Mispronounced Words: Tales of poor grammar

[Gotmadskillzson]

LOL it is so many people say gyro wrong. Everything from guy-row, to year-row, to hi-row.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmik58

Although, hearing wash pronounced with an "r" as "warsh" makes me twitch a bit, or creek pronounced "crick".

Yep, same here from another Missourian. Drives me nuts, and I hear it a lot around here.

[jmik58]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

So, I'm going to put myself out there a little bit but, what is the correct pronunciation? I've always gone with "Coo-pon". My logic stems from how we pronounce "coup". I haven't heard "koo-pin" in my area but I do get a lot of "cue-pon". I personally do not see any part of that word that'd suggest "cue". So, coo-pon, yes?

I say "cue-pawn" but I have no problem with "coo-pawn" -- I think either is allowed (?). It's the "-pin" that gets me.

[LingeringRegime]

I hate when Valentine's Day becomes Valemtime's Day.

[mb625]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmik58

I heard this a lot in Iowa. People pronounce the "s" at the end Des Moines. Another good one is Iowa being pronounced "EYE-o-way" Although, hearing wash pronounced with an "r" as "warsh" makes me twitch a bit

These two are my big ones. I still don't understand why people here find it necessary to put the s at the end of Des Moines. Also, not necessarily a mispronunciation, but one of my pet peeves is when someone will say "I seen him yesterday" instead of "I saw him yesterday." That absolutely drives me up a wall.

[nemesis04]

I have a relative who pronounces license as LICE - NESS. I had to piece together a conversation to actually figure out what she was saying, lol.

[jonpt]

An example I found interesting awhile back that makes English one of the hardest languages to learn as a second language. Seven different ways to pronounce "ough":



though (like o in go)

through (like oo in too)

cough (like off in offer)

rough (like uff in suffer)

plough (like ow in flower)

ought (like aw in saw)

borough (like a in above)

[jmik58]

Quote: Originally Posted by mb625

Also, not necessarily a mispronunciation, but one of my pet peeves is when someone will say "I seen him yesterday" instead of "I saw him yesterday." That absolutely drives me up a wall.

My mom does this and i feel like throwing a kitten every time I hear it.

"Ya, we was thinking..." .. and I tune out