scream. I also can't stand "seen" when it's used wrong as in "I seen you at the mall yesterday". My students last year had a habit of saying I'm am instead of just I am. No matter how many times I told them that they were actually saying I am am they just kept insisting that it was correct. Thankfully, I haven't heard yet this year.

You must teach at my school. I cringe every time I hear our principal do announcements. She also says "buildin," "philantrapist," and many other little gems that I can't think of right now.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Some of my pet peeves have been listed:


merry instead of marry


QUOTE]

I pronounce them the same. How do you pronounce each?

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Speaking of MIL:

Mammeogram (this woman has had a double mastectomy)
Coomin (for the medicine Coumadin)
The California Griller

It's not pronouncing a word or phrase improperly, it's just wrong altogether.

 

[LadyyRedd]

Oh lordy, my MIL is the queen of this one.

Circus Soleil
Cirque du Soul
Circus Soul

... and then some.

I know someone who says Circus Olay!

I hate hate hate "puter" for computer and "rents" for parents.

Kimya

 

[Reflection]

breafast instead of breakfast

Hearing that drives me crazy!

When my daughter was a toddler, she pronounced breakfast as 'brekkus.'

 

[Reflection]

I can't stand when I see people write "ur" instead of your or you're. Is it REALLY that hard to press an extra 2 or 3 keys?? I've even seen it written in handwriting. I mean, come ON.

That reminds me... "extry" instead of "extra" really gets me too.

This is what happens when I start repsonding before reading the whole thread.

Anyway, here's another pet peeve: people who say or write 'your' for you're. Makes me want to scream...........

 

[Reflection]

Some of my pet peeves have been listed: merry instead of marryQUOTE]

I pronounce them the same. How do you pronounce each?

merry  [mer-ree]
marry [mar-ee]

Short 'e' vs. short 'a' sound

 

[Reflection]

I know someone who says Circus Olay! ....Kimya