"To be awkward or unkempt, to talk or move wrongly is to be a dangerous giant, a destroyer of worlds...any accurately improper move can poke through the thin sleeve of immediate reality." - Erving Goffman
I totally laughed every single time Haern laughed at her own comments for some reason. Also Haern as Gilbert Gottfried.. cringe. I'm not unhearing that.
The words themselves are exactly as Eleanor said: words that people tend to say incorrectly/add random syllables to and whatnot.
1) Espresso - Often times said expresso (there's no x there)
2) Arctic ocean - Often times pronounced Artic ocean, C is taken out
3) Ask - Often pronounced 'aks' or 'axe'
4) Escape - People sneak an X in where the C is, pronouncing it excape
5) Etcetera - Sometimes people drop the first t altogether, pronouncing it eccetera
6) February - That R has a habit of simply disappearing in pronunciation
7) Federal - Many people drop the second E, pronouncing it fedral
8) Library - Another word where the R just sometimes disappears. Libary
9) Miniature - I just love hearing how people pronounce it min-ih-ture versus min-ee-uh-ture
10) Prescription - The R tends to swap places with the E, pronouncing it perscription. I notice this at the pharmacy I work at far too often.
11) Realtor - People sneak a ghost I between the L and T, pronouncing it realitor
12) Silicon - People get silicon and silicone mixed up here. Additionally people pronounce silicon either siliCON or siliCUN.
13) Sneak - Past tense is technically sneaked, snuck isn't actually a word.
14) Take it for granted - Haern hit this one on the head. Some people say they take things for granite.
15) Yolk - I believe Haern's the only one that I heard actually enunciate the L here. There's a subtle difference between yolk and yoke.
Feelings, sensations that you thought were dead. No squealin' remember, that it's all in your head.
February has never had that first r sound in it. Like, ever. Now you are breaking my reality and I have to go check the rules.
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Okay, the dictionary agrees with me. -phew-
Also, I think snuck gets to a be a real word at this point. English being a living and evolving language, after all. Sneaked just seems ridiculously -wrong-.
Edit: And after reading though the hilarious posts after, I realize I wasn't the only one baffled by the sentences. Got some things right though! And February might have a silent 'r', but in Sweden we pronounce it Februari without any silent letters, so it comes naturally to me to add that one.
I'm so glad this thread is doing so well. ^.^ It's one of my favs on forums. I haven't heard a single voice I didn't like/am annoyed by. Aetolians aren't just attractive in general, we have the voices to match. >.>
"To be awkward or unkempt, to talk or move wrongly is to be a dangerous giant, a destroyer of worlds...any accurately improper move can poke through the thin sleeve of immediate reality." - Erving Goffman
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Stabs and I. Warning, kinda loud and I curse.
"To be awkward or unkempt, to talk or move wrongly is to be a dangerous giant, a destroyer of worlds...any accurately improper move can poke through the thin sleeve of immediate reality." - Erving Goffman
I may post another with the extra stuff later.
My inner nerd was flipping tables over assorted misunderstandings of chemical symbols.
I did Aldric's lists. Sorry for the random pauses as I processed.
And Moirean's!
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ycH7IaMZIc
Warning: Fbombs. Fbombs everywhere. Forever.
"To be awkward or unkempt, to talk or move wrongly is to be a dangerous giant, a destroyer of worlds...any accurately improper move can poke through the thin sleeve of immediate reality." - Erving Goffman