Getting It Wrong...

[Jemisa]

I know they're only little things but oh how I get annoyed when people say"Skellington" instead of "Skeleton, Also "Chimley" when it should be "Chimney" presenters on the radio even get it wrong, Steve Wright on
the BBC 2o/c show frequently gets 'em wrong... ggrrrr!!

Any one else get annoyed with things like this?

Jem

[excelsior-1]

me

as a well educated man, i find the level of atrocious grammar used so freely these days very sad

[wardlaw]

Yes I do Jemisa. I know it's petty but can't they speak proper English? God knows they are paid well enough!

[Dee Sa]

crips instead of crisps and arxed instead of asked are my pet hates.

[whiskeryron]

wy dont them speke proper inglish like wot i do innit.

WR.

[Smowball]

Drives me mad too! The one that completely maddens me is when people say 'aks' instead of 'ask', and not the same thing but when people says " he borrowed me £20" when it should be "he LOANED me £20". Grrrrrrrr as well.

[abstibus]

The messing about with word stress annoys me when I hear it, but of course I can't think of many now.
One is the verb conTRIBute, which announcers pronounce as CONtribute.
Probably someone has more examples?

[commoner]

Whiskers, I hate it when folk use innit for anything other than "isn't it"

For doesn't it, for example...surely that should be dunnit...or for didn't it..dinnit!

Really does make me cringe to hear innit used for everything...dunnit!

[vulcan42]

Steve Wright, who in my opinion should be put out to grass, takes great delight in pronouncing the word "media" as meeja. The only presenter worth listening to on BBC2 is Ken Bruce who is erudite and Funny, S W only thinks he is.

[EcclesCake]

I was listening to some school kids being interviewed on the radio about the use of slang, I had to smile when one said 'we can speak propply when we need to'!

[magsmay]

one of my pet hates is the modern pronunciation of CON-tro-VERsy - now apparently CONTRA-versy - to me the latter sounds awkward. however, on a news programme yesterday I did here someone use the older version so maybe its making a comeback.

[daffy654]

I say skellington like that deliberately :0) I obviously know it should be skeleton but I like winding people up.

[excelsior-1]

i have observed, in recent weeks that the pronunciation of the word islamist has changed when spoken on the news broadcasts

instead of isLAmist ... they say ISlamist

[daffy654]

I was asking my other half a few months ago when it was that the emphasis changed on the word Newcastle, it always used to be on the first syllable but is now NewCASTLE.

[sir.prize]

Talking about over emphasis on some syllables - Alastair Stewart on ITV is annoying.

[Sammy48]

There is a presenter on Bid up tv who pronounces the word binoculars as 'benioculars'. Sounds really strange. I first thought he was joking about, but no, every time he sells them, he says it the same way.

[excelsior-1]

sammy, maybe that should be looked into :- D

[Answerprancer]

"Communial" and "paedio-phile" are two mispronunciations that grate with me, and amateur pronounced "amma-choor". Oh yes, and "grievious" (as opposed to "grievous".
I've only ever heard skellington and chimley pronounced this way by kids.

[boxtops]

sekkertry for secretary
joolery for jewellery

[Sammy48]

'groan'. Excel lol lol

[excelsior-1]

thanks ... couldn't help myself