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Re: What about mispronunciations?
Posted By: eric sleator, on host 24.21.13.118
Date: Saturday, March 3, 2001, at 16:22:57
In Reply To: Re: What about mispronunciations? posted by Grishny on Saturday, March 3, 2001, at 15:21:06:

> > It's just annoying to your obsessive/compulsive types, such as myself.
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> > Heheh...it bugs me when people say "libary" or "Ay-mish" (rather than amish). My teeth grind when I hear "expresso", though that error is not as common as it was ten years ago.
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> > --Jez"still says 'misproNOUNCiation'"zika
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> Ooh, my church pastor is an immigrant from Macon, Georgia, and I love to hear him preach. Mainly because he's a great orator, but also because he's fun to listen to. He says "accreate" and "pastreate" instead of "accurate" and "pastorate." He says "sim-yoo-ler" instead of "sim-ih-ler." And whenever something is broken, he says it "needs fixed" instead of "needs to be fixed."
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> Gri"but he'll put the fear of God in ya"shny

My pastor comes from Georgia, and while his family has, I guess, disguised their accents, you can still hear him say "pro-grum" instead of "pro-gram" every week.

-eric sleator
Sat 3 Mar A.D. 2001