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Palebride
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Lori
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
When I was younger, I used to say Layge and Ayge instead of Leg and Egg to annoy my best friend. It worked like a charm every time!!!
And I think saying ORange is fun!
And RAYdiator instead of RAAAAdiator.
I hate hate hate Liberry. Kills me. My dad told me it was a curse when I was little, so I find it offensive. 
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rojerono
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by anonttcer
Posted by faithann
I hate when people say AYg instead of Egg.
See that's similiar... Layg... Ayg... both annoying!!
You guys would HATE me. I say both of those things.
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| Posted 12/24/08 11:33 PM |
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rojerono
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by greenfreak
I know someone on LIF who says lay-guh and aye-guh. I won't out her though.
Who might that be?????
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| Posted 12/24/08 11:35 PM |
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by klingklang77
Posted by Kerie-is-so-very
David Letterman says thee instead of the. He had a little child on the show about 10 years ago, who pointed that out. It was hilarious, but true. I wish I could remember who the kid was. Letterman has not stopped!
Actually there is a pronunciation rule for thee and the, but i don't think Americans follow it. Thee should be said before word beginning with a vowel sound. I don't think it makes a difference, really.
To the OP, if you hate the way leg is sometimes pronounced, never come to Australia! That 'a' sound is everywhere here!
That makes sense because it is hard to say "thuh," and then go into a vowel sound. There's sort of an awkward pause, whereas "thee," can flow nicely into a vowel sound. I'm pretty sure that Letterman always says thee, though. I wonder what my college linguistics professor would say about this. I did find that class to be fascinating.
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| Posted 12/25/08 12:03 AM |
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Elbee
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
shed - you - ul
instead of 'sked-you-ul'
I cringe, although I think it is the british term for it.
Message edited 12/25/2008 1:10:49 AM.
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| Posted 12/25/08 1:10 AM |
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klingklang77
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by Kerie-is-so-very
That makes sense because it is hard to say "thuh," and then go into a vowel sound. There's sort of an awkward pause, whereas "thee," can flow nicely into a vowel sound. I'm pretty sure that Letterman always says thee, though. I wonder what my college linguistics professor would say about this. I did find that class to be fascinating.
It can also be used for emphasis. Maybe, because of his job, he truly is an emphatic speaker.
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| Posted 12/25/08 3:19 AM |
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BRod-Cheng
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Betty
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by Blu-ize
aks...hands down the worst offender.
There is a lady at work that does that. She is an attorney, and she even does it in court. DRIVES ME NUTS!!!! 
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| Posted 12/25/08 11:14 AM |
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ladybug8
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by CrankyPants
Posted by BRod-Cheng
Posted by CrankyPants
Posted by colette
CHEWsday continues to be in my top 3 mispronounced word. And extra fire and brimstone to anyone who uses the even MORE obnoxious:
Chewsdee.
What is the real word? This one is a puzzle to me-what do these people think they are saying when they say this????
I think it is supposed to be Tuesday
Really???? People really say it like that? That is so weird!
Some of my English and Irish cousins say chewsday, chewna fish, schewpid (stupid) etc.
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| Posted 12/25/08 11:16 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Leslie
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Ok I know I am dating myself by saying this but it used to irritate the hell out of me when people used to pronounce President Reagan's name as:
REE-gan
instead of
RAY-gan
Shoot I didn't like the guy but he was the president - get his name right.
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| Posted 12/25/08 11:34 PM |
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Juliet
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
My dad says Lay-ge and Ay-ge. We tease him and say it's the Brooklyn still in him.
He also says the Jy-nts instead of Giants and Museem instead of Museum and bunk your head instead of bump your head.
I love him, though. And we tease him because he can take the joking.
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| Posted 12/25/08 11:38 PM |
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PumpkinGirl
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
OMG.. Valentime's day! I hate that! It's ValentiNe's Day people!
And of course Sopposebly instead of Supposedly. (can't believe no one said that one yet)
And the most annoying to me.. Pete Sakes instead of Pete's Sake... same goes for God Sakes instead of God's Sake... Victoria Secrets instead of Victoria's Secret.
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| Posted 12/26/08 9:47 AM |
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Waste06
Waste not, want not
Member since 6/06 7219 total posts
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Lois Mom Mommy Mama Ma
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Add Caldors to that list.
The store was called Caldor. NO "s" at the end.
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| Posted 12/26/08 11:09 AM |
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MrsRivera
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by StayForever
Add Caldors to that list.
The store was called Caldor. NO "s" at the end.
Someone I was friends with in H.S. used to pluralize EVERYTHING. It annoyed the living crap out of me, but I never had the heart to tell her.
