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will-fancy "rather"

matt-jokerfied "geegaws"

liz-society "cray-zeee"

ypg-brace "muthafuckas"

zizek-preference saying "Trump" sounds like the noise Yoshi makes sticking out his tongue

C. Derrick Varn "kluge"

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I knew a guy in my IT office that would say "Catch-pa" instead of "Captcha" or whatever. Very consistently and deliberately.

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Ooh, idk why but that reminded me

Friend's friend's bandmate that always pronounced the music gear brand Ibanez like the last name "Ibañez"

(To be fair I'm pretty sure that one was at least actually right at some point, but everyone says "eye-buh-nez" instead of"eee-bahn-yez")

[–] CarsAndComrades@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An administrator at my school said "Chick-a-fil-a"

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

It took me a couple of looks to see what was wrong here

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“Terlit” instead of toilet will stick with me forever.

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

flannel-red (Cal Chuchesta voice)

Ooh, hat dags who-did-this

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't even know what accent "terlit" is from

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Me neither! I’ve heard it in the in the northeast as well as the south.

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I say this just because I think its funny

[–] buh@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Now watch this drivemission-accomplished

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every white boomer in America says "chipolte" instead of chipotle and it annoys the shit out of me. Like they don't even use the Americanized version of the word they just straight up say it wrong honk-enraged

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh man, so many corny older relatives love saying "tar-zjayyy" for Target like it's funny to pronounce it like it's French for some reason

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's because French is the lingua franca of esoteric angloid douchebaggery.

Ah ouais. Le Tar-zjay, Le Kro-zjay... c'est magnifique, c'est incroyable. Allons-y, si vous plait.

my fave is to pronounce Publix as PUBE-licks. that's a crowd pleaser and if you say it front of a parent with their child, it has cascading effects.

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Mwaaahhh the French douchebaggery has always been celebrated for its excellence

this-is-not-an-emote

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

THE FRENCH STORE HURR HURR HURR okay mom thanks I hadn't heard that one since yesterday

[–] axont@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My old store manager would use the word "preface" to mean that he agreed with something. He didn't say it in a weird way, I think he just didn't know what it meant.

If you said something he liked he'd say "I'd like to preface that statement" and no one ever corrected him

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Knew a guy that thought using "vis à vis" whenever he could made him sound smarter, but he said it with a weird stress on the first syllable and rushed it all together, so everyone referred to him as "Visa-vee" in passing behind his back

michael-laugh

[–] Wake@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At he beginning of the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou, the trio of main characters find themselves on a railroad handcar being operated by a blind seer. As he's giving them a prophecy, he says the word obstacles like "ob-stack-els". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pukq_XJmM-k

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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[–] CarsAndComrades@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mr. Regular: "cubby" sounds like "cube-y"

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I watched a police interrogation video years ago where a Canadian cop said "garage" like garr-aaaj, and it's stuck with me since.

Also the way Trump says "china" sounds like the second syllable to vagina to me.

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Speaking of Canadian

Randy on Trailer Park Boys

"Mr. Lahey, the carrrr!!!"

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I think maybe it's a New York thing, but people saying "chwenny" instead of "twunny" for twenty

[–] Crowtee_Robot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Mike Nelson of MST3K and Rifftrax pronounces prequel "pree-KWELL" with a strong stress on the second "e".

I can't not notice it every time he says it.

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago