My last addition to CRINGE--FAYETTE COUNTY TALK prompted a number of responses:
PROMISSERRY NOTE rather than PROMISSORY NOTE
NOTARRY REEPUBLIC rather than NOTARY PUBLIC
EX CETERA rather than ET CETERA
CUMFTERBUL rather than COMFORTABLE
HAVE WENT rather than HAVE GONE
A CONVERSATION:
JEATJET? rather than DID YOU EAT YET?
NO, JU? rather than NO, DID YOU?
NO, SQUEAT rather than NO, LET'S EAT
The following aren't mispronunciations, but we hate them:
WE'RE PREGNANT (Norman said when a man told him that he answered, "You're not even showing!")
IT IS WHAT IT IS (What the hey does that mean?)
I COULD CARE LESS (really?)
6 comments:
From Arminta:
just sayin'; she hates it in written form!
Don't say: silicone -- Do say: silicon
Don't say: Laura Norder | Do say: law and order
Comment: The sound [aw] picks up an [r] in some dialects (also "sawr" and "gnawr"). Avoid it and keep Laura Norder in her place.
Don't say: doggy dog world -- Do say: dog-eat-dog world
Don't say: affidavid -- Do say: affidavit
Comment: Even if your lawyer's name is ''David,'' he issues affidavits
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