Pronunciations that annoy you

honestly the only one that ever really bothered me was when someone says earl but means oil. or turlet and means toilet. but now i find it more funny than annoying.

that is some strong italian NE usa speech there.

 

I've never heard it pronounced earl but around here a lot of people say "Ol" and leave out the i in oil entirely.

 

I pronounce quite a few things wrong from time to time. John always makes fun of me. It's not constant, but the most common mispronunciation is anything with a "th"at the beginning of the word.

It bothers me when people pronounce "Newark" as "Nork". The first time I heard it, I had no idea what this lady meant, she then got mad when I spelled "n-o-r-k" back to her. I didn't know what the hell she was talking about.

 

im gonna throw in a pronunciation that i like

i like the way Australians say "****"..they have a certain accent that makes it such a sharp word

 

Congra-D-ulations. Some southerners say chimley instead of chimney. Doesn't bother me though--I know what they mean, so it's OK.

 

Hahhaha this reminds me of a time in grade school.

I think we were in 4th or 5th grade. My family moved to a small town in Texas. We were discussing homophones in class, particularly the words steel, and steal.

I almost died when a girl stood up and said there was another version of the word which had had not covered. The teacher asked her to elaborate and to which the girl replied, "Steeeeeel [sic], like when you stand reeeaal steeeeeellll [sic]." Meaning still, the word still. HAHAHA

 

Depends on which one you are talking about. The one in delaware is pronounced more like the way you apparently think it should.

 

People that say Warshington State instead of Washington State.

 

Either instead of 'Estate Agent'

 

Well Realtor is actually different than Real Estate Agent. Realtor is a trademarked name of a person within the National Association of Realtors. Not all real estate agents are realtors.

 

"Hot dug" instead of hot dog

 

What is different?

 

I'll send you a PM I don't want to go too far off topic.

 

I was referring to Newark, NJ. Most people I've met call it Newark, some say Nork. That's just weird.

 

People from the UK's 'black country', an area around Birmingham, say 'winders' for windows, and 'yow' for you. It can be grating at times.
Maybe it's just me being snobbish.

 

It is similar to how people equate "Chap Stick", to lip balm. Chap Stick is just a brand of lip balm. Or Band Aids are just a type/brand name of bandage.

Realtor is a brand name real estate agent.

 

Or like when people call all soda "Coke."

 

order a coke in texas and they serve you dr pepper

order a pepsi get the same

 

Weird.

 

Why don't you guys just call it cola? That seems how most brands present the name of the product as well: coca cola, pepsi cola, etc.