Mispronounced words.

@farmerman,

Back when some of those inner tubes were made of RED rubber, we could also make really good slingshots.

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Moot point
All too often this word is mispronounced as ‘mute’. Most of those who do this don’t understand the meaning of the word moot.

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@Ragman,

The meaning of 'moot' certainly is a moot point.

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suave
When I did lots of reading but never spoke with anyone, I sounded out my words. Suave was "swave" for a long time.

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@Walter Hinteler,

Walter Hinteler wrote:

The meaning of 'moot' certainly is a moot point.

Yes, but that doesn't make it the moot point.

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There is a difference between something being mispronounced and what are regional and national variations.

Epitome is a word that’s often mispronounced, usually by people reading it for the first time.

Words change sound and meaning. The W in sword used to be pronounced, now it’s silent.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Walter Hinteler wrote:

The meaning of 'moot' certainly is a moot point.

Yes, but that doesn't make it the moot point.

I'll wait until the moot-bell has be rung to summon people to a moot, where they will moot these arguments. Afterwards, that might become my moot point.

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There was a little girl
BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

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Then there are place names. Residents may pronounce their city differently from outsiders. For instance, I was born in Muh-waukee, aka Milwaukee.

Biloxi, Ms residents won't take it kindly unless you pronounce it Biluxi.

Lafayette, Louisiana is pronounced Laugh-ayette, not Loff-ayette.

Mobile, Alabama. Somebody told me a northerner pronounced it Mo'-bile as in Nile instead of Mo'-beel. Of course the sculpture is pronounced mo'-beel. But if you're ambulatory, you're mo'-bull.

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Ambergris puzzled me until I looked it up.

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Quahog

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And everybody's favourite, quinoa.

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@coluber2001,

In Britain, every town or city that ends borough is pronounced bruh.

Scarborough, Scarbruh, Peterborough, Peterbruh.

Edinburgh doesn’t even have borough in it, but that doesn’t stop Americans pronouncing it Edinburrow, like all the other burrows that don’t exist over here.

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@izzythepush,

It wasn't that long ago that you had me muttering potato potato potato to see if I could figure out just exactly how I say it, and now I'm doing the same thing with Scarborough! We have both a Scarborough and a Peterborough within driving distance. Peterborough has 4 distinct syllables, while Scarborough sounds more like scar bro or maybe scar ber row, only we kind of slur it altogether and read it like poetry : )

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@Joeblow,

Which reminds me... when our little one was about 10, he handed me a folded piece of paper. I opened it and read:

(Joeblow) is a pritty girl and I love her

Very Happy

How do people say pretty?

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@Joeblow,

It’s pronounced per tay ter.

And tomato is pronounced ter mar ter

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@Joeblow,

What about Gloucester?

Gloster.

Leicester?

Lester.

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@izzythepush,

how do you pronounce Worcestershire?

we say WUSTA-sheer ...

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@Region Philbis,

Like Worcester but with Shire at the end.

Worcestershire is the county, Worcester is the county town.

We call it Worcester sauce, as it originates in the town or Lea & Perrins as that’s the main brand, all others are limitations.

We would pronounce it Wuss, ter shuh if we were to mention the county.

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@coluber2001,

the multi gen citizens of Philadelphia often pronounce it"Phul-LEF'-ee-uh" when among their peers in the bars..

Course my adopted home of NAWLINS.

I could never pronounce Tukumkari correctly.

I always had problems with many Native American towns .

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