Since I began Sue's News in 2010, I have published 20 editions of "CRINGE--FAYCO TALK" which document incorrect pronunciations by people in Fayette County (including myself).
For the past two weekends I have been at events in Fayette County which attracted a large number of people and a "wealth" of cringe-producing examples.
This list MUST include what I consider to be the quintessential FAYCO misused word:
IDEAL for IDEA
Others heard the past two weekends:
EYE-TALIAN for Italian
IDN'T for isn't
WADN'T for wasn't
AKS for ask
REOCCUR for recur
IG-ZAK-LEE for exactly
SNUCK for sneaked
WIS-GAH-SUN for Wisconsin
IS-REAL for Israel
CANNIDATE for candidate
TOWARDS for toward
ANYWAYS for anyway
RIGHT CHEER for right here
And hearing WARSHINGTON for Washington; FEESH, WEESH, and DEESH for fish, wish, and dish are so commonplace I rarely mention them.
1 comment:
EYE-TALIAN always kills me! I know that you aske them, "Is that from EYE-taly?" ML
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