Coupon: /cue-pon/ or /coo-pon/
Interesting: /inner-es-ting/ or /in-tres-ting/
Both of the first ones drive me batty. Anyone else?
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:27 a.m. bludroptop Dork
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:36 a.m. Duke Dork
I love people that stuff extra syllables into words.
"Joistses" - the singular is joist, the plural is joists
"Masonary" - it's masonry, folks
And a peeve from the mechanical world:
"Selonoid" - it's spelled (and pronounced) sOlEnoid
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:40 a.m. Salanis SuperDork
Puh-ray-yuz Ja-HE-yu-sus!
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:41 a.m. EastCoastMojo Reader
I am a Craigslist junkie, and I still can't not laugh out loud when I read ads selling "Chester Drawers" I read this and I think of some poor dude named Chester who is selling his britches.
Yes, they are actually spelling it like that.
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:49 a.m. ProDarwin Dork
Not really mispronunciation, but misuse.
My shocks don't provide adequate dampening.
Damping.
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:53 a.m. ProDarwin Dork
bludroptop wrote:
Coupon: /cue-pon/ or /coo-pon/
Those are both correct.
koo-pon
or
kyoo-pon
http://dictionary.reference.com wrote: —Pronunciation note Coupon, related to cope and coup, is of French origin. It has developed an American pronunciation variant with an unhistorical y-sound not justified by the spelling. This pronunciation is used by educated speakers and is well-established as perfectly standard.
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:54 a.m. EastCoastMojo Reader
Al-U-minium
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Oct. 3, 2008 11:58 a.m. GameboyRMH Dork
EastCoastMojo wrote:
Al-U-minium
Yeah that's an awful one.
One that annoys me is the difficulty a lot of British people seem to have with ending words in an A sound. Plaza turns into plazer, etc. Really annoying.
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Oct. 3, 2008 12:08 p.m. bludroptop Dork
ProDarwin wrote:
Those are both correct.
koo-pon
or
kyoo-pon
Point well made, and I think I knew that, but it still drives me bonkers!
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Oct. 3, 2008 12:24 p.m. ProDarwin Dork
Pronunciations:
Roof - wruf (between Roof and Rough). People in Michigan say this. Milk - Melk Pillow - pellow
Other
Annoying: I seen Not Annoying: I have seen, I saw
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Oct. 3, 2008 12:36 p.m. stuart in mn Dork
The word "got", as in I have got. 99.5% of the time it's unnecessary and could be left out altogether.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned nu-cu-lar yet :)
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Oct. 3, 2008 12:38 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork
'Onliest' (only). That one drives me completely batE36 M3.
'Shivalay' (Chevrolet).
Discribitor' (distributor). Also 'scribitor'.
'Urnge' (orange).
'Tars' (tires).
'Chirren' (children). Also 'chillun', that's more a Geechee thing.
'Berrin' (bearing).
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Oct. 3, 2008 12:43 p.m. ProDarwin Dork
Jensenman wrote: 'Urnge' (orange).
Also
are-inge
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:05 p.m. ClemSparks UltraDork
Irregardless is a real measuring stick for me.
"You don't supposed to do that" is humorous when it comes out.
I've noticed lately that the breed of dog know as "Corgi" (Welsh Corgi, I guess) is commonly misheard as and repeated as "Corky."
Along the lines of extra sylables for fun: Capacitator comes to mind.
Yes...Dampening or Dampeners just drives me NUTS! I had a car cheif that threatened to hand out wet washcloths whenever someone asked for a dampener.
"It's" and "Its" are commonly confused. I typo them frequently myself as I'm used to just throwing an apostrophe in there (a muscle memory thing maybe?).
"To, Two, and Too" are just too much for some folks to differentiate between. (here I am ending sentences in prepositions again!)
Clem
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:19 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader
I want to murder people when they mess up spelling your/you're and there/their/they're. Seriously, it throws me into a fit of rage.
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:36 p.m. MGAMGB HalfDork
There isn't enough time left in the space-time continuum for me to type out how much most people annoy me. I work with a guy that mispronounces his own name. I could go on. It's even better when your boss is an arrogant anorak and mispronounces words and then drops his "th"s. "Go over 'ere and get me 'at (oggs zill you ree) cable." Way to represent the company, guys. No wonder people think we're morons.
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:40 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
Celebrated my grandfather's 85th birthday last week. I felt kind of bad for finding it amusing when I ordered a "Rob Roy, strait up" at a nice Chinese restaurant.
"Lob Loy, Stlait up. Okay."
It was not my intention to make him say that. But is it wrong to think it was funny?
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:41 p.m. Type Q Reader
I don't usually get annoyed with people, but do try to be precise in my language. Particularly when using non-English words or phrases. I studied Japanese for a few years in college. It so easy for English speakers to get the pronunciations right, its a shame stuff gets butchered. Signing with machine background music in front of your friends in Japan is pronounced Ka-ra-oh-kay. In the states it gets called "Karry Oky".
I find myself more distracted and sometimes annoyed with people who interchange "than" and "then" in written communication. I have read more THAN a few message boards where posters were looking for something that was cheaper THEN, smarter Then, or lighter Then whatever they had. I have seen a few If/Than as well.
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:42 p.m. MGAMGB HalfDork
I thought they had the Rs not the Ls.
Deck da harrs wiv bars of hary. Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra,,,Ra, Ra, Ra Ra!
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:43 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork
[Gin-you-wine smartass]
Hey, did anyone check the spelling errors on the 'Next Issue' page of the current GRM? Or was everyone too busy vaporlocking over Tim's column?
[/Gin-you-wine smartass]
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:43 p.m. MGAMGB HalfDork
Type Q wrote: I seen a few If/Than as well.
BUSTED!
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:46 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork
Salanis wrote:
Celebrated my grandfather's 85th birthday last week. I felt kind of bad for finding it amusing when I ordered a "Rob Roy, strait up" at a nice Chinese restaurant.
"Lob Loy, Stlait up. Okay."
It was not my intention to make him say that. But is it wrong to think it was funny?
Did he order 'Flied Lice' as well?
(ducks rocks and bottles from the politically correct crowd)
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:52 p.m. walterj HalfDork
Funner is not a word, your car does not have a raydeeator (its a heat exchanger anyway) and my goddamn car is not a Porsche-uh.
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:54 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
We ordered a dinner with flied lice, honey walnut plawns, and banana cleam pie for dessert. And most of us were drinking Lob Loys. Some had their on the locks, other stlait up.
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Oct. 3, 2008 1:59 p.m. EastCoastMojo Reader
walterj wrote:
Funner is not a word...
If the President has taught me anything, it is to not be afraid to make up words. It's way more funner that way.