most annoying mispronunciation?

[wixard]

i dunno if it's an irish thing but when people say 'curful' instead of 'careful'

IT KILLS ME INSIDE

wbu

[Nistez]

yorgut instead of yogurt.

That's pretty annoying

[Kardan]

From the top of my head, I knew one person that would say 'Para-set-a-mol' rather than 'Para-seat-a-mol'.

That was annoying.

[FlyingJesus]

Anything northerners say

[buttons]

From the top of my head, I knew one person that would say 'Para-set-a-mol' rather than 'Para-seat-a-mol'.

That was annoying.
i used to to say it para-seat-a-mol but everyone else says para-set-a-mol lol :S i picked up a lot from my friend who is originally from bristol, she would rage at me for saying premark instead of prymark (Primark) lol

idk haven't really thought... altho scottish; makes fun of the way i pronounce your as i drop the u apparently but everyone up here does it! i drop my t's too

im sure people can think of loads for me

[Derrener]

Darren instead of Derren

Any word that someone Pronounces different than I do.

[Empired]

the way americans say "'erbs" instead of "herbs"

because there's a ******* h in it

[mrwoooooooo]

book cook look grass bath scone

/canofworms

[JACKTARD]

People who say 'of' instead of 'have'

like when it should be 'would have' and they say 'would of'

[MKR&*42]

Foun'ain
Wa'er

There's a goddamn t in it.

[mrwoooooooo]

People who say 'of' instead of 'have'

like when it should be 'would have' and they say 'would of'

90% of people don't even know when to use have instead of of :( never mind pronounce it right

[wixard]

90% of people don't even know when to use have instead of of :( never mind pronounce it right

you know that i know when to use it :love:

[JACKTARD]

90% of people don't even know when to use have instead of of :( never mind pronounce it right


It's even worse when it's written down wrong :(

[mrwoooooooo]

you know that i know when to use it :love:

i do?

[RyRy]

Anything northerners say

DO ONE YOU SOUTHERN FAIRY

I say wa'er instead of water (never pronouce the t) and it annoys people which is fun

for me though I think mispronoucing bath and grass, it's grass not graaaaaaaaaaaaaarsss

[FlyingJesus]

Only the uneducated (read: northerners) think that grass should be pronounced with a short a "because that's how it's spelt". If that was how language worked and only short vowels existed then good luck with the word language itself

LAN GUH AGGEH?

[RyRy]

Only the uneducated (read: northerners) think that grass should be pronounced with a short a "because that's how it's spelt". If that was how language worked and only short vowels existed then good luck with the word language itself

LAN GUH AGGEH?

Now you're just picking words out of the sky. I mean like Bath and Grass and Math it's like JUST SAY IT PROPERLY NOT ELONGATE THE WORDS LIKE YOU RAN OUT OF THINGS TO SAY

[FlyingJesus]

What it's still one syllable

[Chris]

2 people I know say buz instead of bus. It doesn't annoy me but I hadn't ever heard people say it like that until I met them.

[Red]

couldnt think of any for ages but primark!!

preemark not prymark :'(
o and I say curful tara haha

[Paige.]

Foun'ain
Wa'er

There's a goddamn t in it.

i sometimes say wa'er without thinking :S shut up mole
PASS ME THAT WA'ER PLS

erm probably aluminium when people say aluminum i think it's just an american thing?

[MKR&*42]

i sometimes say wa'er without thinking :S shut up mole
PASS ME THAT WA'ER PLS

erm probably aluminium when people say aluminum i think it's just an american thing?

:@ :@ Ngl I accidentally do it a few times but there are people who just always say it like that and it's annoying :(

Omg yes aloooominum is just dreadful.

[Special]

you're/your
loose/lose
loser/looser

(typed ones)

[Re-Call]

Hmm, I want to know what you lot say to this word....

Tuna (Tune - a)
Tuna (Choon - a)

as a few of my friends say Tune - a & the others say it like Choon - a

[FlyingJesus]

What choon is the pronunciation of tune those aren't two different things you're saying lol

Unless you pronounce tune as toon in which case you're wrong

[shiver]

people who say expresso instead of espresso

i don't like coffee but dead annoyin imo

[Succubus]

couldnt think of any for ages but primark!!

preemark not prymark :'(
o and I say curful tara haha

curful, puur, mirrur, haiur, mariah...

When people drop their ts like Intersocial; said!!

[Red]

curful, puur, mirrur, haiur, mariah...

