Making fun of people who pronounce words wrong

"Oh wow, this person has read a word but not heard it, what an asshole"

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  • edited 2016-08-31 22:32:29
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Facade, preface, Bowie knife, facetious, coup, corps, fascist, deign.

    My mistaken pronunciations:

    Facade: First syllable pronounced as the "Fa" from "Fact", the rest pronounced as the, "cade" from, "arcade".

    Preface: First syllable pronounced as the "Pre" from "preen", the rest pronounced as the word, "face"

    Bowie Knife: Rhymes with "Howie Strife".

    Facetious: First syllable pronounced as the word "face", second syllable is pronounced as "tish" like as in "tissue", third syllable pronounced as the word, "us".

    Coup:  Pronounced as "coop", like chicken coop.

    Corps: Pronounced like the word "corpse".

    Fascist:  Pronounced to rhyme with "racist".

    Deign:  Pronounced like, "dine".
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    I tend to assume this means the person is more of a reader than a talker, and that's fine with me.
  • BeeBee
    edited 2016-08-31 22:41:43
    I've spent far too long in the Midwest to give that kind of benefit of the doubt.  There, chances are they just talk funny.
  • I can't say "animatronics".

    Also couldn't spell it until I looked it up.
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Also,

    "tomb", pronounced as though it rhymes with "bomb".

    "Regurgitate": Both iterations of, "g", are pronounced as a hard "g".

    "Receipt" pronounced as though it has a non-silent "p", like "reception".
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    The Great Vowel Shift sure was a thing.

    That said, if you've ever had to deal with someone who mispronounces a word and then acts like their way is the right way and you're misinformed or in the wrong, you know my pain. Particularly if the pronunciation they are using is counterintuitive in some way.
  • edited 2016-08-31 23:09:26
    ಠ_ಠ
    If the "gh" in "enough" is pronounced like "f", the "o" in "women" has a short "I" sound and and the "ti" in "nation" is pronunced "sh", then...

    "ghoti" is pronounced like "fish"

    Welcome to the English language.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    I have seen that, and it's funny, but kind of inaccurate. Final -gh is weird for specific historical reasons, but the fact that it can sound like so many things now is the odder part to me.

    Odder still?

    "Once."

    Think about it.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
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  • Aliroz said:

    Facade, preface, Bowie knife, facetious, coup, corps, fascist, deign.

    fa-CADE
    pre-FACE
    BOW-ee GNAIF
    fa-SEE-tee-uss
    COOP
    CORPS
    FAS-kist
    DAY-gun
  • I used to work with a guy who insisted facade was pronounced with a hard K sound.  He didn't believe me when I told him it was supposed to have the French drooling ç.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    pune
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i think this is mostly a harmless thing to joke about, although you can overdo it
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