what mispronunciation of words irks you?

aks is mine.......instead of ask.  Why can't people get that right and it is quite common, also picked up alot so I don't get why people can't say it correctly. 

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This is a good thread eh.



Yes Eh


Keep it nice, I might cry if you write anything upsetting (like not)
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This isn't a mispronounciation and it makes me giggle more than irks me... when middle aged people use words like "awesome"  words used by kids etc.  It's like a verbal version of a comb over ! LOL

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Yes Eh



 


I dunno BUT


 


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:^O

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See I find BUT amusing.


 


It's hot eh ?? That's a question, yes ?


 


It's hot but - WTF - but you know how to get cool?, but you can't make up your mind ? but .... but what???



 


:-x My pet hate


 


 

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You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means
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not a mispronunciation, more of an accent, but I hate the way the southern states say gell instead of girl



 


Just wondering which southern states you mean?  I've never heard that in Melbourne, unless you mean Tassy, lol?


(Unless I say it myself and don't know     😉  )

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Canadians like saying eh/ay at the end of sentences... 


 


"What's going on eh?" 

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Bright.ton I've noticed on a lot of the game shows so I think melbourne, also some news readers which I think were Sth Aus. It's not something I hear in northern nsw.

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perhaps it's not regional, maybe it's more generational and it's the way all younger folk say it.

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Same as the americans say al-oo-minum instead of aloo-minium, I don't think they're right in that. Or Argent-eyne. It should be Argent-eene. That's what I reckon.



 


I SO agree Icy.


 


Another one that gets me is Americans (and others) who say nucular instead of nuclear.  


 


My MIL always says K-marK, not K-marT.  Really gets my goat, especially when I politely corrected her and she says, yes I know it's wrong but that's how I say it. X-(

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