words that have really messed up pronunciations

[kyro]

Ugh, it just occurred to me that I hate words like "colonel" (ker-null) and "Wednesday" (wenz-day). Who the hell thought up words like these. Any others?

[JinX11]

kyro ('o-f&l thred krE-'A-t&r)

EDIT: /images/graemlins/grin.gif Just bustin yer balls.

[kyro]

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OOT is the haven for awful threads. seriously, who gives a [censored] about jakethebake's boob avatar. here's a hint.

www.google.com (http://www.google.com)

search for boobs. anyways. this thread isn't half as bad as the one i started about what percent of the time something must happen for you to be "surprised" when it doesn't happen. i'm sure you could find something else to bitch about.

[BusterStacks]

hors d'oeuvres

[Freakin]

eunuch...

[ThaSaltCracka]

gnome and gnut, and gnat.

most Vietmanese and Cambodian last names.

[kyro]

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hors d'oeuvres

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well, most french words have different pronunciations...but ok.

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

champoux and pwn

[thatpfunk]

How does one actually pronounce pwn and pwned? When I read it in my head it ends up sounding like "powned" usually with an exclamation point.

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

pwn = own. pwned = owned. waPOWN = waPOWN.

piz0wn!!!!1 = pizown!!!!!one

[istewart]

How about that most people pronounce "probably" "probly" in colloquial situations?

[Stork]

rondezvous (sp??)... ya know, RON-DAY-VOO... damn French...I'm hungry...got pizza...nice.

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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How about that most people pronounce "probably" "probly" in colloquial situations?

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or the internet "prolly". I do this because i can never remeber weather its probly or probably. My vocab is very limited on the internet because i cant spell for [censored].

[Sooga]

Favre

[soah]

bologna

[Sundevils21]

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Favre

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I was going to post that

[ilya]

Worcester, Gloucester, all those

[slickpoppa]

This isn't a weird pronunciation, but the word forte, meaning something in which a person excels, is properly ponounced like fort, not fortay as it is commonly pronounced.

[Thythe]

corps...I think whoever made this word meant to use an "e" instead of a "p"

[eggzz]

This one tickles the taste buds:

Onomatopoeia

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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This isn't a weird pronunciation, but the word forte, meaning something in which a person excels, is properly ponounced like fort, not fortay as it is commonly pronounced.

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???? it is pronounced "fortay" and it is an italian word i think. It means:

"1. forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strength -- (an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte")
2. forte, fortissimo -- ((music) with great loudness)
3. forte -- (the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible)"

[slickpoppa]

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This isn't a weird pronunciation, but the word forte, meaning something in which a person excels, is properly ponounced like fort, not fortay as it is commonly pronounced.

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???? it is pronounced "fortay" and it is an italian word i think. It means:

"1. forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strength -- (an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte")
2. forte, fortissimo -- ((music) with great loudness)
3. forte -- (the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible)"

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That is a common misconception. The word "forte" is pronounced like fortay, but only when it is used as the musical word derived from Italian. The word forte in the sense of "Poker is my forte," has separate origins from French and is properly pronounced as one syllable like fort. However, the word has been mispronounced so often that the two syllable pronounciation has been accepted, but is not preferred by pronunciation cognoscenti.

[jdl22]

laughter doesn't seem strange at all. Then you throw an s in front and it's slaughter. Completely different pronunciation.

[razor]

what dictionary are you using?

Merriam-Webster Online - Forte (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=forte&x=0&y=0)

[slickpoppa]

The source you just cited basically agrees with what I was saying.

"In forte we have a word derived from French that in its "strong point" sense has no entirely satisfactory pronunciation. Usage writers have denigrated \'for-"tA\ and \'for-tE\ because they reflect the influence of the Italian-derived 2forte. Their recommended pronunciation \'fort\, however, does not exactly reflect French either: the French would write the word le fort and would rhyme it with English for."

So although fort may not be the perfect pronunciation, it is closer to the origins of the word than fortay, which comes from adding a syllable derived from a word from another language.

[jakethebake]

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That is a common misconception. The word "forte" is pronounced like fortay, but only when it is used as the musical word derived from Italian. The word forte in the sense of "Poker is my forte," has separate origins from French and is properly pronounced as one syllable like fort. However, the word has been mispronounced so often that the two syllable pronounciation has been accepted, but is not preferred by pronunciation cognoscenti.

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Thank you! This one drives me nuts too!

[The Gift Of Gab]

comfortable

[Oski]

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This isn't a weird pronunciation, but the word forte, meaning something in which a person excels, is properly ponounced like fort, not fortay as it is commonly pronounced.

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[Dantes]

lingerie

chaos

[pudley4]

bough
cough
enough
dough
through
borough
nought

[2planka]

rendez-vous

[2planka]

Hey now... it's pronounced [WIS tah]

[Filet O' Fish]

Herb.

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Herb

Why don't Americans pronounce the h in this word like us English. Also, why do Americans pronounce fillet - as in fillet steak - fillay. Sounds rather pompous if u ask me.

[daryn]

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Herb

Why don't Americans pronounce the h in this word like us English. Also, why do Americans pronounce fillet - as in fillet steak - fillay. Sounds rather pompous if u ask me.

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doesn't filet come from french?