John I just love ya work,,, but you are either seriously having too much time on your hands OR you are underutilised in todays modern world,,,lol.
I'll figure out which one, one day.
Cheers Baz
jules47 said
11:33 PM Dec 1, 2014
Ah, yes - Rocky Lizard - and true dyed in the wool NUTTER!!!
GaryKelly said
08:58 AM Dec 2, 2014
Yep, some peeps have an irrepressible urge to correct others. Being corrected is okay provided it's not done in a cynical way. There's no need to be nasty about it. By the same token, there's also no need for the person being corrected to get his knickers in a knot about it. My next door neighbor went to her grave recently blissfully ignorant of the fact that hydrangeas were not pronounced hide-a-rangers. She used to get defensive when I corrected her so I gave up.
There's a journalist on ABC who keeps saying "preformance" instead of performance, which became a little irritating during the London Olympics. But I later discovered that some people just cannot get their heads or tongues around "per". I knew a bloke who could not say "spaghetti". He pronounced it pasghetti.
So there ya go, to be or not to be (critical, that is), that is the question. I suspect some people just can't help themselves.
jules47 said
09:32 AM Dec 2, 2014
I love that about the word "performance" - we have a song on our music stick - well known country style singer, a clang goes off in my brain every time he says "preformed" instead of performed.
One of my brothers cannot say the word "colour", comes out as collar - not good when you are a car salesman - another brother cannot say chimney - to him it is "chimbly".
Anyone else have a story about words said incorrectly?
KFT said
10:29 AM Dec 2, 2014
To follow on from what Gary said,
I have sometimes noticed that some people have a problem with asking a question
they aks it instead.
I have no idea why they have difficulty putting the s before the k
but to get back to the op if I notice something is not quite right I will read the following posts and see what the general tone of replies has been. I find it may be better to PM an explanation and not necessarily a correction so the poster has a chance to better understand the subject off forum.
Grandad5 said
11:47 AM Dec 2, 2014
jules47 wrote:
Anyone else have a story about words said incorrectly?
Yup, one from personal and frustrating experience.
I grew up in Canada where the alloy we refer to as Aluminium (5 syllables) is spelt and pronounced Aluminum (4 syllables)
Problem was, I had a speech impediment that meant I had great difficulty in saying it the Canadian way. Came out as Aluminunminumminum. Couldn't seem to ever end it.
One of my great joys in moving to this country was to find at long last I didn't have to avoid calling this alloy by name.
You never know what personal limitations any person may have in how they say a word.
Cheers - John
Cheers,
Sheba.
John I just love ya work,,, but you are either seriously having too much time on your hands OR you are underutilised in todays modern world,,,lol.
I'll figure out which one, one day.
Cheers Baz
There's a journalist on ABC who keeps saying "preformance" instead of performance, which became a little irritating during the London Olympics. But I later discovered that some people just cannot get their heads or tongues around "per". I knew a bloke who could not say "spaghetti". He pronounced it pasghetti.
So there ya go, to be or not to be (critical, that is), that is the question. I suspect some people just can't help themselves.
One of my brothers cannot say the word "colour", comes out as collar - not good when you are a car salesman - another brother cannot say chimney - to him it is "chimbly".
Anyone else have a story about words said incorrectly?
I have sometimes noticed that some people have a problem with asking a question
they aks it instead.
I have no idea why they have difficulty putting the s before the k
but to get back to the op if I notice something is not quite right I will read the following posts and see what the general tone of replies has been. I find it may be better to PM an explanation and not necessarily a correction so the poster has a chance to better understand the subject off forum.
Yup, one from personal and frustrating experience.
I grew up in Canada where the alloy we refer to as Aluminium (5 syllables) is spelt and pronounced Aluminum (4 syllables)
Problem was, I had a speech impediment that meant I had great difficulty in saying it the Canadian way.
Came out as Aluminunminumminum. Couldn't seem to ever end it.
One of my great joys in moving to this country was to find at long last I didn't have to avoid calling this alloy by name.
You never know what personal limitations any person may have in how they say a word.
Jim