I will never forget the surveys she used to fill out, where she always said that her favorite movie was "Legends of the Falls"
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| Posted 12/26/08 12:03 PM |
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saraH
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
don't ever come to my Il's house. you'll be pulling your hair out after 5 minutes.
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| Posted 12/26/08 12:09 PM |
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
ValentiMe's Day makes me 
Brefkast instead of Breakfast.
SwifTer instead of Swiffer (yes, as in the dusting cloths)
Liberry instead of Library
BirFday instead of Birthday.
And when people prounounce "Bottle" without saying the T's.
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| Posted 12/26/08 1:05 PM |
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LemonHead
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
I've actually heard my neighbor refer to her toilet as the "turlet". It made me cringe.
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| Posted 12/26/08 1:30 PM |
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klingklang77
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Member since 7/06 11489 total posts
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Völlig losgelöst
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by Mrs. Patticakes
And when people prounounce "Bottle" without saying the T's.
Good Luck on that one! NYers turn the 't' sound to 'd' in certain words.
Think about atom and adam.
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| Posted 12/26/08 5:21 PM |
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LINewbie
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Member since 8/08 5647 total posts
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LB
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
My hubby says "draw" instead of "drawer" (or "drawers")
I don't even understand how that can happen
And I SWEAR he just started doing it too! 
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| Posted 12/26/08 7:21 PM |
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stickydust
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by KK-Holiday
i dont think i've ever heard it said this way!
but i hate it when people say orange like OR-ange
it's ARE-ange, okay! youre from long island--embrace it! 
See I hate when people say Arange and FLArida - its Orange and FLoorida.
Another pet peeve is when people pronounce drawer - DRAW (its like a completely different word)
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| Posted 12/26/08 8:27 PM |
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klingklang77
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by stickydust
Another pet peeve is when people pronounce drawer - DRAW (its like a completely different word)
How else do you say it? They have the same pronunciation.
Links to the pron.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=23745&ph=on
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=23708&dict=CALD
Message edited 12/27/2008 6:44:11 PM.
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| Posted 12/27/08 6:43 PM |
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ladybug8
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
hmm. My mouth makes a slightly different shape at the end of each word. I try to make a conscious effort to put an "r" sound at the end of drawer. (drawR) --Draw has the "awe" sound at the end.
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| Posted 12/27/08 6:58 PM |
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wannabemom
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Member since 12/07 7364 total posts
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by klingklang77
Posted by Mrs. Patticakes
And when people prounounce "Bottle" without saying the T's.
Good Luck on that one! NYers turn the 't' sound to 'd' in certain words.
Think about atom and adam.
the brits don't pronounce the tt in bottle.... it's 'bo-l'.... they leave a spacer, for the tt's though
I was guilty in my teens of saying 'scithers' instead of 'scissors'
for all of those who are against liberries.... how will we get more libraries if you kill off all the liberries?
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| Posted 12/27/08 7:36 PM |
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stickydust
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by ladybug8
hmm. My mouth makes a slightly different shape at the end of each word. I try to make a conscious effort to put an "r" sound at the end of drawer. (drawR) --Draw has the "awe" sound at the end.
Yup - that is how I say it too. To me "drawer" kind of rhymes with "door" but "draw" kind of rhymes with "awe" KWIM
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| Posted 12/27/08 7:42 PM |
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klingklang77
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by stickydust
Posted by ladybug8
hmm. My mouth makes a slightly different shape at the end of each word. I try to make a conscious effort to put an "r" sound at the end of drawer. (drawR) --Draw has the "awe" sound at the end.
Yup - that is how I say it too. To me "drawer" kind of rhymes with "door" but "draw" kind of rhymes with "awe" KWIM
Yes, I know what you mean. What you are describing is the technically the same sound according to the IPA (International Phonemic Alphabet). NYers just have two different sounds to this sounds- 'or' and 'aw'. This site has a great link to all the different sounds (if you are interested in that sort of thing, like I am):
IPA
If you look under call and four, you can see what I mean. The extra 'r' sound is done in American speech.
My point is, there is nothing wrong with saying 'drawer' as 'draw'. People may pronounce it differently depending on the region they are from. This varies within different regions in NY.
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| Posted 12/27/08 7:55 PM |
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klingklang77
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Re: Pronunciation Pet Peeve
Posted by wannabemom
the brits don't pronounce the tt in bottle.... it's 'bo-l'.... they leave a spacer, for the tt's though
Gotta love those guttural /t/ s!
The British accents are really interesting. This is a good website that you can listen to how it is different all over the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/wil/
I love this site with accents all over the world:
http://web.ku.edu/idea/index.htm
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| Posted 12/27/08 8:05 PM |
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