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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 07:01 AM
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Words I Mis-Pronounce On Purpose...

Ask (Axe)
Specific (pacific)
Illinois (Ill-a-noise)
Pittsburgh (Picks-burg)
Portsmouth (Porch-muth)
Baltimore (Ball-mer)

At least I know the difference. (And I don't do it all the time... just once and awhile, on purpose.)

-- Allen

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MaineDem

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Fri Oct-03-03 08:06 AM
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1. THES-o-rus

Edited on Fri Oct-03-03 08:06 AM by MaineDem

I know the real word is thesAURus but I've been joking around with mispronouncing it for so long I have to stop and think when I say it in public.

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ProfessorGAC

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:16 AM
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15. Definition of Thesaurus

It was a dinosaur with a very large vocabulary. Right?
The Professor

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MaineDem

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Fri Oct-03-03 05:28 PM
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65. Works for me

;)

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Lost4words

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Fri Oct-03-03 08:13 AM
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2. salmon

hell its the L

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bratcatinok

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Fri Oct-03-03 08:57 AM
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3. When I was little

I could have sworn I heard daytime drama's being called soda-poppers. It wasn't til I was 18 or 19 that I finally realized they weren't soda-poppers but soap operas.

I still call them soda-poppers though.

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newyawker99

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:06 AM
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14. Hi bratcatinok!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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VelmaD

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:04 AM
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4. Li-berry

instead of library. I have a couple of friends who work in libraries and it drives them nuts.

I also use flutter-by instead of butterfly. :-)

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supernova

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:22 AM
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5. Ballmer is appropriate

I never heard anthing else while I lived in MD.

At least you don't say NUKE - YOU_ler.

That just drives me nuts. :crazy:

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Robb

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:24 AM
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6. Ever since I moved to rural Colorado

...I've been saying theater thee-AY-ter.

And believe me, if you've been to ours, it's appropriate. :)

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Skittles

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:29 AM
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7. PECAN

PEE-can. Drives Texans crazy.

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GOPisEvil

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:32 AM
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8. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

A PEE-can is something you use when your toilet is broken. A pe-CAHN is a nut used in pie-making, and other scrumptious eats.

PEE-can just sounds WRONG!!!! x(

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supernova

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:21 AM
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18. Gotta agree with you there GOP

PEE-can is very irritating.

People, it's Pe-CAHN.

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Skittles

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:58 AM
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21. If I have to opportunity to irritate a Texan

I TAKE IT. :7

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Nevernose

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:35 AM
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27. Monsters, you're all monsters!

Pee-can, indeed. Hmph.

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Bake

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:32 AM
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26. Would you settle for pee-CAHN?

I hear that a lot down here in Mis'sippi.

And how do you pronounce the term for your mother's sister? "Ahnt" or "Ant"?? I say "ahnt" but my wife gives me grief for it, even though I KNOW I am pronouncing it correctly!!

Bake

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 02:51 PM
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44. Ahhh-nt sounds so pretentious... and ANT sounds homey.

Which is why I have an Ahhn-t Caroline and an ANT Betty... suits their personalities perfectly.

-- Allen

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Skittles

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Fri Oct-03-03 04:59 PM
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59. No Aunt Jacks, Allen?

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VelmaD

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:32 AM
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9. ARGH!!!

Say it right dammit. Don't make me kick your ass Skittles. ;-)

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Skittles

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Fri Oct-03-03 04:55 PM
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58. PEE-CAN , PEE-CAN

HA HA, HA HA HA HA :evilgrin:

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VelmaD

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Fri Oct-03-03 05:07 PM
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60. You asked for it...

Edited on Fri Oct-03-03 05:07 PM by VelmaD

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

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MaineDem

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:34 AM
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10. That's how I do pronounce it

Is there another way? :)

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Boudicea

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:34 AM
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11. I said that to my boss from TX yesterday

She did go crazy!

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Boudicea

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:35 AM
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12. AM-ba-lance

I used to live with an EMT; that drove her crazy.

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Fri Oct-03-03 09:39 AM
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13. I say TEEvee

And PO-lice.

Has anyone ever really listened to Bernie Mac do stand up? He speaks so strange, in a funny-ass groovy way that I love. I know it's mostly intentional, but he pulls it off hilariously well.

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:32 AM
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20. "SY-REEN"?

Or "SY-run"?

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smallprint

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:58 PM
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53. the PO-lice

yes.

sometimes the PO-PO.

Bernie Mac is a genius. He's from the south side of Chicago, which is a funny-ass groovy place.

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Raenelle

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:16 AM
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16. Republi-CON

n/t

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underpants

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:19 AM
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17. Oooopossum, ShrimpS, sabbies (crabs)

Opossum really isn't wrong.

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:50 AM
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31. When I Waited Tables...

Folks would ask for "popcorn skrimp" and "chicken breath sandwich".

It was all I could do not to laugh out loud.

-- Allen

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NicoleM

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Fri Oct-03-03 10:22 AM
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19. It's a mute point.

I say that all the time to my husband. I wouldn't say it in public for fear that people would think I don't know how to say "moot." :)

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chiburb

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:10 AM
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22. Warshington...

Nucular
Tuner (Tuna)

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jono

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Fri Oct-03-03 12:43 PM
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35. No!

No Warshington! Noooooo! :)

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ronnykmarshall

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Fri Oct-03-03 05:10 PM
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62. Warsh

for "wash".

I gotta go warsh.

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SOteric

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:17 AM
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23. Pea-numonia

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bushisanidiot

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:24 AM
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24. Sorry, but I Can't Stand To Hear People Mispronounce "Ask" on Purpose

the repukes do this all the time. Boil Ass thinks it's funny..

