Mispronounced Words *spin off*

[Moxy]

Slough? Pronounced how? like sloff or Sl - ow (rhymes with cow)?

I was sure it's sloff as in sloff off dead skin..

Depends on how its being used. The town in the U.K rhymes with how and its also a word to describe a swamp and I'm fairly certain that too rhymes with how. The shedding of skin is sloff.


I think 😂

[DesperatelySeekingSleep]

Depends on how its being used. The town in the U.K rhymes with how and its also a word to describe a swamp and I'm fairly certain that too rhymes with how. The shedding of skin is sloff.


I think 😂

Just googled. Your right except for the swamp one apparently rhymes with blue. Weird..

Well there you go. I learned something new.

[amyd]

According to the Oxford dictionary there is no such pronunciation as 'trow'. I've never heard of anyone saying it that way either!

Hmm, weird Tassie thing I think. I didn't mean trow as in how, more troe as in hoe. Which still doesn't make it real.

[JustJaq]

Speaking of tack-os, there's also pasta (to rhyme with Rasta) instead of par-sta. Also, capsicun... *twitch*...

[calicocat]

I once interviewed a respected businesswoman who pronounced canapés as kan-apps 😳

[calicocat]

Oops double post

[Stretched]

I intentionally pronounce some things wrong as they were once part of an 'in joke' and I forget that not everyone is 'in' on the joke.
Kardonnay (thanks Kath and Kim!)
Tah-Jay (Target when you're pretending it's a posh boutique)
Hellichoppers
Kangamoo

I 100% know how to pronounce them, but it's more fun to say them that way.

I know maroon is maroon, but I grew up calling it mar-own and saying ma-roon just seems toff. So I usually ham up a Spanish accent and say marrrrr-onn-ey (rolling the r and all) because I don't want to be wrong but I don't want to say it "right".

Perthies will like this one. When I moved to WA, I would chuckle every time I drove through Cockburn, but felt to embarassed to say the word out loud. I caught the train one day and the announcement revealed it's Co-burn - so then I just got to chuckle at DH and every other newcomer since who calls it ****-burn.

[babyno1onboard]

I intentionally pronounce some things wrong as they were once part of an 'in joke' and I forget that not everyone is 'in' on the joke.
Kardonnay (thanks Kath and Kim!)
Tah-Jay (Target when you're pretending it's a posh boutique)
Hellichoppers
Kangamoo

I 100% know how to pronounce them, but it's more fun to say them that way.

I know maroon is maroon, but I grew up calling it mar-own and saying ma-roon just seems toff. So I usually ham up a Spanish accent and say marrrrr-onn-ey (rolling the r and all) because I don't want to be wrong but I don't want to say it "right".

Perthies will like this one. When I moved to WA, I would chuckle every time I drove through Cockburn, but felt to embarassed to say the word out loud. I caught the train one day and the announcement revealed it's Co-burn - so then I just got to chuckle at DH and every other newcomer since who calls it ****-burn.

Hahaha yeah it's up there with Innaloo and Dog Swamp. People used to ask me where I worked and my (genuine) response was Innaloo. And I got my groceries from Dog Swamp.

[Ngaiz]

Speaking of tack-os, there's also pasta (to rhyme with Rasta) instead of par-sta. Also, capsicun... *twitch*...

All of my Italian friends pronoune it like rasta. I assumed we were the ones saying incorrectly by saying parsta

[babyno1onboard]

All of my Italian friends pronoune it like rasta. I assumed we were the ones saying incorrectly by saying parsta

Ditto.