Mispronunciation

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Why does every like sentence like have to like have the word like in it? Not a mispronunciation but it bugs me just the same!
Also these days everything has to be "upped" instead of increased, I just don't get it!
The one I pick up on at work most frequently is prostrate instead of prostate! Means something totally different!

prostrate cancer don't take it lying down

[lainey lou]

boom boom!!

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Mind you one can have fun with Mallerpropisms Eg
Incontinant & Incompetant.

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Or Spoonerisms we have a chip shop in Loughborough called ................................Fryer Tuck

[Nicos]

Hospical....

And here's one to which really amuses me ( being medical....)

Cervical...... pronounced Serve eye cul ....is the neck area
pronounced Sir vi cl.... is the bits n bobs us wimin have

You would chuckle if you heard the number of male personal injury lawyers who get that wrong when talking about whiplash injuries!!!!

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Mind you one can have fun with Mallerpropisms Eg
Incontinant & Incompetant.

Sanity & Sanitary

[piskieinboots]

Samwich - it's SANDWICH gggrrrrrrr

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There is a town near Loughborough called Whitwick it is pronouced Whit-ick

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I've also heard Morecambe pronounced Morri-combay

[valmarg]

Also the Australian tourists asking directions to Legouberugay (Loughborough).

valmarg

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As I've been on here OH has been watching the Channel 4 news. He's just come in to tell me about the US election primaries (yaaaaaaaaaawn).

He didn't know the candidate, but the bit that 'got him' was the candidate in question was going to be 'CORONATED' as the candidate. What's wrong with crowned!!?????

It's like when an American property has bee 'burglarised'. What's wrong with burgled?

valmarg

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Also the Australian tourists asking directions to Legouberugay (Loughborough).

valmarg

No it's Lugabaruga

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[QUOTE=valmarg;173283]As I've been on here OH has been watching the Channel 4 news. He's just come in to tell me about the US election primaries (yaaaaaaaaaawn).

He didn't know the candidate, but the bit that 'got him' was the candidate in question was going to be 'CORONATED' as the candidate. What's wrong with crowned!!?????
He/she are not King/Queen yet?

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Also the Australian tourists asking directions to Legouberugay (Loughborough).

valmarg

Any way what about Sluff (Slough)

[lainey lou]

you's on a roll bubbs!