But other than that.. I like your topic. Personally, I always prounce strategy as strategery just to be silly and poke fun at AWOL at the same time. ;)

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NuckinFutz

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:25 AM
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25. em-PHAS-is on the wrong syl-ABB-le

always a favorite.

lysdexic in stead of dyslexic

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Nevernose

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:39 AM
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28. Interesting note about Axe/Ask:

Originally, or at least as far back as Middle English, the word was "axe," as in "I want to axe you a question."

It wasn't until the early Renaissance that we changed the word to "ask," so there's some degree of morphologic value in saying "axe" instead of "ask." So "axe", although wrong, is not as wrong as, say, "PEE-can" is.

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:48 AM
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30. The Nut Is "Puh-Kahn"... The PIE is PEE-Can.

Simple!

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Susang

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:44 AM
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29. I like to say edjumacate for edjucate

I don't know why, but it makes me think of Bush. :evilgrin:

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Whitacre D_WI

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:50 AM
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32. Arth-uh-ritis (nt)

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 12:43 PM
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36. My Granny Says Arth-uh-ritis Also...

... only she actually thinks it's pronounced that way.

-- Allen

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ronnykmarshall

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Fri Oct-03-03 05:11 PM
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63. I gotta better one

I call it "arthur's right ass".

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donotpassgo

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:51 AM
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33. STRENTH and BREFFIS

n/a

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 12:42 PM
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34. I Understand What "STRENTH" Is... But What's "BREFFIS"?

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donotpassgo

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Fri Oct-03-03 02:02 PM
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41. Breakfast

n/t

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 02:48 PM
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43. Ah-ha... gottit now. (Boing! Duh!)

Hitting self in forehead with palm of hand.

-- Allen

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jono

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Fri Oct-03-03 12:45 PM
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37. Pasketti

for spaghetti.

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 12:54 PM
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38. I Forgot One... "Yoots"

I loved hearing Joe Pesci saying "youths" that way in "My Cousin Vinny".

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Throckmorton

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Fri Oct-03-03 01:57 PM
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39. Bud-dai-da

Instead of Potato or was it Potatoe?

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rbnyc

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Fri Oct-03-03 01:59 PM
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40. probably = "prolly" (nt)

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noonwitch

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Fri Oct-03-03 02:09 PM
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42. Nukular

For obvious reasons

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eek

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Fri Oct-03-03 04:01 PM
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54. i love this topic!

and i love word people.

i say things wrong on purpose rather often. it is a fun way to mock people on the sly. especially fun, of course, when you are with someone who knows you are taking the piss.

i also keep lists of this stuff and i have many of those 'pronounciations' in my 'repetoire'.

breffass and and brefasses

wool = well (ususally stuck at top of sentence. Sorta like an 'um". ie "Wull, if we give it a jump it might stort up again"

Canadia (most of my friends say it that way now, too!)

Port of Authority instead of port Authority. Lotta old timers, Jerseyfolk say it so

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scarlet_owl

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Fri Oct-03-03 02:59 PM
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45. Turlet

instead of "toilet". I thought it was pronounced "turlet" when I was a little kid and sometimes it slips out. My extended family still prounounces "toilet" like this.

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Richardo

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:11 PM
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46. I say "muchas Garcias"

So there's an answer to the Spanish version of your question.

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GOPisEvil

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:12 PM
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47. You don't say, "Grassy-ass"?

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Richardo

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:21 PM
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50. No I like to fly my ignorance flag to the beat of a horse of a different

color.

My Dad, however says: "Much Grass"... :D

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GOPisEvil

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Fri Oct-03-03 04:13 PM
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56. I've been known to say...

AY-dios from time to time; just to be a little shit. :P

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PAMod

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:12 PM
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48. I say "eye-talian" in honor of my father...

who has pronounced it that way forever.

I don't even have to think about it - it rolls off my tongue.

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qwertyMike

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:18 PM
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49. Colin

All my life I've been pronouncing it "Col-in" and now I hear it's "Col-on"
Go figger

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Richardo

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:22 PM
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51. To someone from Western PA, "Picksburgh" is not a mispronunciation

Edited on Fri Oct-03-03 03:23 PM by Richardo

That's how they say it!

:D

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sangh0

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Fri Oct-03-03 03:49 PM
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52. IM-POE-TENT and

AM-BOO-LANCE

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Fri Oct-03-03 04:12 PM
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55. Oh I forgot

Sammich.

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Maeve

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Fri Oct-03-03 04:40 PM
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57. Ever shop at Tar-zhay?

That's Target when it's being French. Right up there with Jacques Penn-AY (I think that one came from Waylan and Madamme)

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ronnykmarshall

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Fri Oct-03-03 05:09 PM
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61. Piller and winder

Pillow and window.

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Guaranteed

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Fri Oct-03-03 05:21 PM
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64. Stragety. n/t

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Buns_of_Fire

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Fri Oct-03-03 05:57 PM
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66. Prevert

Usage: "I caught the guy nekkid with my best sheep, the damned prevert."

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MGKrebs

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Fri Oct-03-03 06:06 PM
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67. I didn't pick these up 'til I got here down south,

but now I can't stop saying 'col-ume" for column, and "see-ment" for cement. Arghh.

My Mom would smack me if she knew.

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arwalden

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Fri Oct-03-03 06:09 PM
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68. K-nife and K-fork

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MercutioATC

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Fri Oct-03-03 11:30 PM
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69. Jag-WIIRE...

REALLY irritates me (I don't know why). I use JAG-whar and find the original British JAG-u-wahr to sound even better.

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