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Mispronounced words...

Old Dec 19, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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uhm.
heres one.

Porsche:

Everybody calls it Porsh

when its really Por-shuh

2 syllables.
not one.
 
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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My mother-in-law says "supposably" instead of "supposedly" and it drives me crazy. My wife won't let me correct her.
 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 12:22 AM
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You can always tell a Sweed, but you can't tell him much.
 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 02:53 AM
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my mother in law says
sandrich instead of sandwich

how do you pronounce "i"

i usually say it: I
but other people pronounce it i

lets all sing the song:
you say tomato, i say tomato........you say potatoe, i say potatoe....tomato, potatoe,potatoe, tomato....let's call the whole thing off.
 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 03:00 AM
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mine is PO LEESE

mother ****** it's Police, one word


WHY ARE YOU STRESSING PO?!? are you expecting your parole officer?

I expect that it's because 95 percent of people who require us never graduated high school, the other 5 percent are you guys who are confronted by these morons and aren't accustomed to dealing with them



lets keep it PO fessional


example, went to a call tonight

YO LEON, DA PO LEESE IS HURR! YO POPO WHY YOU HERE?

Ma'am you called us........

NAW I CALLED NINE WON WON

Yes, that's us....



i then went back to my cruiser and smashed my head against the dashboard for hours trying to get on their level
 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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i've heard some people pronounce it ru-een.
 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 09:40 AM
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Another one we get in Mass...
Instead of Idea- i people say Idear.

Man.. sometimes we just try to get r' done when we are pahking the cah an we seea friend and sayay dere , wadayah you doin herr, yo? shiiiiiiiiiiit jus chillin yo, whats good??

 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 10:08 AM
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all i know is that i'm very much like mary poppins....

PERFECT in nearly every way!
 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 10:20 AM
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It always bugs the crap out of me when people drop the frictive consonant from words. Like instead of saying "button", they say "buh-nnn". Or instead of "mountain", "mow-nnn". I honestly think I'm just being picky, but sometimes it just pisses me off for no good reason.
 
Old Dec 20, 2007 | 06:19 PM
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The American language in general is lazy. We shorten and cutoff many words just for the sake of saving time.

Auto - automatic
I'm not - ain't
automated teller machine - ATM
PIN - Personal Identification number
Cellular phone - cell
Television - TV (Even the Brits call it the Telly)

and let's not even start talking about all the words we use that came from OTHER languages.
 

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