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I've just read this whole thread and I don't know what's right anymore! I'm now questioning every horse related word I've ever known ! :D
 
The anti-inflammatory Diclofenac is the one I'm not sure of. I have heard both Dick-Low-Fen-Ack and Dye-cloff-inack and am never sure.

I just say "the stronger anti-inflammatories" when I'm begging the doctor for them, which isn't that often, just when my Plantar Fasciitis is really bad.
 
Hilarious thread!
I totally agree with the myself / yourself thing.
Can I add Spurious Capitalisation (where people give random words a capital when they are not proper nouns).
Also, and I know this is very pedantic and is probably acceptable other than in formal documents, but I don't like the use of "a" instead of "per" (3 times a week)
 
Proply instead of properly.

My mum, when we were kids, used to pronounce sandwiches as Sangwiches. She still does now come to think if it!
 
annagain said:
The anti-inflammatory Diclofenac is the one I'm not sure of. I have heard both Dick-Low-Fen-Ack and Dye-cloff-inack and am never sure.

I just say "the stronger anti-inflammatories" when I'm begging the doctor for them, which isn't that often, just when my Plantar Fasciitis is really bad.
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die-clow-fen-ac :)
 
alainax said:
How and why are good ones round these parts. Entirely interchangeable :D

"You can't do that!" "How?"
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Which reminds me of 'you can't park there!' when you already have, and clearly are able to, and what they mean is 'you mustn't park there!'
 
Reacher said:
Can I add Spurious Capitalisation (where people give random words a capital when they are not proper nouns).
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Me too. The military are the very worst for the random use of capitals, I'm so glad I don't work with them very much these days.

My standard blood pressure riser is Kind Regards; since when did regards become a proper noun? It never fails to set me off on one.

Can I also add, people, if you're going to get it wrong at least have the attention to detail to do so consistently and don't tease me with glimpses of literacy.
 
For this reason, Christmas is a bad time in our house.

Set the scene - my dad is Irish, and they are talking about Bethlehem on the TV. Same rant every year:

" Its not "Beth-LEE-Hem" its "Beth-le-Hem", the English have such a problem with slender vowels!"

Every.Single.Year.
 
I originate from the South East but have lived in the far west of the West Midlands for years. Having read through this thread I have decided that English pronunciation is definitely a regional thing. My family now think I talk 'country' whilst in the early years my new friends often thought I was Cockney.

The worst misinterpretation I remember was a conversation I had about baths i.e. swimming but the listener thought I said bus!

I make no judgement on professional words but I expect they have regional variations too.

Like others I too hate most of the errors mentioned. They are usually the result of lazy speech or initial mishearing.

However I still say garridge!
 
Not exactly pronunciation, but I keep hearing "I could care less" being used a lot instead of "I couldn't care less" at the moment, it's driving me mad! I think it's an American thing, but it doesn't even make sense!!

I am at war with the Capital Letter Fairy at work, so many people just add random capital letters in to sentences! The CLF (as she likes to be known) is good friends with the Alot.... :D http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
 
Django Pony said:
Not exactly pronunciation, but I keep hearing "I could care less" being used a lot instead of "I couldn't care less" at the moment, it's driving me mad! I think it's an American thing, but it doesn't even make sense!!

I am at war with the Capital Letter Fairy at work, so many people just add random capital letters in to sentences! The CLF (as she likes to be known) is good friends with the Alot.... :D http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
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I must admit I take great pleasure in reacting accurately to double negatives, the look of bewilderment on the perpetrator' face is worth it...
"I can't see nothing" :D
 
Another non-pronunciation yet equally irritating one is "off of" - as in "she fell off of her horse" - it isn't even easier to say than the grammatically correct alternative!
 
alainax said:
I must admit I take great pleasure in reacting accurately to double negatives, the look of bewilderment on the perpetrator' face is worth it...
"I can't see nothing" :D
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A teacher was lecturing his class in Glasgow one day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative.

However," he pointed out, "there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."

Wee Jimmy pipes up from the back of the class "Aye, right."
 
fburton said:
A teacher was lecturing his class in Glasgow one day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative.

However," he pointed out, "there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."

Wee Jimmy pipes up from the back of the class "Aye, right."
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Hahaha, that's cheered me up this morning!
 
Oh jeez I just remembered one... OH pronounces "bus" as "buzz" :( it's a Birmingham thing I think, I've heard people say it before and it makes me cringe.

Still, if that's his only fault, I suppose I can let it slide..! :D
 
ponyparty said:
Oh jeez I just remembered one... OH pronounces "bus" as "buzz" :( it's a Birmingham thing I think, I've heard people say it before and it makes me cringe.

Still, if that's his only fault, I suppose I can let it slide..! :D
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My OH pronounces his Z sounds as if they are a S sound eg Sone instead of Zone, so the opposite to yours but it drives me barmy!
 
Pr1nce said:
My OH pronounces his Z sounds as if they are a S sound eg Sone instead of Zone, so the opposite to yours but it drives me barmy!
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Lol! Hubby is German so he gets away with some crackers, but one I can't let go is thought instead of though. It's like the brought bought thing all over again! I admit to being more annoyed with bought brought than I really should.
 
ponyparty said:
Oh jeez I just remembered one... OH pronounces "bus" as "buzz" :( it's a Birmingham thing I think, I've heard people say it before and it makes me cringe.

Still, if that's his only fault, I suppose I can let it slide..! :D
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Ah grandad did that (few others I can't put my finger on too) they were from Coventry
 
I hate could "of" and should "of" it is have in both cases.
Confirmation instead of conformation.
I am a Scott and have heard grease described as greeze all over the uk especially when the y is added. Greezy heel greezy hands etc.
The laminitis thing too drives me nuts.
My biggest fault is forgetting punctuation, and having to go back and add it after I have posted and read it. I must learn to read through before pressing the post button. In my defence I am not very good with a key board so sometimes letters are missed out or doubled up I I have very arthritic hands
 
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