Common mispronunciations that drive you nuts

[SeaPA]

Should be pronounced Beels. I have never seen such a store but if I do I will properly refer to it as Beels.

No.

 

[Funky Bunch]

Mispronounciation

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

Ask me a question, don’t AXE me a question...

 

[BubsFinn]

In much of the south there is a clothing store chain called Bealls. Many idiots pronounce it Beels (rhymes with the outer skin of an apple), despite the fact that their damn logo is very clearly a DAMN 🔔!!!

That's because anyone unfamiliar with the store would pronounce "Bealls" with a long e sound, like it's spelled. The picture of a bell in the logo doesn't really🔔 help. (I bet when you just read my last sentence, in your head you didn't hear "relly")

 

[thewop]

John Deere has been "Deeres" in Iowa for decades. I never understood why.

My college roommate insisted that "supposably" was a legit word.

Never heard "Deere's" in Iowa. Where did you live?

 

[unsubstantiated]

Never heard "Deere's" in Iowa. Where did you live?

NE Iowa. "Ya, my brother just got hired on at Deere's."

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Mrs. Dragon (no pics) never took Spanish. She pronounces “pico de Gallo” with the heavy L’s instead of the double-L sounding with a Y sound. It is...infuriating.

Also, everyone calls it “Neh-brask-ah” when instead it is pronounced fa**ot maggots.

 

[Chewback]

Whatever the hell Trump is saying when he means to say "China."

Covfefe.

 

[Chewback]

Not so much a mispronunciation as It is possibly a WOB. I have a coworker that says flustrating or flustrated 20 times a day even after I’ve told him he’s effing it up. I want to punch him

Eh, go ahead and punch him. What would be the harm? Actually I've heard "flustrated" numerous times over the years.

 

[Chewback]

I refuse to recognize Webster's recognition of a bastardized word just because so may ignorant people used it.

Meriam-Webster is a bunch of whores. They'll recognize any bastardized word if it'll make 'em a buck.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Lived in SE Michigan for a while. Same thing there. I absolutely detest that store. Been a while since I lived near one. But never seen a store move their stuff around as much as they did.

I don't go there often enough to detest it.

 

[Flie]

Plantain.

 

[ping72]

Never heard "Deere's" in Iowa. Where did you live?

My grandpa worked for them in Waterloo for decades. He’d call them Deere’s sometimes.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

OP's mom always says "I'm crumming" instead of "I'm cumming."

Her sheets are kind of dusty and crusty, so maybe I'm the one who's wrong.

 

[thewop]

My grandpa worked for them in Waterloo for decades. He’d call them Deere’s sometimes.

Interesting. I suppose you could say, "Deere's run better than AC's" or something like that.

 

[hawkcub]

Interesting. I suppose you could say, "Deere's run better than AC's" or something like that.

Usually when people say Deere's it's where they or somebody works. At least in Waterloo/CF area.

 

[jellyfish10]

One of my foremen is a genius at what he does...the best in the area. It doesn’t drive me nuts at all because it’s funny as hell, but here are a few...

grav=grab
to despise someone=to spite someone
Ted Gin(like the liquor)=Ted Ginn
Matt Lionheart=Matt Leinart