Re: What about mispronunciations?
codeman38, on host 24.4.253.144
Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 16:53:47
Re: What about mispronunciations? posted by Zoe on Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 16:36:31:
> > 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. > > > > --Jez"still says 'misproNOUNCiation'"zika > > And as for "eye-talien". Or is that just an > aussie thing?
Nope; I've heard it quite often here in the southern US as well.
And now for a few mispronunciations which annoy me: "Supposably". "Real-uh-tor". "Ath-uh-lete". "Aer-e-ate".
-- codeman"there's plenty more, but I can't remember them at the moment"38
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