Words that make you cringe

[Jason Dunn]

I am becoming concerned at the tendency to use phonetic pronunciations because they are perceived as more "correct".

People actually say says rather than sez, and tell me I am incorrect for saying et rather than ate; which I am most certainly not.

And regarding the poll: surely the options should read masculine and feminine?

[maenad]

Quoting Jason Dunn from 15:24, 1st Mar 2006
And regarding the poll: surely the options should read masculine and feminine?

Why?

Ooh: words like feminine and genuine pronounced so that the final syllable rhymes with 'nine'.

[Edit0r]

The word boolean pronounced by Americans as "Bow-lee-an", with an emphasis on the "lee". It's just wrong. And sounds silly. To me, anyway...

[Preacher's Kid]

Quoting Edit0r from 16:34, 1st Mar 2006
The word boolean pronounced by Americans as "Bow-lee-an", with an emphasis on the "lee". It's just wrong. And sounds silly. To me, anyway...

odd, I'm from the midwest and have always heard and said BOO-lee-in...

and to answer a previous post about 'gotten' words, I think 'ill-gotten' is still used in Britain in reference to one's gains

[Paranoid]

Repository

(Ree-pos-i-trey)

absolutely disgusting word!

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[novium]

surely 'ate' is pronounced 'eight'- and this has nothing to do with deciding to change around pronunciation.

Quoting Jason Dunn from 15:24, 1st Mar 2006
I am becoming concerned at the tendency to use phonetic pronunciations because they are perceived as more "correct".

People actually say says rather than sez, and tell me I am incorrect for saying et rather than ate; which I am most certainly not.

And regarding the poll: surely the options should read masculine and feminine?

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[HueyLewis]

Has anyone mentioned 'aitch' pronounced 'haitch' yet? There's no choice in the matter, the letter may be 'h' but the word does not have an 'h' at the beginning!

And how about 'prerogative' without the 'r'. Seems a popular misconception these days.

[[James]]

The letter 'J' pronounced to rhyme with 'tie', rather than 'jay'.

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[Admin]

Quoting maenad from 16:01, 1st Mar 2006

Quoting Jason Dunn from 15:24, 1st Mar 2006
And regarding the poll: surely the options should read masculine and feminine?

Why?

Because Male and Female refer to sex, whereas masculine and feminine refer to gender.

[Han]

I hate the word "fine", usually when it's used about the quality of something rather than the way someone's feeling. Don't tell me I look 'fine' - have a bloody opinion!!

hehe

[the Empress]

logistic and reify. They render sentences incomprehensible (to me anyway:)

Also 'nob'. I just hate it.

[jennyo]

Quoting Preacher's Kid from 17:41, 1st Mar 2006

Quoting Edit0r from 16:34, 1st Mar 2006
The word boolean pronounced by Americans as "Bow-lee-an", with an emphasis on the "lee". It's just wrong. And sounds silly. To me, anyway...

odd, I'm from the midwest and have always heard and said BOO-lee-in...

And I'm from the northeast and currently live in the south, and have only ever heard BOO-lee-in. I think Edit0r just heard one dumb person and assumed all Americans were the same. Not that anyone would ever do something like that!

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[Sid]

Phat!!! What the hell is that all about!

[maenad]

Quoting Admin from 19:22, 1st Mar 2006

Quoting maenad from 16:01, 1st Mar 2006

Quoting Jason Dunn from 15:24, 1st Mar 2006
And regarding the poll: surely the options should read masculine and feminine?

Why?

Because Male and Female refer to sex, whereas masculine and feminine refer to gender.

What's the difference between sex and gender?

I thought masculine and feminine were used more descriptively. You can be a masculine female, or a feminine male, according to society's stereotypes.

[Sid]

Gender has conatations and can be viewed in a nonphysical context, where as male and female defines the sex only and comes from a biological/physical context.

Quoting maenad from 01:53, 2nd Mar 2006

Quoting Admin from 19:22, 1st Mar 2006

Quoting maenad from 16:01, 1st Mar 2006
[quote]Quoting Jason Dunn from 15:24, 1st Mar 2006
And regarding the poll: surely the options should read masculine and feminine?

Why?

Because Male and Female refer to sex, whereas masculine and feminine refer to gender.

What's the difference between sex and gender?

I thought masculine and feminine were used more descriptively. You can be a masculine female, or a feminine male, according to society's stereotypes.[/quote]

[Smith]

i absolutely hate those fcuk t-shirts. it's not really a word you say, but when i see someone wearing a t-shirt that says something oh-so-clever like "getting ready to fcuk" it makes me want to rip the fucker off, douse it in paraffin and burn it while laughing like a maniac.

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[maenad]

Quoting Sid from 02:02, 2nd Mar 2006
Gender has conatations and can be viewed in a nonphysical context, where as male and female defines the sex only and comes from a biological/physical context.

Got it. I see the poll asks for gender.

Quoting Smith from 02:24, 2nd Mar 2006
i absolutely hate those fcuk t-shirts. it's not really a word you say, but when i see someone wearing a t-shirt that says something oh-so-clever like "getting ready to fcuk" it makes me want to rip the fucker off, douse it in paraffin and burn it while laughing like a maniac.

You mean the fcuker? I can't stand them either. The fcuk joke was funny the first few times. Now it's really ... not.

Another word I hate: papacy. Ew.

[Anon.]

They could at least vary it a bit.

wnak
siht
asre
cnut

[Jason Dunn]

Quoting novium from 18:17, 1st Mar 2006
surely 'ate' is pronounced 'eight'- and this has nothing to do with deciding to change around pronunciation.

What about climate? Oh, and primate rhymes with climate in the original (and in my opinion the preferred) pronunciation.

Cnut shirts might be just the thing for the may dip as students confront the glacial North Sea.

[ronald villiers]

1966
Geoff Hurst
etc.

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