My dad grew up in the Pittsburg area, he says "warsh", "rest-u-rant", "tac-oh", calls soda "fizz" and said there was a beer (is still a beer?) called Iron City that everyone calls "I're city". I just thought that was regional.
PittsburgHer here. I have never heard fizz in my life. We say pop.
Also the correct spelling is more like Ahrn City
I was going to comment on the pronunciation of iron, too! I don't really have much of a Pittsburgh accent, but iron is a very hard word for me to say. If I say it quickly without thinking, it comes out ahrn. I also didn't realize redd up was a Pittsburgh thing until I went to college. (For non-Pittsburghers, redd up means to tidy up, not really cleaning, just kind of putting crap away, wiping off the counter, etc).
Oh I forgot one! When my H says peanuts it sounds like penis. My stepson and niece think it's hilarious and try to get him to say it at every opportunity LOL
I never know how to pronounce Saucony (sneaker brand). I want to say 'Sock-OH-nee,' but I've also heard 'SOCK-oh-nee.'
I used to say the former, but then my aunt who lived in France said it should be the latter. So...I don't know. I don't even know if Saucony is of French origin.
DH recently reminded me about this story that happened about 3-4 years ago. It isn't so much a mispronounciation as it is about someone just using the wrong word entirely. (I hope).
I was shopping at Nordstrom with MIL when we walked past the escalator. She offhandedly says, "I once saw a little girl get stuck on one of those. It really messed up her vulva."
And then she tra-la-la'ed over to the shoe department.
I have thought of it a few times since then and I still can't figure what the fuck my MIL was trying to say. What body part could she mistakenly have referred to as a vulva?
Anyone have a story where you just flat out said the wrong word or a word didn't mean what you thought it did?
Darn you! I'm giggling to myself like a crazy person in the doctors office.
oh! My grandmother is good at this game. She insists that Eucerin is "you-ker-in" instead of "you-ser-in". It took us 5 minutes to figure out what she was talking about. She also insists it's "heighth" instead of "height" There are probably others.
But she also is just funny about some things like "dungarees" and "thongs" when I was 12. She thought I was being difficult when I didn't know what she was talking about ("dungarees") or took her to the underwear section instead of shoes when we were shopping together. She also gets confused when I wear maxi dresses or chunky/layered statement necklaces because they're "so fancy".
DH, in addition to mispronouncing clandestine, pronounces the G in singer, hanger, etc so they all sound like anger. Sing-Grr, Hang-Grrrr. It gets under my skin.
DH, in addition to mispronouncing clandestine, pronounces the G in singer, hanger, etc so they all sound like anger. Sing-Grr, Hang-Grrrr. It gets under my skin.
Umm.. team dh. How else would you say it?
I say sing-er and hang-er not sing-ger and hang-ger.