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Re: What about mispronunciations?
Posted By: Liface, on host 206.58.84.13
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 17:10:32
In Reply To: Re: What about mispronunciations? posted by codeman38 on Sunday, March 4, 2001, at 16:53:47:

> > > 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

ACROST! ACROST! Most defenitely ACROST!

That annoys the HECK out of me.