Pronunciation madness

[northoftheborder]

WHY do I hear over and over the word "you" especially in "thank you", traditionally pronounced "yew" --- now becomes "thank yewuh" - almost 2 syllables??????

"Where it's at" also drives me nuts - but that is apparently standard now.

Thanks for letting me vent my grammar hangups.

[clarice]

1. Having had 2 teenage daughters.... that is a common irritant.....may I share a few..?

MOM -UH
WHY-UH
NO WAY-UH

[Skittles]

6. OK

I would have to put a stop to that PRONTO

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

8. I cured our oldest daughter of that.

When teenagers I'd often hear the oldest bellowing at her younger sister NO-UH. It irked me to no end. Finally I asked her who the hell is this NOAH you're always hollering for? Call him on the phone and quit hollering.

[Tobin S.]

2. Do you live in the northeast?

They've been making two syllable words out of one syllable words for a long time up that way.

[northoftheborder]

3. no, Texas

Texas has it's own peculiarities in speaking - I admit! Those in the Panhandle warsh their clothes, then rench them, everybody is y'all (everywhere in Texas), we all Anglicize pronunciation of cities and streets with Spanish names, even though we have a large Latino population and history. I could go on and on.

[True Dough]

4. I just happened to see this story earlier today

30 words Americans cannot pronounce properly:

1. affidavit [af-i-dey-vit]
2. almond [ah-muh nd, am-uh nd]
3. beget [bih-get]
4. cache [kash]
5. caramel [kar-uh-muh l, -mel, kahr-muh l]
6. coupon [koo-pon, kyoo-]
7. croissant [French krwah-sahn; English kruh-sahnt]
8. epitome [ih-pit-uh-mee]
9. espresso [e-spres-oh]
10. et cetera [et set-er-uh, se-truh]
11. façade [fuh-sahd, fa-]
12. fiery [fahyuh r-ee, fahy-uh-ree]
13. genre [zhahn-ruh; French zhahn-ruh]
14. haute [oht]
15. hyperbole [hahy-pur-buh-lee]
16. lambaste [lam-beyst, -bast]
17. mauve [mohv]
18. mischievous [mis-chuh-vuh s]
19. niche [nich]
20. peony [pee-uh-nee]
21. prerogative [pri-rog-uh-tiv, puh-rog-]
22. quinoa [keen-wah, kee-noh-uh]
23. reservoir [rez-er-vwahr, -vwawr, -vawr, rez-uh-]
24. salmon [sam-uh n]
25. sherbet [shur-bit]
26. turmeric [tur-mer-ik]
27. verbiage [vur-bee-ij]
28. Weimaraner [vahy-muh-rah-ner, wahy-, wahy-muh-rey-]
29. whet [hwet, wet]
30. Worcestershire [woo s-ter-sheer, -sher]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-words-americans-cant-pronounce-correctly-2016-08-18

[Skittles]

5. Important

Down south it becomes IMPORDANT


jewelry is too often pronounced JEWLERY

[madamesilverspurs]

11. Add to that list -- realtor and jaguar.

Both are frequently mispronounced, as in re-lator and jag wire.

Have we forgotten nukular?


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[CanSocDem]

12. And of course this:

Wolf

Most often pronounced "woof". Cracks me up every time.


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[Phentex]

7. My mother in law says all-timers for Alzheimer's...

I have heard people pronounce it alts-heimer but she only says all-timers.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

9. My wife says laddle for ladle, and

While she can pull off "toy", "Toyota" and most other variations, toilet becomes toe-let.

[malthaussen]

10. Understandable.

When I first heard of it, I thought they were saying "Old-Timers" disease.

-- Mal