Words people mispronounce or misuse that drive me bonkers

[mahnoy]

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English is my 3rd language and it has the most effed up pronunciation ever.

SALMON - SA-MON. My frenchy friends all make the same mistake of pronouncing sALmon.
PLAID - PLAD
SEW - SOW
IRON - I-ERN

I pronounce words as they are spelt.

And when I first moved to Toronto, someone was telling me to get off on YOUNG street. I was trying to figure out on the map where the hell YOUNG street was!

And I still say ETOBICOKE. As it is spelt.

 

[Mean Machine]

Them - Dem
That - Dat

 

[Dresden]

Them - Dem
That - Dat

Well, let me axe you dis - how bout dem Blue Jays?

 

[nfq]

any form of new age SMS jargon in proper email or correspondence.

lulz c u l8r guy.
wat r u reefring 2?

 

[RockerGuy]

any form of new age SMS jargon in proper email or correspondence.

lulz c u l8r guy.
wat r u reefring 2?

Wat u mean?

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[nfq]

Wat u mean?

Sent from my tablet using my paws

 

[lancerx]

Shoei - Shoo-e
Arai - A-Rye

When ever sales say it wrong I want to strangle them!

 

[nfq]

Shoei - Shoo-e
Arai - A-Rye

When ever sales say it wrong I want to strangle them!

sho/ay

if you really wanna be nitpicky...

 

[Emefef]

any form of new age SMS jargon in proper email or correspondence.

lulz c u l8r guy.
wat r u reefring 2?

Especially that second one, because it should be "2 wat r u reefring?"

Oh I just read one on another post: "i got off scotch free." sounds like a bad thing to me.

 

[nfq]

Especially that second one, because it should be "2 wat r u reefring?"

Oh I just read one on another post: "i got off scotch free." sounds like a bad thing to me.

Wat da problem is?

 

[int15]

"It's a work in process"

 

[Dresden]

I cringe when telemarketers use a prefix and my first name.
Example

"Hello Mr. John".

Either say "Mr. John Doe" or just say John. Even better.. don't call!

 

[southsidebuddha]

My Boss is guilty of ' for all intensive purposes'.....and my coworker frequently uses 'pacifically'

Gotta love our team meetings


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[dr_sarcasm]

"Ex-presso"

You filthy heathens - it's ESPRESSO...

 

[Dresden]

My Boss is guilty of ' for all intensive purposes'....


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I had been guilty for this for a long time!! "intents and purposes" !!!!

 

[meme]

I have a question.

Is it "...under any circumstances" or "....under any circumstance"?

To use the plural form I would use "all circumstances" but I'm not sure if the above is wrong.

 

[Dresden]

I have a question.

Is it "...under any circumstances" or "....under any circumstance"?

To use the plural form I would use "all circumstances" but I'm not sure if the above is wrong.

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2253030

 

[meme]

Still doesn't seem grammatically correct

 

[cutekill]

sangwich... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[nfq]

sangwich... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

That's right. Cause it's Sammich.

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