people put an "l" in the word "dude". They say it like "dulde" and it reminds me of my ex who said "tour" like "two-er" and that always pissed me off. "Tour" rhymes with "four". Okay, next pet peave. I feel like this thread should take off. I know this because I have a ton of pet peaves.
My X (the American) said Iron ...like "I-run" and album like "Alblum" The Arab- well most people can not understand him at all... he says too many things fucked up to mention.... but it is only a problem at work..He always gets kittens and puppies mixed up... Always telling people when they come to pick up a spayed cat " since your cat just had puppies, her memories still had milk" instead of mammary - memory.... he also was saying cooter to clients instead of vagina.... but I guess that is my fault. Oh and diarrhea sounds like diss a re ah.
Ok you got a good laugh out of me with the cooter part just picturing it. I bet you could play some good jokes on him like that.
My pet peave is when someone uses 'loose' instead of lose. Not sure why, but its like raking nails down a chalk board.
Actually it is promounced "two-er". http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour I don't think I have a pet peeve. All things annoy me equally.
Not according to... http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tour or http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tour It's sounds gay as "two-er". I hate it when people say, "uh" a lot. Like "uh" every "uh" other "uh' word. And when you start to notice that the are doing it, it gets even more annoying.
caramel... is it CARE OH MEL or CAR MALL Coupon ... is it KOOP EN or QUE PON or KOOP ON to save my life I can never say the word " velour " or " linoleum" thankfully those are words that never come up
Those both also pronounce it "two-er". What are you hearing? I think you're saying your ex said it somethin different, it definitly should not be pronounced anything like "four". Call me so I can hear you say it!! Then I'll say it and we can hang up.
When I pronounce it "four" it sounds like "tore" to me, and no one says it like that (for their sakes I hope anyhow).
I say it care-a-mel and coo-pon. And I say address a-dress, but I hear most people say it ad-dress. I hate when people don't thank you for getting the door for them.
I say 'car-mel', and it is a 'coo-pon'. I also hate when someone says pacific instead of specefic. For example: "Could you please be more Pacific?" No, Im from the east coast.
I goofed up, and on our website for like 8-9 months I had in bold letters WE EXCEPT CASH ONLY -- instead of accept - no one told me.
How about people who mean to say "Party" bur instead say "Potty" Most mispronunciations do not necessarily bother me that much though.
I used to care about spelling, but don't anymore. (I spelled it peave too, whoopteh-shit) I also like to abuse commas and stick them where they don't belong. And start sentences with and... and use ellipsis when I don't know or care about correct punctuation. I'm lazy and I just don't care anymore. If it makes me look dumb, so be it. I hate it when people don't wash their hands after they use the bathroom.
That reminds of me of this quiz: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/affect_except_quiz.htm
