So, the other day, I went through the drive thru of Dairy Queen while my daughter was napping in her carseat when I had a "nails on the chalkboard" moment. (Strangely, when someone slides their nails down a chalkboard, it doesn't bother me. Anyhoo..)
What made me shudder was when I heard the lady in front of me ordering a hot fudge sundae, and she pronounced it "sun-duh". Grrrrr.. I'm shuddering now just thinking of it. I don't know why...perhaps I was a strict English teacher in a former life, but whenever people pronounce certain words differently than how I think they should be pronounced, I shudder in disgust. Call me an English language elitist. I can't help it.
So here are some other words that I find that people commonly mispronounce (especially in the lovely Midwestern area that I live in):
-Wash- When I hear people pronounce it "warsh", I wanna strangle them.
-Creek- I don't care if you grew up with one in your backyard; it's not "crick", it's "creek"...just as it is spelled.
-Missouri-Once again, it's pronounced just as it is spelled, and since there is no "a" at the end, do not pronounce it "Missourah", or I will strangle you.
-Illinois- Here's a tricky one. It looks like it should be pronounced "Illi-noise", because there is an "s" on the end, so you would think you would say it that way, right? No. That sounds stupid. The "s" is silent. Don't make me strangle you.
Well, I know there are several other words that are constantly mispronounced, but I can't think of them right now. These are just the top of my list. The funny thing is that I knew my husband pronounces "wash" as "warsh", which is #1 on my list, before I married him. When he first said "warsh" or "Warshington", I thought "oh no." But as the years go by, the sound of the nails on the chalkboard is getting softer and softer. I guess true love does conquer all. Although, he does want us to move to the capital of the USA...you guessed it folks..good ol' WaRshington, D.C.
Sigh.
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What about "front room", and they pronounce it frunchshroom, and wtf is a frunchsroom? A frigging living room! Call it a living room for gawds sake! Now I want to strangle someone!
Have a Nice Day! :)
Oh, one of my sisters says "Warshington" and "Li-berry" (for library) and it drives me crazy! The "Washington" one is especially odd, since we grew up there!
My current pet peeve is "definately." People misspell "definitely" all the time and have even started pronouncing it with an "a" in the center!
You ladies always crack me up! I'm happy to know I'm not alone when it comes to words that are mispronounced. :o)
And Jennifer, I hear ya about "definitely" being spelled as "definately". I spelled it that way when I was a kid, when I didn't know any better. I don't know why, but typos always get my goat, too. Oh, girl, don't get me started!! ;O)
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