mispronunciations

[hollydolly]

The Canadians I know say "oot" for out. "About" can easily be mistaken for "a boot."

same ..every Canadian I've ever known and that includes my own family, pronounce Boat and Out etc.. like that.. and every Canadian denies they say it.. but it's the biggest and quickest way to tell the difference ( for us brits).. between an American and a Canadian

 

[hollydolly]

I am unable to hear well. Unfortunately, there are no subtitles available for that video.
How do the Brits pronounce aunt in the UK ?

that's why I posted the video..because it's not ANT.. and it's not AWNT.. it' almost an O sound..like Ount

 

[senior chef]

same ..every Canadian I've ever known and that includes my own family, pronounce Boat and Out etc.. like that.. and every Canadian denies they say it.. but it's the biggest and quickest way to tell the difference ( for us brits).. between an American and a Canadian

Yes, I've noticed the very same thing.

 

[senior chef]

When I hear someone pronounce ask as AX , it drives me crazy.

 

[TeaBiscuit]

Not so much a mispronunciation as a difference in pronunciation ...

Oregano
Every British tv cook: o-re-GAH-no.
Most North Americans: o-REG-a-no.

Vermouth
Nigella Lawson (British food writer): VER-muth
Me: ver-MOOTH

 

[senior chef]

If we are not careful , the poorly educated will swamp us with their stupidity.

 

[Lewkat]

Jenowo I avengorracloowoyerallonabout.

Me either, Tim.

 

[Pappy]

How about Where you at? I hear that a lot here in Florida.

 

[DebraMae]

I used to say herb, and was told it should be erb. Now I understand they are going back to herb. My son loved to eat busghetti and helped us celebrate our annagrocery. Libary drives me nuts, as does "I could care less".

 

[Alizerine]

I've tried to train myself to pronounce "vegetable" as a four syllable word but old habits die hard.

I just say veggies.

 

[Alizerine]

I think two of the most mispronounced words are nuclear and realtor.

 

[Lewkat]

Children are wont to mispronounce words until they are corrected enough times. It's adults who jar my ears.

Another I often hear is larnyx for larynx. Drives me up the proverbial wall. Don't use medical terminology unless you are schooled in same. There are many others as well.

 

[Sunny]

I'm amazed at how many people, including professional actors and political leaders, mispronounce "nuclear." They say noo-quel-er instead.

 

[Jules]

The plural of you is not yous/youse.

 

[StarSong]

The plural of you is not yous/youse.

Sweet memories, Jules.

The first time I brought my California born and raised husband to the east coast we were going to visit family in New Jersey. We rented a car and met up with an old friend who offered to lead us where we needed to be.

He saw us in the car, and shouted out his window: "Yis'll follow me, ok?" My husband looked at me in wide-eyed wonder and said, "Yis'll?" I just laughed and said, "Welcome to New Jersey!" (I'm not suggesting all or even most NJ-ites say youse or yis'll, but some do, especially those with Staten Island or Bronx roots.)

In his defense, he left school after the third grade and ultimately became a master carpenter, jack-of-all-trades handyman and volunteer with the local fire department and rescue squad.

Here I am playing cards with my yis'll friend at a NYE party when he was visiting CA. Such glaring proof of my misspent youth - smoking, drinking and playing cards with an older man I was crazy about. May he rest in peace.

 

[Jules]

Here I am playing cards with my yis'll friend at a NYE party when he was visiting CA. Such glaring proof of my misspent youth - smoking, drinking and playing cards with an older man I was crazy about. May he rest in peace.

Great times! I too will possibly admit to such wanton ways.

 

[NorthernLight]

When I lived in y'all land, I mentioned to someone that I was from youse country. He said he'd had a boss from there. Whenever the boss waved the guys over for a talk, they'd sigh, "Here comes another 'youse guys'."