https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:37:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067259 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:33:43 +0000 lilteacherbee 2067259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh gosh, my mom does so many of these types of things and it drives me NUTS, such as...</p> <p>-Rhyming words (usually names) that are not supposed to rhyme- "Oprey Winfrey," "Marther Luther King, Jr". Also, "Dolly Partner"</p> <p>- CHOOSE-day instead of Tuesday</p> <p>- HeighTH instead of Height</p> <p>-Amalance instead of ambulance </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067240 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:13:07 +0000 LAZB 2067240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How about amberlamps instead of ambulance? I heard someone seriously use the word in conversation the other day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067232 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:03:24 +0000 .twist. 2067232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: oh, that one gets me too! ETcetera. Where does the ECK come from? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067140 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:17:56 +0000 MediaNaranja 2067140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got out of a meeting and the person presenting kept on saying "eck-cetra." It's et cetera. So irritating!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067129 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:12:06 +0000 .twist. 2067129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: I'm not American, but I ended up in "the Midland" with 83%! hahaha (I don't even know where that would place me? Montana? Wyoming? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067128 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:12:03 +0000 erinpye 2067128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is hilarious, and with nearly every single one, I'm thinking, "I'm so glad I'm not the only one annoyed by this!" :silly: </p> <p>I thought of another one, pronouncing realtor as "real-lit-tor." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067121 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:06:37 +0000 simplyfelicity 2067121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: It drives me nuts. I hear it all the time. Not sure if it is a regional but it sounds so freaking awkward. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067116 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:04:22 +0000 Shutterbug 2067116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: haha wow, that quiz just totally nailed it for me (88% Boston) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067093 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:54:37 +0000 .twist. 2067093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: OMG. I have never heard Bolth!? Who does that??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067092 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:54:17 +0000 hellobeeboston 2067092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: yesssssss. Supposedly, NOT supposebly. This one drives me crazy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/3#post-2067073 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:47:03 +0000 BadgerMom 2067073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: @smocks: @MrsBrewer: Oh man! I got a huge kick out of all the WI talk/pronunciations. I lived in CO for a while and was working with a client, who I had talked to quite a bit in person, but this time we were talking over the phone. In the middle of the conversation he interrupted, "I didn't realize you were from WI!" Apparently I have an even "thicker" accent over the phone.</p> <p>There is a great quiz that nails all the US regional accents perfectly (at least in my case :silly: )<br /> <a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have?fb_ref=Default" rel="nofollow">http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have?fb_ref=Default</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066986 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:11:58 +0000 LuLu Mom 2066986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL puts clothes in the "wrash" not the wash. There is NO R! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066981 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:10:13 +0000 smocks 2066981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: Haha I know. At least you recognize it, half of my in laws can't even tell the difference when I point it out. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066973 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:06:23 +0000 simplyfelicity 2066973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate when people say "bolth" instead of "both." Where does that L come from?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066966 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:02:58 +0000 Ms.Badger 2066966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: Awesome, I'm glad you found it helpful because I was thinking that it was long and very specific! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066958 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:58:28 +0000 .twist. 2066958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ellie: I feel the same way. You seen nothing. You SAW something. lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066941 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:50:05 +0000 MrsBrewer 2066941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smocks: LOL!!! that's how I pronounce Bag!!! too funny!!! I know that it really bugs people that aren't from WI!</p> <p>@Ms.Badger: That is seriously the perfect explanation. I get it now, I guess we do pronounce WI differently that other people! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066931 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:45:54 +0000 Ellie 2066931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a mispronunciation, but I cannot cannot cannot stand it when someone uses "seen" instead of "saw" as in: "I seen her go to the store" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066924 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:43:25 +0000 Ms.Badger 2066924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: It's really hard to describe to those of us that it's second nature to, but if I pronounce "con" like in convict my tongue is more forward in my mouth and the back of the tongue just taps the back roof of my mouth, when I pronounce the "cahn" in Wisconsin my tongue is farther back and the back of my tongue contacts the back roof of my mouth for much longer. It seems subtle but it definitely stands out to people not from areas of the midwest.</p> <p> @smocks: Don't judge us, I seriously cannot to anything about this, I know that I should say "a" as in apple but I am incapable of doing it (plus, Chicogoans have pretty similar accents) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066916 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:41:13 +0000 whenoceansrise 2066916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if this counts but I HATE IT when people use the word "literally" wrong. Like I heard someone say "I literally laughed my butt off"- really? you LITERALLY laughed your butt off?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066895 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:26:44 +0000 CarDad 2066895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Berfday - Birthday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066815 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:59:42 +0000 .twist. 2066815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: hahaha so clever of him. </p> <p>@avivoca: Prolly bothers me a lot also! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066807 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:57:07 +0000 littlebug 2066807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: OMG, that one makes me want to gouge my eyes out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066798 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:55:11 +0000 smocks 2066798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>UGHH Wisconsin. I'm from the Chicago burbs, and went to school in Wisconsin, DH is from WI, etc. His whole family (and seemingly all of SE Wisconsin) pronounce bag, lag, tag, rag, sag, gag etc as "bay-g" "lay-g" "tay-g" "ray-g" "say-g." I love them dearly but it drives me crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066795 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:54:21 +0000 littlejoy 2066795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: Gah! Pitcher!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066792 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:53:32 +0000 littlejoy 2066792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dear Lord! This thread is amazing! We know someone who says friendses instead of friend's. Chi-pol-tee and ex-presso are my two that come to mind right away. Cringe! </p> <p>My husband jokes that he's going to open a roadside espresso stand and call it "Espress expresso". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066788 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:51:05 +0000 avivoca 2066788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prolly bothers me a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066781 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:48:14 +0000 ElbieKay 2066781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't read the entire thread so this may have been mentioned already, but... it's realtor. Not relator. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066780 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:48:06 +0000 Anagram 2066780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: down the shore is also a Jerseyism. I also think it's funny if geographically they are traveling north or just east, but it's still "down the shore". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favourite-adult-mispronunciations/page/2#post-2066775 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:44:37 +0000 Cherrybee 2066775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, I've thought of another one....! Breakfusses as the plural of breakfast. Like: "I got the kids dressed then made their breakfusses"<br /> Ugh </p>