Weird pronunciation of words.

[juggernaut911]

and brits say "the only thing we drink!!!" instead of "tea"

 

[Deleted User]

The American accent usually makes "tt" sound like "dd", like butter is pronounced budder. That sounds weird to most Brits.

I'm Canadian, and we also say tt's as dd's. It sounds weird if we pronounce it like a hard T.

We'd sound like we're trying to fake a british accent. hah. Which I'm terrible at doing.

 

[Trolly]

Aha, buTTer FTW!!! Budder just sounds like you're being lazy lol. Silly American pronunciation

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Anyway, as you said in the first post, I hate it when people say nuke-you-lar, it sounds totally retarded. I'm really bad with correcting people's grammar as well. If people say something wrong, I pick up on it straight away and correct them. Everyone seems to hate it though lol.

I also hate it when people say two words in a row that mean the same thing. Like my Brother said when he was little "Please may can I?", it makes you sound retarded lol.

 

[Deleted User]

I must admit that North American English is "lazier" than British English. When I try to fake a Brit accent, I feel like I'm working more muscles.

 

[cracker]

I have to add this to the list. I'm not sure if it widespread in the UK but I've heard a lot of British people say 'er' for 'a' at the end of a word.

 

[Deleted User]

Brits also add r's ... like drawring.

Oh one more ... Hyundai. It bugs me when people pronounce it "hoon-die" or "hun-die" or "hi-un-day".

The two acceptable pronunciations are "hun-day" ... or "hyun-day".

 

[The Worst]

Central Pennsylvania:

Creek said like "Crick"... HATE IT.

As well for the Route pronunciation: it depends on the route number around here. We have Route 1 (trout) and Route 283 (root). I mean, thats a QUICK example.

Another one, its a local thing... but Lancaster. There are Lancasters all over the world. But in Central PA, its pronounced LANG-kiss-ter. Not LAN-cas-ter.

Thats how you can tell isn't from 'round these parts. City folk with their weird LAN-cas-ter words...


Fluffy Eagles! Fluffy Flyers! you have to say it real fast with the accent get the effect.


also (yuengling) ying-ling as yeng-a-lang

QUOTE(Nestea80 @ May 27 2008, 09:21 AM) February - feb-you-airy

thats how i pronounce it? What is the alternate pronunciation? feb-ru-airy? I think the r is supposed to be silent dude.




and also down south alot of people call wal mart, "wal marks"

 

[Rehehelly]

Most north american pronunciations are odd me.

"EYE-Rack"
"CHA-see" (Chassis)
"Ve-hick-le" (Yes, not all say it like that ¬¬)
"Gah-Raj" (Ga-ridge)

..or.. maybe.. I just dislike the american accent. Is it because i'm british?

 

[cracker]

Most north american pronunciations are odd me.

"EYE-Rack"
"CHA-see" (Chassis)
"Ve-hick-le" (Yes, not all say it like that ¬¬)
"Gah-Raj" (Ga-ridge)

..or.. maybe.. I just dislike the american accent. Is it because i'm british?

Hmm I never have heard a different pronunciation for chassis. BTW, it's French so the proper pronunciation for the second syllable is 'sy'.

People that say vehickle piss me off... Reminds me of a redneck sheriff in a movie or something.

 

[VBKirby]

One that always bugs me is when people say depot as Dee-pot
I'm not quite sure how to say it myself though. I'm pretty sure it's dee-poe, but thanks to The Homestar Runner, I like to say it as day-poe.
I'm probably annoying someone by saying day-poe though.

 

[sean0007]

In New York Aks (acks), instead of ask (ass-k) just about made my head explode. Couldn't even focus on the coversation.