Pete C Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 You can always tell an American from a Canadian by the way they pronouce the city name "Toronto". American - "Tor-on-TO" Canadian - "T-raw-na" In this case, the Americans are right! But the Canadians are right about the capital of Albania! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlitweiler Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Urine-us for Uranus is the most annoying. Somehow late night comedians concluded the correct pronunciation, yer-A-nus, is hilarious and some TV people have been calling it Urine-us ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Urine-us for Uranus is the most annoying. Somehow late night comedians concluded the correct pronunciation, yer-A-nus, is hilarious and some TV people have been calling it Urine-us ever since. I was about to post the same info in a more clumsy way. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Urine-us for Uranus is the most annoying. Somehow late night comedians concluded the correct pronunciation, yer-A-nus, is hilarious and some TV people have been calling it Urine-us ever since. I was about to post the same info in a more clumsy way. Using a different fluid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aparxa Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 More stoopid that you sink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Heard on the radio this morning: ple-THORA. Should be PLETH-ora. Accent on the wrong sih-LAB-ull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Missing tilde alert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Tilde aqui! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 OK. Here's one that REALLY bugs me: Al Michaels has made a career out of mispronouncing the simple word "ball". For some bizarre reason, he insists upon saying "BOO-all". As in: San Francisco has the BOO-all on the 15 yard line. Al, Dude...the word is "ball"; B-A-L-L. Ball. Say Ball. It's not that complicated, big guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Enuf is enough ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jun/04/queens-english-society-enuf-innit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 For some bizarre reason, he insists upon saying "BOO-all". As in: San Francisco has the BOO-all on the 15 yard line. I am not a fan of Al Michaels for other reasons, but perhaps the reason he insists upon it is that he grew up in Brooklyn and that is how people who grew up in Brooklyn talk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I am not a fan of Al Michaels for other reasons, but perhaps the reason he insists upon it is that he grew up in Brooklyn and that is how people who grew up in Brooklyn talk? Yes, in fact maybe he's not "insisting" on anything. Some of the origins of the Brooklyn accent seem apparent when my Russian friend Igor talks about his dawta. I have trouble with people who say "bahl" when it's obviously supposed to be pronounced "bawl." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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