Pronunciations that irrationally trigger you

[Josquius]

Water.
The American pronunciation of water.
It makes my blood boil. It makes me want to smash. I can't put my finger on why. But it's just so.... Off and upsets my ears.

Are there any similar accent and word pairs that similarly send a weird twinge from your ear to your brain?

Not so much asking  here which accents suck. But rather is there any particular word in another accent which you find off?

[The Brain]

Not irrationally, no.

[Berkut]

Water? As in WOT-TER?

How else would you pronounce it? WAIT-ER, perhaps?

[Berkut]

Something that annoys me - people who needlessly emphasize adjectives.

If the sunset is beautiful, you can just say "Wow, that is a beautiful sunset!"

You don't need to say "Wow, that is a BE-YOOOOUUUU-TI-FUHLLLLL sunset!"

The emphasis is right there in the word itself! 

[Barrister]

OK, I've got one.

Manitoba historically was first settled by French-speaking Metis.  They gave a lot of places very French names.

Some of those places have persisted in having a notable French-speaking population through to today.  So those places it is entirely correct to give those names a French-sounding pronunciation.  St. Boniface, a region of Winnipeg, is one such area.

But other areas are entirely english, and have entirely adopted an anglophone pronunciation.  So it always grinds me gears to hear someone from outside Manitoba try to pronounce towns like Dauphin or Portage la Prairie in a French pronunciation.  (think DAWfin vs dowFAN).

[crazy canuck]

For me it's hearing people, usually Americans, pronouncing clique as click.

[Valmy]

Missourah. What is up with that? Where else is -i pronounced -ah? How did that even come to pass?

[crazy canuck]

Water? As in WOT-TER?

How else would you pronounce it? WAIT-ER, perhaps?

Is the T pronounced where you are?  I am not sure if this is his grip, but I often hear Americans not pronounce the t and it becomes more like wader

[Valmy]

Yeah we tend to do that.

Wadder. Budder. Pronouncing that word with a 't' sound would surprise many of us.

[Tamas]

Maybe Josq wants it pronounced WA-ER

[Josquius]

OK, I've got one.

Manitoba historically was first settled by French-speaking Metis.  They gave a lot of places very French names.

Some of those places have persisted in having a notable French-speaking population through to today.  So those places it is entirely correct to give those names a French-sounding pronunciation.  St. Boniface, a region of Winnipeg, is one such area.

But other areas are entirely english, and have entirely adopted an anglophone pronunciation.  So it always grinds me gears to hear someone from outside Manitoba try to pronounce towns like Dauphin or Portage la Prairie in a French pronunciation.  (think DAWfin vs dowFAN).

Another mild one for me is Scar-boro.

Water? As in WOT-TER?

How else would you pronounce it? WAIT-ER, perhaps?

Is the T pronounced where you are?  I am not sure if this is his grip, but I often hear Americans not pronounce the t and it becomes more like wader

Sounds right.

To me watta to be proppa northern (swallowed ts) or if you're speaking the queen's English then war-ta. Not waaaduh.

[Maladict]

For me it's hearing people, usually Americans, pronouncing clique as click.

This. And pronouncing niche as nitch.

[Admiral Yi]

Urinal pronounced You Rye Nal.  Not triggered, it just sounds mildly ridiculous to my ear.

[Grey Fox]

Cul-de-sac in english.

Any english pronunciation of a french word ending in e where the e is actually pronounced.

[Tonitrus]

The Brits pronouncing Don Quixote as "quicks-it".