Is It Me Or...?

@celticeagle (159002)

Boise, Idaho

July 19, 2019 5:56pm CST

Maybe it's a OCD thing or something. Not sure. But, I have a real problem with people pronouncing words the way they do sometimes. Take for instance: draw instead of drawer and pitcher instead of picture. Is it ignorance or laziness? Is it hard for these people to say it right or what? It really bugs me. Am I supposed to just interpret what they are saying or what? Of course it would be rude of me to correct them.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

20 Jul 19

Sometimes I keep my thoughts to myself if I heard someone mispronouncing words.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

I have also and it is frustrating.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

31 Jul 19

@JustBhem .....Indeed.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

27 Jul 19

@celticeagle Yes, and in order for us not to hurt them let’s keep it for ourself.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

19 Jul 19

For some whose first language is not english, there are some letters they cannot pronounce well but for others, they are trying to look cool but then it is not cool

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@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

1 Aug 19

We just are not cool regardless of what we think we are displaying.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

I agree.

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@marguicha (215389)

• Chile

19 Jul 19

Besides the problem of accent in different communities, I think that laziness is part of it. Before correcting them, I´d check for the reason to pronounce the way they do. You would be shocked with my accent in English but then, my native language is Spanish.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

19 Jul 19

I certainly do understand the accent part of this. But, laziness? Hmm.

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@marguicha (215389)

• Chile

19 Jul 19

@celticeagle In my country, we don´t much pronounce d or s. Just lazy. In the neighbor countries the pronunciation is much better

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

@marguicha .......Interesting.

@mom210 (9036)

• United States

24 Jul 19

I would say some of the problem might be accents. If you listen, you might be able to figure out where they are from by the way the pronounce something.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

I enjoy trying to do just that.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

7 Aug 19

@mom210 ......I understand that.

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@mom210 (9036)

• United States

1 Aug 19

@celticeagle it is fun trying to guess, some are obvious but others I have to work at a bit.

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@RasmaSandra (73408)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

20 Jul 19

Some people tend to talk and mumble and they are hard to understand. I think some of them think they are saying everything right and don't realize they cannot be understood.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

That's for sure.

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@just4him (306080)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

31 Jul 19

It might be their accent. Some people can't pronounce words as we like to hear them.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

1 Aug 19

None of the people I am referring to had accents or lisps.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306080)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

2 Aug 19

@celticeagle I'm sorry you couldn't understand them.

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@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

1 Aug 19

I think it is what they grow up hearing. Yes, I notice it, but try not to let it bother me too much. Add :"warsh" to your list. That is how I HEARD it, but when I saw it spelled I learned better. I did not hear it in my house but in the community. Make that chester draw, but once I was old enough to read, I learned differently.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

2 Aug 19

I try not to let it bother me too, but sometimes it is just a bummer to listen to. Maybe it would help these people too, to see it in print.

@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

19 Jul 19

I know what you mean. Makes it hard to understand some people. I have a problem with people who mumble and don't speak up which is a bit of the same thing though I guess

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

Yes, it is.

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@TiarasOceanView (70035)

• United States

31 Jul 19

I love letting people be ignorant haha

No I don´t really it bugs me too.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

1 Aug 19

Haha

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@xFiacre (12595)

• Ireland

20 Jul 19

@celticeagle Words ought to be pronounced the way they ought to be pronounced and not some other way. Why pronounce the word Italy as if the letter was a ‘d’ - Idaly? If we start mispronouncing words today Lord knows where we’ll be by this time tomorrow. Will two plus two suddenly start to equal five? Pronunciation is an exact science, not some artsy fartsy approximation road trip to Honolulu.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

I agree.

@paigea (35678)

• Canada

10 Aug 19

I find it annoying too. There is a town in Alberta called Lloydminster, it is so annoying to hear people say Lloydminister. Trying to think of the word Hubby and I had a dispute about the other day.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

15 Aug 19

They need to pay more attention.

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@LindaOHio (156056)

• United States

19 Jul 19

I know what you mean. Sometimes it's the way they were raised and how the parents spoke around the house. It can be a combination of everything that you mentioned.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

Yes, that's it.

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Christina Ladanger

@Ladanger (14582)

• United States

20 Jul 19

People always talk slang now. Most people even when it comes to spelling. On Facebook while making a post instead of typing "you" people put "u". Well atleast the people at my school do.

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

Yes, try to shorten everything.

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@sophie09 (34246)

• Indonesia

20 Jul 19

maybe it is the modern way to say it haha i think?

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@celticeagle (159002)

• Boise, Idaho

26 Jul 19

Could be.

@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

20 Jul 19

I am glad that it's not only me, I can understand less and less what people say.

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@dgobucks226 (34348)

•

7 Aug 19

So many slang words are used today in the English language it's hard to follow or understand what some people are talking about. I guess You can axe (ask) them to repeat themselves