Wow, I've mispronounced all of the ones mentioned. I'm trying to think of others because I know there are more, but all I've come up with right now are Quay and La Jolla.
Occasionally I'm callous and strange.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
quester - Mar 23, 2011 10:46:54 am PDT #29863 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Burrell - Mar 23, 2011 10:47:41 am PDT #29864 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Burrell - I'm fairly certain it's pronounced as thought the "t" were a "d'. Don't ask me why. . .
Thank you sumi, not least because that confirms my pronunciation. For completely childish reasons, I don't want Rick T. (my old teacher) to have been wrong. Ever. About anything. (Well OK, he seems to have muffed up his marriage, but marriage is HARD. I forgive him that one.)
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2011 10:48:07 am PDT #29865 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My very smart dad used to mispronounce it that way as a kid, and now I can't see the word without pronouncing it MIZE-ld in my head.
I can't believe I thought it conjugated "you misle, he misles." I mean, I never noticed that I'd just never seen it in present tense.
I haven't had teachers busting me for any pronunciations, ever, which is just as well. I wouldn't have taken it very well. I did get hassled for pronouncing "ate" "et" even when the rest of my accent got let slide. I was really relieved and vindicated to find out it's an archaic but valid pronunciation.
Today is just not a good day. Just not.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2011 10:48:47 am PDT #29866 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fuck you for tricking me on purpose, England!
Arkansas. Let's not get out of hand with apportioning national blame here. You even have a fucking Kansas.
Jessica - Mar 23, 2011 10:50:06 am PDT #29867 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I can't believe I thought it conjugated "you misle, he misles." I mean, I never noticed that I'd just never seen it in present tense.
You and me both.
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2011 10:54:02 am PDT #29868 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Arkansas
Man, that is so true. It's like they were tired the day they named it and just didn't want to come up with an original name. PLUS the pronunciation is like a hazing prank.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 23, 2011 10:55:31 am PDT #29869 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Arkansas. Let's not get out of hand with apportioning national blame here. You even have a fucking Kansas.
Hey, blame the Indians; we kept their pronunciations along with their land!
quester - Mar 23, 2011 10:55:32 am PDT #29870 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh, Lieutenant: Americans pronounce it loo-TEN-ent. Why, how do the British pronounce it Lef-ten-ent? Where does the "F" come from?
erikaj - Mar 23, 2011 10:55:50 am PDT #29871 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Place names are different. "Mogollon" took a long time. And it *still* feels weird to say "Cassa Grand", but if you live there, it's not fucking Casa Grande. Even though they're *wrong*. But that is totally a "mock the afflicted" thing anyway. But you can always spot the newbie news and weather people by it. For some reason, I HATE when people try to take the second "r" off "Rural Road" though I haven't lived there for twelve years and it's not even rural anymore, anyway. I'm such an annoying pedant.
Consuela - Mar 23, 2011 10:55:58 am PDT #29872 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
"Gloucester" is Gloster? Fuck you for tricking me on purpose, England! "Worcestshire" is Wurstersheer? WTF?
Oh, please, it's actually GLOS-tah. And Peabody is PEE-b'dy.
And Amherst is AM-erst. No H.
The advantages of a New England upbringing!