When people drop their ts like @Intersocial (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=86637); said!!

not my fault :(

[Sloths]

Foun'ain
Wa'er

There's a goddamn t in it.

winx ;)

They say vite-a-min instead of vit-a-min like the americans here and it annoys the hell outta me, there's actually way more kiwis say that annoys me too but thats the main one I can think of :/

[Zelda]

Aluminum instead of aluminium
Raught instead of root for route
Bayter instead of beeter for beta
Sal-t instead of s-all-t for salt
Baff instead of barth for bath
Viteamin instead of vitamin
Achiachatura instead of achackatura
Rather fittingly, pro-nounce-ee-ation instead of pro-nunce-iation
Cl-ass instead of clarse
Tesco instead of tescos

Tbh I could go on for so long lmao get so easily annoyed by all this. Not so bothered by wa'er tho being from London after all ;)

[FlyingJesus]

What on earth is an achackatura

[Zelda]

What on earth is an achackatura

A type of musical note ;p basically just a super quick one with no length value

[Kardan]

Aluminum instead of aluminium
Raught instead of root for route
Bayter instead of beeter for beta
Sal-t instead of s-all-t for salt
Baff instead of barth for bath
Viteamin instead of vitamin
Achiachatura instead of achackatura
Rather fittingly, pro-nounce-ee-ation instead of pro-nunce-iation
Cl-ass instead of clarse
Tesco instead of tescos

Tbh I could go on for so long lmao get so easily annoyed by all this. Not so bothered by wa'er tho being from London after all ;)

What's wrong with Tesco, considering that's the name of the company, unlike Tescos.

[Zelda]

What's wrong with Tesco, considering that's the name of the company, unlike Tescos.

Just so used to everyone saying tescos where I am that it just sounds wrong tbh to say Tesco

[FlyingJesus]

OH I know what you're on about now yeah your pronunciation of it is right as with the others except beta which really is pronounced bay-tuh I'm afraid :P

[Sieglinde]

when people say harpy monett instead of how harpy mone, its a silent t. ;w;

IT BUGS ME SO BAD OK

[Ekelektra]

Some people, mostly Americans pronounce Erin and Aaron the same. I get so annoyed when either name is used in a US TV show.

Kinda reminds me one year at school the names on the roll went Erin, Aaron, Aria or something and the sub teacher pronounced them all the same we were just like 'yeah we're all here'.

[buttons]

Aluminum instead of aluminium
Raught instead of root for route
Bayter instead of beeter for beta
Sal-t instead of s-all-t for salt
Baff instead of barth for bath
Viteamin instead of vitamin
Achiachatura instead of achackatura
Rather fittingly, pro-nounce-ee-ation instead of pro-nunce-iation
Cl-ass instead of clarse
Tesco instead of tescos

Tbh I could go on for so long lmao get so easily annoyed by all this. Not so bothered by wa'er tho being from London after all ;)
why would bath be pronounced Barth :s is this another musical note otherwise im totally lost
end of the day people pronounce things differently and it really doesn't bother me enough to get annoyed or look down on them lol

[Alex3213]

why would bath be pronounced Barth :s is this another musical note otherwise im totally lost
end of the day people pronounce things differently and it really doesn't bother me enough to get annoyed or look down on them lol

OI I pronounce bath bar-th! Look at all these words you can use for scrabble :O

and I didn't know people actually pronounce acciaccatura wrong nor something that comes up in day-to-day conversation but hey ho!

Nothing in particular but schedule could come up as one. :)

[wixard]

when people say 'jew' instead of 'do you'

[AlexJRiley]

Maoam, it ma-oh-am some guy at work calls them mo-ams
and my ex couldnt say floral floor-al (correct pronunciation) she said flor-al
And a guy I work with also says Sult instead of salt.

[Sarah]

couldnt think of any for ages but primark!!

preemark not prymark :'(
o and I say curful tara haha

oh i do this, but everyone does in wales!!!!!!

It annoys me when people say ask like arsk :(

[FlyingJesus]

why would bath be pronounced Barth :s

BECAUSE IT'S A BROAD A NOT A FLAT A 4god

[JACKTARD]

Another one which I discovered when I started uni, someone (a northerner) said that the alarm was going off but pronounced it as a-laaaam so I thought he said lamb. The language barrier when moving north is difficult

[geo]

wa'er instead of water.
what. are. you. playing. at.


Maoam, it ma-oh-am some guy at work calls them mo-ams

I say mwams

[Shar]

It doesn't bother me really.

