Pronunciations That Annoy You..

[Gangerolf]

Dutch people tend to pronounce s as sh. that's extremely annoying in the long run.

however, it gets amusing when they ask "mind if I **** here" or "**** down please".

[Paul Hanson]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
Dutch people tend to pronounce s as sh. that's extremely annoying in the long run.

I've never once heard a Dutch person do that. I'm sure it's just a myth.

[Rogan Josh]

People who say 'pronounciation' rather than 'pronunciation'

People who say 'aluminum' instead of 'aluminium' (touche)

People who pronounce 'fillet' as 'filley'

People who pronounce 'Edinburgh' as 'Edinburg'

People who pronounce 'chips' as 'fries'

[Solly]

Manshter instead of Manchester.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Boddington's
Manshter instead of Manchester.

but thats how the locals pronounce it

[Solly]

OK. New-castle, instead of Newc-astle. (sublte difference but it's noticable..)

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Anunikoba
Celtic!!

Gawd! Drives me nuts! They weren't "selts", they were "KELTS"!!

In every case except for the football team when it's supposed to be pronounced Seltic.

[Dom Pedro II]

My friends have been arguing for weeks about just this type of stuff.

One of them is water. Is it wah-ter, or waw-ter, or wor-ter... (nobody seems to argue about the "ter")

And there's drawer... My friend Dana pronounces it like "draw". She from Long Island though.

British pronunciation of schedule!

My father's pronunciations are quite amusing. He's Brazilian remember.

For example:

"When push comes to shovel."
"The Cat-ol-ic Church"
"MackeeDonals"

Ship and sheep might as well be the same word with him.

[Solly]

Perhaps the worst of all is Bath, when people pronounce it Barth.

[*End Is Forever*]

Scone does rhyme with cone...

[Solly]

True northerners know that it rhymes with gone...

[Tolls]

People of a certain nationality pronouncing Moscow as Mos-Cow, rather than Mosco.

[*End Is Forever*]

First scone/gone... you'll be saying Barth next...

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Rogan Josh
People who say 'pronounciation' rather than 'pronunciation'

This is the only one that really annoys me.

[Tolls]

Scone can be pronounced either way depending where you're from...like Shrewsbury...