People Who Put the Wrong Accent on Words or Phrases

It gets even funnier with place names. I see it most often when regional or national news outlets try to report on events local to me. Some of the blame lies with the namers, who often named a new place after some old place and spelled it the same but pronounced it differently (or at least by the current locals).
 

There’s a female co-host on a podcast who draws out lots of words. I’mmm thinkingg of maany inncredibleeey billleeant ideas etc, etc. I’ve now heard other younger who people talk like this. I want to tell them to just spit it out; nothing they’re saying is that significant.

Not all of the conversation is like this. She does it for emphasis.
 
My ex used to watch MMA, and this one announcer would always pronounce "guillotine" as "gill-o-teen," enunciating the "l"s. It drove me nuts! Then he started saying "Gilloteen, or 'GEE-o-teen,' [with a hard 'g'—i.e., the correct pronunciation] as some prefer to pronounce it. . ." That got me even more annoyed. 😄
 
My Uncle used to pronounce the word 'gigantic'...gi-jan-tic. Then he would pronounce the word 'tarantula...taran-toola.

My brother-in-law pronounces the word 'awry'...awrie!
 
Of course, the greatest malaprop of all time was my French girlfriend at the time. I complained to her that I had received a lousy birthday gift. She looked at me scoldingly and said...

"Oh, Patrick. You should never kick a gifted horse in the mouth!" lol!
 
Beezer said:
Of course, the greatest malaprop of all time was my French girlfriend at the time. I complained to her that I had received a lousy birthday gift. She looked at me scoldingly and said...

"Oh, Patrick. You should never kick a gifted horse in the mouth!" lol!
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She's correct if the horse was gifted to you! 😊
 
Georgiagranny said:
a-PLIC-able instead of APP-lic-able
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Well, as an Australian, I was taught that, certain exceptions aside, when a word has just 2 syllables, the emphasis is on the first. If more than 2 syllables, the emphasis falls on the second syllable. I say a-PLIC-able.

However, I do notice a lot of American trends appearing in Australia, including during the nightly news. Pronunciation, like spelling, varies regionally and over time.
 
Warrigal said:
Well, as an Australian, I was taught that, certain exceptions aside, when a word has just 2 syllables, the emphasis is on the first. If more than 2 syllables, the emphasis falls on the second syllable. I say a-PLIC-able.

However, I do notice a lot of American trends appearing in Australia, including during the nightly news. Pronunciation, like spelling, varies regionally and over time.
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of course it's the same here in British English..as I;m sure you already know Warri..
 
When I was a kid, I had a close friend who always said, "Somewhere or ather," when she meant "other." She did it all the time. I never had the heart to correct her. But somehow, I still remember it!
 
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