Had a Prof in College, really great Prof, I loved learning from him, but he was a classic mis-pronouncer of many things. For "ask" it was "ax", "sherbet" was "sherbert", "Miami" was "May am I", you get the idea. Never sure whether he did it on purpose just for giggles or if it was real.
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Yeah but I'm pretty rebellious I give just the right amount of push back to get away with it. Most bosses I had and anyone above ranks, don't really bother with me cause I do the job RIGHT everything. That's why I get away with it lol so if it did annoy me I might say something haha
The best project manager I ever had was originally from New York City, and his Bronx accent often mispronounced words, mainly inserting an "r" into the word.
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You mean like when Dubya would say "nucuelar weapons"? LOL
Not a manager who I personally worked with, but I knew one who would pronounce "specific" as "pacific"...
My current boss isn't a native English speaker so yes but I don't mind.
My mom always says "stoled" instead of STOLE (as in the past tense of steal). It takes everything in me to not correct her. 😭
Yes, one in particular. He would say "pacific" instead of "specific".
It happens all the time. You just have to let it go.
George Bush used to say "nucular" instead of "nuclear"
i had a manager i didn’t like always completely get my last name wrong even when i corrected them about it several times lol
“Communative property” vs “Commutative property.”
People mispronounce names of towns/cities by adding letters in the middle of the name that don’t belong.Oh yes, my boss always mispronounce names of clients and people I have to contact… so I usually get their name wrong and they have to correct me 🙄
I haven’t noticed any really horrible mispronunciations, but it hurts my eyes to see it spelled “definately” instead of “definitely”.
I'm axing you to clarify that please :)
I used to know a Senior Manager who wouldn't say "specific". He said "pacific" instead. He was really dumb, he must have got his job through sheer brass neck.
My dad still says ingregious instead of egregious. To be fair tho he doesn't say it very often.
Yes, I had a boss that said: "lime" for time or "axed" for asked.
I don't know about authority figure but G. W. always said Nucular instead of nuclear!
My father has mispronounced Chicago his whole life. He calls it " Chicargo".
Warden, pronounces it as wear den
I’m from the south so probably lol
Yes, and it drives me batty.
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