People Who Put the Wrong Accent on Words or Phrases

[barbarak333]

I know I'm not perfect either but for gawds sake where do people get the idea that the word Height is pronounced Heith ?

They may have dyslexia and switch the T and H around.

 

[hollydolly]

They may have dyslexia and switch the T and H around.

well in that case there's an awful lot of people with dyslexia... same with those who say Axe instead of Ask...

 

[Warrigal]

Local usage determines the correct pronunciation of place names. People unfamiliar with U. S. history always mangle Appomattox VA.

Sure does. Try pronouncing Wollongong or Gunoo Gunoo. Both very irregular names of places in Australia.

 

[Naturally]

 

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[Alizerine]

One of my pet peeves for sure.

It's pronounced Hong KONG...not HONG Kong! And it's BatMAN and SpiderMAN and AquaMAN....not Batmun, Spidermun and Aquamun.

But I digress...

Which man? BATman
Bat who? Bat MAN

 

[papa tiger]

I say HONG KONG, and BAT MAN with equal emphasis on both words separately. I would say AQUa MAN and SPIDer MAN, placing the emphasis on the first syllable of aqua and spider.

I sorta think they are a waste of time.

 

[Alizerine]

They may have dyslexia and switch the T and H around.

I had a friend named Heather who lived in France for several years. She said the French could not pronounce her name and called her by other names. I think it was the "th" that was troublesome but I'm not sure.

 

[ronk]

Years ago, I discovered one of the secrets of a happy life. I no longer bother about things like how people talk.

Life is much simpler.

 

[Alizerine]

She's correct if the horse was gifted to you!

And I think you don't look it in the mouth not KICK it in the mouth. LOL

 

[Alizerine]

I had a friend named Heather who lived in France for several years. She said the French could not pronounce her name and called her by other names. I think it was the "th" that was troublesome but I'm not sure.

I just googled it an the th sound doesn't exist in French. I took French in high school but I didn't remember that.

 

[KSav]

I named my younger daughter Madeleine, a name I adore, and so does she. Well, it apparently completely threw her teachers in this state. When taking attendance, for example, they would either hesitate for so long that she would simply volunteer it, or they would mangle it (one teacher pronounced it "Mad-a-LEEN").

When she got a bit older, she got a job as an LPN in a long-term care facility, and all the residents knew the name and could pronounce it right off the bat.

I understand that the more sharply pronounced "Madeline," with a hard "i," is more common here in the States, but it was frustrating.

Ah, well, first-world problems, I guess.

 

[Warrigal]

And I think you don't look it in the mouth not KICK it in the mouth. LOL

Either action is very likely to result in injury and is therefore ill advised.

 

[Alizerine]

My pet peeve word is February, pronounced Feb-ru-ary, not Feb-u-ary.
I know there are many words that I mispronounce. I get corrected regularly by a co-worker

How about Realtor being pronounced Real-a-tor or nuclear as Nuk-u-ler?

 

[January]

Years ago, I discovered one of the secrets of a happy life. I no longer bother about things like how people talk.

Life is much simpler.

I'm with you.

I'm not bothered by how people pronounce things and if they do it my right way.

 

[Pepper]

Worcester MA is pronounced Wooster. Some people say Warchester. Wrongly. What's agreed upon is they do pahk their cahs outside the bah.

 

[Gary O']

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

You mean like saying Des Moines,
instead of Dee Moine?

 

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[hearlady]

And I think you don't look it in the mouth not KICK it in the mouth. LOL

That's right!

 

[ronk]

In the 1950s I lived in Goshen, Rochester and Medford Massachusetts.

Then I moved to Wooster, Ohio! (No it's doesn't rhyme with ROOster!)

 

[Remy]

Ya see...that's like me saying All Americans say Cah & Bah......

OMG is that what our accents sound like? Are they considered irritating? Because I think most people in the states like a British accent.

 

[Remy]

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.

I was watching a YouTube video about hair styling. I watched it a number of times because the practitioner had ASMR qualities. Anyway, she said when applying product to the hair with a brush to use a certain pattern. But "pattern" literally sounded like "pa-un"

 

[Remy]

I can say I hate my given name. However when Spanish speaking people pronounce it, it's almost tolerable.

What I can't stand is when people up speak the end of sentences. I don't know if I'm explaining that right but it's almost like everything is ended as a question.

Other than that, I'm not picky. Pronounce away as you like.

 

[reteP]

People Who Put the Wrong Accent on Words or Phrases ... gives the language some character.​