Medusa's Quesion du jour (the year of the horse edition!)

[Torey]

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Ooo you reminded me of one.. we have a town in the south east here called 'nuriootpa' and people always say it wrong. Generally I just call it 'nyoori'.

We also have orroroo. Awesomest name ever.

Don't even get me started on my shameful mispronunciation of the place names here in Oz...

Mooloolaba, Geelong (which I pronounced "GEE-long" not "Juh-LONG"), Pallamallawa, Oodnadatta, Widgiemooltha, Rupanyup...

But Adelaide...I can prounounce Adelaide...oh, and Sydney - but I actually did mispronounce Melbourne (MEL-born)...

[Hawkfeathers]

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What is a word you mispronounce every time?

Inquiry. It's finally getting a little better, but I simply cannot form the sound. Which is odd, since I'm good at languages, accents, etc.

It annoys me that people in Versailles, KY, say "Ver-sales" instead of "Ver-sigh".

[thalassa]

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It annoys me that people in Versailles, KY, say "Ver-sales" instead of "Ver-sigh".

In southern IL, we have New Athens and Vienna (also West Vienna) and Cairo...pronounced (in order) with a long vowel 'a', "vye-enna", and 'cay-roh'

Sometimes I forget which one is the correct pronunciation for their respective locations and namesakes


Also, fajitas. For a long time my brother called the fah-gee-tahs. In his defense, he was 5 and learning phonics. I have no such excuse.

[Heka]

Don't even get me started on my shameful mispronunciation of the place names here in Oz...

Mooloolaba, Geelong (which I pronounced "GEE-long" not "Juh-LONG"), Pallamallawa, Oodnadatta, Widgiemooltha, Rupanyup...

But Adelaide...I can prounounce Adelaide...oh, and Sydney - but I actually did mispronounce Melbourne (MEL-born)...

I can say all of those!!!

I have heard someone call Wagga Wagga 'way-gah way-gah' though haha

[thalassa]

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Also...I live in Norfolk.

Pronounced as a nasally "nah-fik" if you are from the NE, "nore-folk" if you are from West of here, and correctly:

Norfolk - Frequently mispronounced. Properly "NAW-f*k". Really. And make the second syllable as short as possible, almost "fk". Think of, "We don't drink. We don't smoke. Norfolk. Norfolk." If you can make that come out in a humorous manner, you have it exactly right.

http://cohp.org/va/notes/placenames_pronunciation.html

[Heka]

Also...I live in Norfolk.

Pronounced as a nasally "nah-fik" if you are from the NE, "nore-folk" if you are from West of here, and correctly:

I think I say that one properly. Somewhere between nor-fok and naw-fk

[Hawkfeathers]

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In southern IL, we have New Athens and Vienna (also West Vienna) and Cairo...pronounced (in order) with a long vowel 'a', "vye-enna", and 'cay-roh'

Sometimes I forget which one is the correct pronunciation for their respective locations and namesakes


Also, fajitas. For a long time my brother called the fah-gee-tahs. In his defense, he was 5 and learning phonics. I have no such excuse.

I've been through Cairo on my way to KY. I mentioned it to someone here and I said "Ky-ro" as in Egypt. They told me it was the other way and I thought it was weird. I'd forgotten that one!

[ChainLightning]

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Oh, cities. I misprounce a ton of those. Most are on purpose, some aren't.

I live near the town of Monticello, where they say it wrong - "sell-o" - so I bastardize that with a "montee". Little town in Wisconsin named Menomonie... I can't resist calling it "me-no-money", instead. Shakopee, MN gets a special variation from me, as well : "shack-o-piss".

I'm horrible. Once I know how it is prounounced, correctly, I'm quite likelyto find some other way to disrespect proprieties.

[volcaniclastic]

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Castle Coch in Wales.

I cannot say it without saying 'cock'.

Needless to say, a bus driver embarrassed me.

[Ophidia]

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For the record, it's Nevaaaaduh (like apple), not Nevahhduh (like father).

Seriously. Even native Spanish-speakers say it right. Our legislature tried to pass a bill that made it socially acceptable to say 'Nevahhda' and it got voted down.

[ChainLightning]

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For the record, it's Nevaaaaduh (like apple), not Nevahhduh (like father).

Seriously. Even native Spanish-speakers say it right. Our legislature tried to pass a bill that made it socially acceptable to say 'Nevahhda' and it got voted down.

I general find the soft O version [There's no O in Navada; Navoda? NO!] almost singularly used by people pretending to *be something* or *be someone*. Usually authority- or power-related.

[nbdy]

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I general find the soft O version [There's no O in Navada; Navoda? NO!] almost singularly used by people pretending to *be something* or *be someone*. Usually authority- or power-related.

Or it is simply how hey have heard it pronounced all their lives. Don't be too fast to judge. I have never heard it pronounced any other way, three "ah" sounds, and am certainly not trying to be anything other than who I am.

[Acorn]

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What is a word you mispronounce every time?

I always mispronounce the word "eligible". I say it like "illegible". Also "lapel", which to me rhymes with "maple".

[Medusa]

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What type of person were you in high school?

[loststarshine]

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What type of person were you in high school?

Shy bookworm you probably would of never noticed.