- cou'en, wou'en, shou'en: couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't
- winner, et al.: winTer
- ax (I axed him might be construed as a confession of murder)
- axterick
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Pebbles in the Mouth?
Being an occasional list of cringe-inducing pronunciations.
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Pronunciation Atrocities
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here's a couple of gems i've heard more than once:
- describing a person's "prowness"
- he's "supposedbly" gonna be here...
and here's a hilarious take on this topic from FedEx: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCrqy5S-H_A
On a related topic, the most common misspelling I see (offenders include many executive types) is "definately"
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