MUSH MOUTH REVISITED
Following up on the popularity of the 'Mush Mouth' article I got to thinking about other things that people do with the English language that really irritates me. One of the big issues I have is the mispronunciation of common words. I’m not talking about some obscure ingredient in a food preservative like ethylchloroisothiazolinone, but more commonly used words like 'Mexican' which is pronounced here as 'Messican'. Following is a list of these words that come readily to mind, perhaps you can think of a few more.
Tater = Potato
Hollar = Hollor
Chimbley = Chimney
Ideal = Idea Incidentally my favorite pet peeve is this one. As in "Hey, I have got a great ideal on how to get rich"
It makes me want to slap someone silly
Yallow = Hello
TB or Telebision = TV or Television
Mullion = Million
Mater = Tomato
Ears = Years
Bassily = Basically
Tor = Tire
Etchtible Gordon = Vegetable Garden
Bobby Q = Bar-B-Q
Arr Codishnin = Air Conditioning
Mode = Commode
Electorial = Electoral
Mote = Remote
Squarsh = Squash
Ketch = Catch
Ressirant = Restaurant
MMMBI = Bye, as in good bye on the phone they build up to it with a long MMMM
Bout Dat = How about that
MoooBe = Movie
Dribe = Drive
Oh, I could go on and on, but think about it. What are some of the phrases or words that irritate you the most?
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