[mrwoooooooo]

Aluminum instead of aluminium
Raught instead of root for route
Bayter instead of beeter for beta
Sal-t instead of s-all-t for salt
Baff instead of barth for bath
Viteamin instead of vitamin
Achiachatura instead of achackatura
Rather fittingly, pro-nounce-ee-ation instead of pro-nunce-iation
Cl-ass instead of clarse
Tesco instead of tescos

Tbh I could go on for so long lmao get so easily annoyed by all this. Not so bothered by wa'er tho being from London after all ;)

bolds are wrong

[MKR&*42]

Beyta is def. how you say Beta Jan :P

[myke]

I find the way Americans say router as rowter sounds really awkward to say

[MKR&*42]

Oh btw, out of curiosity how do you lot say either;

I-ther
E-ther

I've always said is E-ther but occasionally I say I-ther ;s

[Zelda]

Oh btw, out of curiosity how do you lot say either;

I-ther
E-ther

I've always said is E-ther but occasionally I say I-ther ;s

depends on context of sentence either could be used,

and I say beta as bee-tah hayden :P (the english way instead of american one)

[lawrawrrr]

H is mine

haitch or aitch (aitch is right :ll)

[FlyingJesus]

and I say beta as bee-tah hayden :P (the english way instead of american one)

That's not American vs English, it's simply right or wrong since it's Greek and it's pronounced baiter :P


H is mine

haitch or aitch (aitch is right :ll)

omf yes annoys me so much when people say haitch it's like learn to read the alphabet

[Zelda]

That's not American vs English, it's simply right or wrong since it's Greek and it's pronounced baiter :P



omf yes annoys me so much when people say haitch it's like learn to read the alphabet

don't people in greece call it veetah? that's what greek people have told me anyway ;o

But yea omg laura haitch annoys me so much ;l

[wixard]

That's not American vs English, it's simply right or wrong since it's Greek and it's pronounced baiter :P



omf yes annoys me so much when people say haitch it's like learn to read the alphabet

what, haitch is right
why would aitch be right, there's no HHH sound....

[MKR&*42]

what, haitch is right
why would aitch be right, there's no HHH sound....

It is aitch, and I know it seems weird because of it being... H... , but it just is aitch. I think it's much more common among young people to say haytch though;

"British English dictionaries give aytch as the standard pronunciation for the letter H.... Haytch is a standard pronunciation in Irish English and is increasingly being used by native English-speaking people all across the country, irrespective of geographical provenance or social standing. Polls have shown that the uptake of haytch by younger native speakers is on the rise. "

[wixard]

well there you go, my excuse is being irish heh

[Sharon]

I'm one of those annoying people who pronounce just about every number in a stupid and uneducated manner so idek can't really judge I also tend to leave out the 't' in a word like water

[buttons]

It is aitch, and I know it seems weird because of it being... H... , but it just is aitch. I think it's much more common among young people to say haytch though;

"British English dictionaries give aytch as the standard pronunciation for the letter H.... Haytch is a standard pronunciation in Irish English and is increasingly being used by native English-speaking people all across the country, irrespective of geographical provenance or social standing. Polls have shown that the uptake of haytch by younger native speakers is on the rise. "
im Scottish and our education system must be crap cause they've never emphasised that its pronounced without a H. tbh no1 up in my area gives a **** how u pronounce words as long as it's understandable nor do we use big words in everyday conversation. may be the reason why my vocabulary is so poor AND I CAN'T DO BIG WORDS ON SCRABBLE :(

i drop t's too such as in fourteen. Also why do people pronounce butter like buttah? meh idc pronouncation doesn't bother me. any big or complex words ive learnt is through reading books out with school. if someone corrected my pronunciation that would piss me off more than someone else pronouncing it 'wrongly'.

we need another one of those accent and pronunciation threads with all these words lol (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=746252&highlight=Accent)

[MKR&*42]

im Scottish and our education system must be crap cause they've never emphasised that its pronounced without a H. tbh no1 up in my area gives a **** how u pronounce words as long as it's understandable nor do we use big words in everyday conversation. may be the reason why my vocabulary is so poor AND I CAN'T DO BIG WORDS ON SCRABBLE :(


I can't really recall my school emphasising it being aitch either. I have either forgotten or I guess they are just giving up because haytch has become much more common, I only found out it was incorrect when a friend told me :P

That thread strangely reminds me of this thing bethie posted ages ago;

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=738159&highlight=terpsichore

[Empired]

thought of another one:

charl-eh
my name is charlieeeeeeee

bloody northerners

[KyleSmith]

PLEASE STOP THIS THREAD, I AM SAYING THEM OUT LOUD! FGS

[Ardemax]

Bayter instead of beeter for beta

I thought it was bayter? :P

[LiquidLuck.]

From the top of my head, I knew one person that would say 'Para-set-a-mol' rather than 'Para-seat-a-mol'.

That was annoying.

That's actually interesting to read because my mother has a pharmacy, and I've heard many people say that name and whenever anyone says it here in Portugal, we say 'Para-set-a-mol'. :P

For me it'd be people not being able to say my name correctly since it's a portuguese one that just doesn't exist the same way in English.

[Cerys]

thought of another one:

charl-eh
my name is charlieeeeeeee

bloody northerners


;l
;l
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urmm for me its definitely my name