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100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English

Posted: March 10, 2004 11:15 pm
by SMLCHNG

Posted: March 11, 2004 4:01 am
by creeky
Too true!

I hear a lot of those daily!

Tho, they did not have "somethink" instead of something listed - that one really bugs me (as does anythink) :roll:

Posted: March 11, 2004 1:01 pm
by tommcat327
MAYBE I'M FROM A SMALL AREA OF THE COUNTRY THAT REQUIRES ENGLISH TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL BUT I THOUGHT ALMOST ALL OF THOSE WERE PRETTY SIMPLE STUPID :-?

Posted: March 11, 2004 1:18 pm
by nycparrothead
tommcat327 wrote:I THOUGHT ALMOST ALL OF THOSE WERE PRETTY SIMPLE STUPID :-?
Sew did eye!

Posted: March 11, 2004 1:23 pm
by tommcat327
nycparrothead wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:I THOUGHT ALMOST ALL OF THOSE WERE PRETTY SIMPLE STUPID :-?
Sew did eye!
:lol: :lol:

Posted: March 11, 2004 1:29 pm
by iuparrothead
Someone ought to show that that list to a lot of rap artists! :lol: :lol:

Posted: March 11, 2004 1:33 pm
by 7lords
This one always annoys me for some reason - and lots of sportscasters use it incorrectly:
orientate orient Another pointless back-formation. We don't need this mispronunciation from "orientation" when we already have "orient." (See also "interpretate")

Posted: March 11, 2004 1:34 pm
by Cousin Baxter
I didn't see on there BUFFET - BUFFETT

Posted: March 11, 2004 1:35 pm
by tommcat327
iuparrothead wrote:Someone ought to show that that list to a lot of rap artists! :lol: :lol:
AND AXE DEM WHAT DAY BE TALKIN BOUT?

Posted: March 13, 2004 9:53 pm
by Bob Roberts
I feel really stupid now. Guess it's part of growing up in the South. Oh well, guess somebody else will have to get thier panties in a wad, I'm not too worried about it.