Oft-mispronounced words

• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 13:48

  i pronounce delifrance the frenchie way. deli fwa*ccckkkkk*ssss... then i spit on the floor.
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 13:50

  i wanna know why do people here call the spanner, a SPANNAH?????
  
  I've always read it as SPAN NER...
  
  Good thing at work we call it the Open End or Combi.
• the Bear

  28 May 05, 13:56

  isn't it a wrench?
  
  girl decides to help out her dad's hardware shop..
  
  a dude comes in and says, " where can i find a bastard?"
  
  shocked, she goes crying bitterly to her dad... he explains that a "bastard" is a actually a file which is a grade of file for filing metal pieces...
  
  placated, she goes back to the counter...
  
  the next customer comes in and looks at the files.. she asks helpfully "can i interest you in these bastards here?"
  
  "yeah, why not?" says the guy.. "and also, i want a few of those muthafukkers over there"
  
  
• the Bear

  28 May 05, 14:00

  oops... double posted
  
  add something else then...
  
  a simple one...
  
  pizza = peet-sza?
  
  people keep saying "pissa"
• the Bear

  28 May 05, 16:01

  "dey muss speciali in der neeu equipmentsss so dey can attach the part porperlee"
  
  how come some "S" are missing and some "S"s are added elsewhere?
• miss_soojung

  30 May 05, 03:04

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  under that, can use:
  
  Why you all so liddat? Must come and see us hor, if not, sure mati one lah.
  
  without the curly lines underneath
  
  

  
  
  
• Gackt247

  30 May 05, 03:13

  How abt..
  
  Darling LArling
  
  Rub Lub
  
  
• Estee

  30 May 05, 08:23

  Originally posted by Gackt247:

  How abt..
  
  Darling LArling
  
  Rub Lub
  
  

  then i like to pronounce.... support as SARport.... ;P
• ilovemyrolex

  2 Jun 05, 17:08

  So what's coming up in August?
  Answer below:
  
  

  Originally posted by Gackt247:
  How abt..
  Darling LArling
  Rub Lub
  

  Presidential eRection!
• Kuali Baba

  18 Jul 05, 22:52

  Originally posted by ilovemyrolex:
  So what's coming up in August?
  Answer below:
  
  Presidential eRection!

  LMAO!
• Rhonda

  18 Jul 05, 22:56

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  LMAO!

  It's a belated reaction but...
  
  
• elindra

  18 Jul 05, 22:58

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  LMAO!

  +3
• Kuali Baba

  18 Jul 05, 22:58

  I have a couple of contributions, mainly from the world of automobiles...
  
  Garage: GH-AIR-ahdze ('dz' sounds similar to the 's' in 'pleasure'), not ger-RAH-JE
  Chassis: SHA-say, not CHÄ-sis
  Skoda (with a 'v' above the 'S'): SHKO-da, not just SKOR-da
  Tucson (a city in the USA also): TOO-sun, not TUCK-son
  Renault: REH-nol, not rerh-NOLT
  Peugeot: PUR-dzoh, nothing else
  Juan: hoo-AHN, not WAN
  Räikkönen: RAE-ker-nen, not RAI-ko-nen or rai-KO-nen
• stellazio

  18 Jul 05, 23:10

  curry as cali...and no its not the chinese way of pronouncing it,cuz in chinese there would be the different tones,and the person goes ca-li fish head..
• Churra

  18 Jul 05, 23:14

  i think a lot of older pple will say this...
  alexandra hospital as
  
  ALI SAN DA
• zhaoming

  19 Jul 05, 00:07

  national cadet corp ....pronounce as national cadet 'corpse'..
  correctly pronounce cadet 'core' ....
  
  leisure...'lee-sure'...or 'leh-sure' ????
• the Bear

  19 Jul 05, 00:22

  watching CNA a while ago... this dude comes on and says "this is our sales executive"
  
  only.. he said "ex-see-cute-tiff"
  
  
• Kuali Baba

  19 Jul 05, 05:44

  Originally posted by zhaoming:

  leisure...'lee-sure'...or 'leh-sure' ????

  Both are acceptable though the former is an old-school pronunciation.
• Wanda

  19 Jul 05, 09:27

  Originally posted by Rhonda:
  Here are my own observations :
  
  There are a handful of folks who cannot pronounce the letter 'v'. For instance, 'van' becomes 'wan', 'vehicle' becomes 'wehicle'.
  W: I noticed about 80-90% of my M'sian friends pronouced it this way...maybe they were taught this way in school?? Can any M'sian confirm?
  
  And "Vase", which should rhyme with 'Base', is very commonly pronounced here as 'V-Arse'.
  W: Bec we were taught this way in kindergarden (or is it kindergarten now?) and pri sch!
  
  "Flour" should be pronounced as "Fl-Our" but we often pronounce it as "Fl-ah";
  W: It's the Asian pronouciation lah!
  
• Wanda

  19 Jul 05, 09:31

  Originally posted by zhaoming:

  leisure...'lee-sure'...or 'leh-sure' ????

  I hear "lair-sure" most of the time.
  
  Confusing - kern-few-sing, or kern-few-zing?
  Closing - clo-sing or clo-zing?
  
  I've hear ppl using the former.
• I_am_PeTe_Parker

  19 Jul 05, 09:44

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  I hear "lair-sure" most of the time.
  
  Confusing - kern-few-sing, or kern-few-zing?
  Closing - clo-sing or clo-zing?
  
  I've hear ppl using the former.

  Wanda....an often mispronounce name also, well to me atleast
  
  Ok...is it pronounce 'One-duh' or 'When-duh'?
  Or is it 'When-der'?
  
  >
  
  
• Wanda

  19 Jul 05, 14:39

  Originally posted by I_am_PeTe_Parker:

  Wanda....an often mispronounce name also, well to me atleast
  
  Ok...is it pronounce 'One-duh' or 'When-duh'?
  Or is it 'When-der'?
  
  >
  

  I have ab-ser-lute-ly no i-dear, darrr-leng! Need to go watch A Fish Called Wanda again to find out.
• HENG@

  19 Jul 05, 14:41

  never mind: nehhh mai
  
• Kuali Baba

  19 Jul 05, 20:48

  When you speak of MANchester, don't stress the wrong syllables. And Leicester is really 'LES-ter'
• Wanda

  20 Jul 05, 09:41

  What about the other "...ster" word - "Glocester" (sp?) or something like that? I think it's pronounced as "Gloster", right?