husker B-rent Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Shower as Sharr. Annoying. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Dilly Dilly said: Oh, here's another one that only one person mispronounces, and it bugs me every time -- my mother in-law, always pronounces the word, "says" as SAYz. Ok, HB - settle this one -- is it COOpon, or Que-pon? I used to say the Q version, and my husband argued with me -- now I think the Q version seems weird. Coopon 1 Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Thread derail - Me: What year is this? Person: Two thousand eighteen Me: Really? So the Declaration of Independence was signed in one thousand seven hundred seventy-six? IT'S TWENTY-EIGHTEEN PEOPLE! 1 Quote Link to comment
NM11046 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Comfortably Numb said: Norfolk- Norfork Virginia way- Norf#&% Grocery. I've never heard or pronounced this as Groshery and I'm not snooty. There is no 'sh' in there. Snooty is calling a vase a vozz. And popiggle.....I've never heard that. Popsickle seems pretty straightforward. Accurate I've heard both ways. Ackyurate seems right to me. I don't like ackerate. I'll say comfortable both ways depending on usage and context. I need to edit that .... here on the east coast they call Fudgecicle (sp?) a fudgeical. I screwed up with the popcicle stuff. And obviously I can't spell pop/fudgecicle. Quote Link to comment
NM11046 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 hours ago, The Dude said: Old-timers pronouncing the days of the week without the 'a'. Tuesdy. Thursdy. How bout: fishin' & huntin'? You never hear a real person that does those things say Fish-ING and Hunt-TING. 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Sometimes I pronounce "Horrible" differently, sometimes I say "Riley" 9 Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 asterisk---astrick 1 Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Month plural is munts. 5 munts ago. 1 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, The Dude said: Month plural is munts. 5 munts ago. OMG, who do you know that says that? My husband and his parents both say it that way. Just figured it was only a family thing. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 So is my family or town the only ones who say groshery? On Wash/Washington, we helped my mom unlearn that about 20 years ago, and now she has ZERO recollection of ever having said "Warshington." She flat out denies that she ever did it. Alzheimers does run in the females in her family but she should be about 15 years away from that... Also, does anyone else know people who refer to boxelder bugs as Democrats? And this isn't a regional thing, I don't think, but in one of Ed Sheeran's songs he pronounces "sixth" --> sickth 1 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Just now, Moiraine said: So is my family or town the only ones who says groshery? On Wash/Washington, we helped my mom unlearn that about 20 years ago, and now she has ZERO recollection of ever having said "Warshington." She flat out denies that she ever did it. Alzheimers does run in the females in her family but she should be about 15 years away from that... No, I've always heard and said, groshery. But, it's almost an imperceptible difference between the two, IMO. Quote Link to comment
krc1995 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 caramel or carmel- I guess caramel is correct but I say carmel. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 47 minutes ago, Dilly Dilly said: OMG, who do you know that says that? My husband and his parents both say it that way. Just figured it was only a family thing. I do. 15 minutes ago, Moiraine said: So is my family or town the only ones who say groshery? I do. Quote Link to comment
NM11046 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 31 minutes ago, Moiraine said: So is my family or town the only ones who say groshery? On Wash/Washington, we helped my mom unlearn that about 20 years ago, and now she has ZERO recollection of ever having said "Warshington." She flat out denies that she ever did it. Alzheimers does run in the females in her family but she should be about 15 years away from that... Also, does anyone else know people who refer to boxelder bugs as Democrats? And this isn't a regional thing, I don't think, but in one of Ed Sheeran's songs he pronounces "sixth" --> sickth "Grosh-ry" 1 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 My current boss, the most intelligent person I've ever met, says sickth. Caught me off guard the first time, and then I heard at least one other person say it that way, too. Quote Link to comment
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