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Started by Josquius, October 03, 2022, 12:20:06 PM

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Valmy

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October 03, 2022, 02:20:47 PM Last Edit: October 03, 2022, 02:24:30 PM by Valmy
Quote from: Maladict on October 03, 2022, 01:04:15 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2022, 12:38:39 PMFor me it's hearing people, usually Americans, pronouncing clique as click.

This. And pronouncing niche as nitch.

Well don't talk to me then  :blush:

Though sometimes we say 'cleek' or 'neesh' but it takes on a formal tone. If I said 'cleek' people would think I was talking about a political faction A petty social group, well they are a 'click'.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#16
October 03, 2022, 02:24:08 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on October 03, 2022, 02:15:33 PMThe Brits pronouncing Don Quixote as "quicks-it".

Fortunately Texans are well aware that 'x' is pronounced 'h' in Spanish. Also: 'j' is pronounced 'h'. If you actually see an 'h' you just ignore it.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Habbaku

#17
October 03, 2022, 02:52:44 PM
Mischievous pronounced "miss-cheevy-us" instead of correctly.
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#18
October 03, 2022, 04:17:01 PM
There are no pronounciations that irrationally trigger me.
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Razgovory

#19
October 03, 2022, 04:19:20 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 03, 2022, 12:42:24 PMMissourah. What is up with that? Where else is -i pronounced -ah? How did that even come to pass?
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October 03, 2022, 04:30:28 PM
Locals calling Canada's largest city "Taraahna" kind of irks me, but it's their city so I guess they can call it what they want.
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Tamas

#21
October 03, 2022, 04:38:17 PM
You realise I hope that if your language had some semblance of rules on how the writing of words should relate to how they are pronounced this wouldn't be a problem.

mongers

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October 03, 2022, 05:32:12 PM
I'm partially deaf, so lots of words sound very similar to me, primarily because I have difficulty hearing the differences between the vowel sounds.
I also mispronounce a lot too, so I'm not bothered by picking people up on it.
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#23
October 03, 2022, 06:52:58 PM
I've not heard "wadder" for water, outside of maybe New England (where the normal pronunciation is more like "waddah"), but D where the word requires T is annoying for sure.

I am irrationally triggered by seeing the Brits consistently fuck up the fine word "ass" by adding an R to it ("arse").  I know that it is actually a completely different word derived from a different language, but that's thinking rationally and my irritation is irrational.

A way to trigger rational me is to try to qualify the adjective "unique."  Something is either unique, or it is not.  "Almost unique" means exactly the same as "not unique."  Qualifying infinity ("an almost infinite number of ways to do this") doesn't trigger me, because nothing is infinite (except the stupidity of those that try to qualify "unique").
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Valmy

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October 03, 2022, 07:21:13 PM Last Edit: October 03, 2022, 07:22:46 PM by Valmy
I don't know if I have ever actually met somebody with a New England accent and I hear it all the time. I think you are so used to it you don't even notice it because it is a very common American thing. I know I do it and I don't have a New England accent. Far from it.

It just comes from half-assing the 't' sound after the vowel.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Maximus

#25
October 03, 2022, 08:52:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 03, 2022, 07:21:13 PMI don't know if I have ever actually met somebody with a New England accent and I hear it all the time. I think you are so used to it you don't even notice it because it is a very common American thing. I know I do it and I don't have a New England accent. Far from it.

It just comes from half-assing the 't' sound after the vowel.

I don't hear that regularly and I do associate it with a New England accent. I guess it's also common Texas.

The one that really irks me is t-glottalization.

11B4V

#26
October 03, 2022, 10:24:48 PM
Quote from: Josquius on October 03, 2022, 12:20:06 PMWater.
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?


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#27
October 03, 2022, 11:39:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljJrrGgoLOU

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The American comes on at 3:21.

I *guess* the pronounced R is what Squeeze is talking about.

Berkut

#28
October 03, 2022, 11:51:15 PM
That was cool Yi.

I actually did not know that the English were incapable of properly speaking the word!

There is an 'r' right there on the end! Clear as day!
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#29
October 04, 2022, 12:37:25 AM
Quote from: mongers on October 03, 2022, 05:32:12 PMI'm partially deaf, so lots of words sound very similar to me, primarily because I have difficulty hearing the differences between the vowel sounds.
I also mispronounce a lot too, so I'm not bothered by picking people up on it.

I'm an expert on bowel sounds. :)
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