words you used to say incorrectly

[sandra]

when you were younger, were there any words that you pronounced incorrectly just because your parents pronounced them that way?

here is my list (i was such a dork!):

1) jewlery --> jewelry (from mom)

2) hamboogers --> hamburgers (from dad - "let's go eat mcdonald's hamboogers" - i love my dad)

3) phoe hoe --> pho hoa (from mom, dad, family friends)


k, can't think of anymore.

[ChinaLama]

well, not always cuz of my parents:

1. i used to pronounce "C" as "She" b/c my mom pronounced it that way.

2. used to say th's as z's or as s's.

3. used to say "o's" instead of "l's" whenever words ended with an "l." was only able to correct that after years of merciless taunting. But it's ok, i'll get back at my friends by sleeping w/ their future wives.

I think I still do 3. to some extent, cuz I have to make a conscious effort to rol-l my l-l's, otherwise, i'd end up saying ro' instead of rolllllllllllllll.

[Emperor_Mike]

I don't think I've ever had any trouble with pronounciation. :huh: Or perhaps I've just forgotten?

[sandra]

Originally Posted by ChinaLama

well, not always cuz of my parents:

1. i used to pronounce "C" as "She" b/c my mom pronounced it that way.

that reminds me. my parents used to say "shushi" for sushi.

[ChinaLama]

Originally Posted by Emperor_Mike

I don't think I've ever had any trouble with pronounciation. :huh: Or perhaps I've just forgotten?

It's because your teachers lied to you about the proper way to pronounce or spell words. cast away the postcolonial british slave mentality! americanize your english. ;) we're all brothers on this continent. *sheds a tear*

[Fireblade]

I sometimes falter upon some words... like yesterday I said specific as spaaaceeet... spppaceetteff... spacefetkick.

Bleh...

[TTChino]

Burger King = Booger king
My parents did:

Foggy = Fucky
My friend Todd - they called him tart..... ahahahaha

[Adaon]

I still can't pronounce aluminum IRL.
"aluminumiummumumumumumumum" (dad)

[ChinaLama]

and until a few weeks ago, i used to pronounce awry as "aw-ree" (stress on first syllable) until my friend used awry right and i asked, "what does that mean?" and i got laughed at, again. :D

[Emperor_Mike]

Originally Posted by ChinaLama

It's because your teachers lied to you about the proper way to pronounce or spell words. cast away the postcolonial british slave mentality! americanize your english. ;) we're all brothers on this continent. *sheds a tear*

I'm in the UK right now.

Duh? :D

[Chester]

I often pronounce "nuclear" à la George W.

I used to think that "sepia" was "seh-pee-uh" instead of the correct "see-pee-uh."

I still think my way sounds nicer.

Edit: Neither really has anything to do with my parents' pronunciation of anything.

[VV o n g B a]

used to mispronounce "protestant." not cuz of my parents tho.

[Craig]

Apparently I mispronounce "desi".

[nonamerasian]

"Won, tu, tree" for "one, two, three" (mommy's fault)
"flim" for "film" (mommy's fault)
"terApee" for "therapy" (mommy's fault)
"cata" for "catarrh" (mommy's fault)
"Robbutt" for "Robert" (she did it again)

I pretty much had her accent, but by pre-school, I usually pronounced things that are pronounced differently between accents the Yankee way, except for those on the list.

[John0101]

I had a friend name Ben, but my mom always called him Bean.