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Word Pronunciations That Make You Cringe

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MichaelD47

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What are those words that are commonly mispronounced that just makes you cringe when you hear it?

For me it's Caribbean. Most say Care-a-bee-ann. It's supposed to be Ca-rib-e-an.

So what drives you crazy?
 
It's not a pronunciation so much, but when people say "mine's" instead of "mine" or "my".
 
MichaelD47 said:
What are those words that are commonly mispronounced that just makes you cringe when you hear it?

For me it's Caribbean. Most say Care-a-bee-ann. It's supposed to be Ca-rib-e-an.

So what drives you crazy?
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Along with that would be Cay pronounced "kay". It's supposed to be "key". #cruiseshipproblems
 
I am hard pressed to think of something mispronounced - I know there is a million of them.....

I have a misuse though

When folks say irregardless instead of regardless or using for all intensive purposes instead of for all intents and purposes
 
People online mispronounce my online handle as "rok-vie-purr" rather than "The Great One, before whom we must all kneel and grovel"
Not sure why so many make this simple mistake; it's not that hard IMO.
 
Scuttlesoap said:
I am hard pressed to think of something mispronounced - I know there is a million of them.....

I have a misuse though

When folks say irregardless instead of regardless or using for all intensive purposes instead of for all intents and purposes
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i tend to also not like the ir- in the regardless scenario, but merriam webster says it's a real word.
 
My wife is from the Cayman Islands and it drives her nuts when people pronounce it Grand Caaaayman when the locals pronounce is Grand Cay man. I feel pretty special that she left all that to move up to the snow and cold of NY to be with me :ROFLMAO:

I also hate it when people say Irregardless when all you need to say is regardless - means the same thing.
 
Blade-meister said:
My wife is from the Cayman Islands and it drives her nuts when people pronounce it Grand Caaaayman when the locals pronounce is Grand Cay man. I feel pretty special that she left all that to move up to the snow and cold of NY to be with me :ROFLMAO:

I also hate it when people say Irregardless when all you need to say is regardless - means the same thing.
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That’s a huge change from the islands to NY!
 
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