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People up here always like to say UFFDA YA!!! 
And the folks across Lake of the Woods are always "oot in a boot".
And the folks across Lake of the Woods are always "oot in a boot".
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Americans saying Emu as "eemoooo".
Its "eem you"I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).Comment
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This pisses me off too! Unfortunately, it IS in the dictionary, and means the same thing as regardless.Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
Just the entire American use of the word "irregardless".
How about "unthaw"? Take the meat out of the freezer and "unthaw" it. So, I take the meat out of the freezer, wait for it to thaw out, and then put it back in the freezer.
Or when, I lived in Utah, there is a town just across the state line in Wyoming called Evanston, that people in Utah always seem to call Evingston!
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Also, my wife caught me on this: Squoze(?)=skwooze, instead of squeezed.
Must be a Utah word.
She pointed it out to my mother, who laughed at me and said, "I never say that."
Next day, she mentioned how she had Squoze something, and I about fell out of my chair laughing at her.
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We like to say it with the short "a" sound, as it pisses the French off.Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Yes, we know how France should be pronounced in French, with the very nasally 'o' sound. But it is also the English name for it and is pronounced the English way within the English language.
"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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Damn americans saying ruf, instead of r-oo-f.
As well as foyr, instead of foy-a, for foyer.
And no Canadian I've talked to says a-boot.What if your words could be judged like a crime? "Creed, What If?"Comment
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The entire Australian language is annoying
be freeComment
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I'm southern. I've been there, my Mum comes from there. It's a complete and utter ****e hole. I say it the northern way.Originally posted by TheStinger
castleford is funny when a southerner mentions them in relation to rugby league, they make it sound a really nice place by saying carstleford.
Clearly haven't been thereJon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
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I live abot 5 miles away its a scary place huge men with moutaches everywhere.Originally posted by MikeH
I'm southern. I've been there, my Mum comes from there. It's a complete and utter ****e hole. I say it the northern way.Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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My wife is from Hull we are thinking of calling are baby Joseph but she can't say Joe properlyOriginally posted by Paul Hanson
Exactly. Hull, the only place known to man where the phrase "oh no, not a can of coke" would come out as "errrrr nerrrrrr, not a can of cerrrrrrkkkke".
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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"Jerrrrrr"
"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
Eyewerks - you know you want to visit. No really, you do. Go on, click me.Comment
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I did Linguistics - this makes sense.Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Er, I always thought "Worcestershire" was pronounced "Wooshte", but then I'm foreign.
According to my dictionary it's pronounced "[primary stress] w [phonetic symbol that looks like a test tube and is pronounced like the "oo" in good] st [phonetic symbol that looks like an upside-down e and is pronounced like the e in the] and then either [secondary stress] [phonetic symbol that looks like an integration sign and is pronounced like the sh in ship] [phonetic symbol that looks like an i without a dot and is pronounced like the vowels in busy] [phonetic symbol that looks like an upside-down e and is pronounced like the e in the], or just [phonetic symbol that looks like an integration sign and is pronounced like the sh in ship] [phonetic symbol that looks like an upside-down e and is pronounced like the e in the]". I hope that clears everything up.
Thanks, it means my first one is right - "wuss-ta-shi"Comment
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I've met plenty of them. It's not a myth. Perhaps it depends on where in Holland you come from?Originally posted by Paul Hanson
I've never once heard a Dutch person do that. I'm sure it's just a myth.CSPAComment
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People who say either and neither as
"ee-thor" and "nee-thor" instead of
"eye-thor" and "nigh-thor"
And people who say NA-gano instead of na-GAno.
American media butcher's Japanese names.Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically
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Point of order on the scones.
Scone(Sc-oon) is the name of the Scottish spiritual capital, the royal palace and the famous stone of destiny.
A Scone(Sconn) is an edible treat.
Taken from a Scottish dialect dictionary.
I hate how poor Scots can't pronounce words properly, example from my minimum wage days:
"fhortie h'ambertt 'n' utler as whell"
Any guesses as to what that says?
The Fife pronounciation of English is appalling, it just drops out of the mouth like drool from a miserably chained Chow.Res ipsa loquiturComment
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