Several of my friends like their egg yokes cooked all the way through.

My ex wife had a friend that was from northern Ohio. She would call cheese coney's, coney dogs. What's worse is she pronounced it cooouny dogs instead of cheese cone-e like a normal person.

Speech and spelling have been a casualty with the advent of texting. I really don't like it when people drop the t's in words. I can't think of a great example, but if the word was meeting, they would pronounce it mee-in. That is almost as bad as axt for ask.

My wife says Chunky Cheese instead of Chuck E Cheese.

 

Frosted Lakes instead of Frosted Flakes

 

Backeeyard instead of Backyard

 

Fittin instead of Fixing

 

Winders instead of windows

 

Warshington DC instead of Washington DC

 

Buck Naked instead of Butt Naked

 

bidness instead of business

 

doggy dog world instead of Dog eat Dog world

 

Heineken remover instead of Heimlich Maneuver

 

Klu Klux Klan instead of Ku Klux Klan

 

Take for Granite instead of Take for Granted

Fragile vs. Fragilay

It's Italian!

People who say 'setting' or 'set' instead of 'sitting' or 'sit'.

 

 

Or is that in the written form? Or both?

"I'm going to go to Best Buys and get me a new TV."

Best Buys---annoying for sure. But the "get me a new" irks even more. I'm much more tolerant of mispronunciation than the missing Grammar.

Not directing it at you, Jim, just using your post as an example.

 

Had the "meet the teacher night" for AP English. Tough teacher. Her main point was that once out in the real world, strong communication skills are what gets you promoted---it's how you break out of the industry standard raise to a higher percentage.

People who say 'setting' or 'set' instead of 'sitting' or 'sit'.

 

 

Or is that in the written form? Or both?

You may not set next to me, but feel free to sit next to me.

When old people say "chipoltee" rather than chipotle.

I don't know if this counts, but I hate when people use "legit" when they should have used "legitimate" or "legitimately".

When old people say "chipoltee" rather than chipotle.

4-yr-old says "pitcholtlee"

WaRshington

My wife says Chunky Cheese instead of Chuck E Cheese.

 

Frosted Lakes instead of Frosted Flakes

 

Backeeyard instead of Backyard

 

Fittin instead of Fixing

 

Winders instead of windows

 

Warshington DC instead of Washington DC

 

Buck Naked instead of Butt Naked

 

bidness instead of business

 

doggy dog world instead of Dog eat Dog world

 

Heineken remover instead of Heimlich Maneuver

 

Klu Klux Klan instead of Ku Klux Klan

 

Take for Granite instead of Take for Granted

 

Buck naked isn't necessarily wrong.

When old people say "chipoltee" rather than chipotle.

 

Agreed. I've actually got a couple folks I work with who get Chipoltay for lunch also.

My grandfather always used to say "Wor-sest-er-sheer" sauce.

 

War-chester-shire sauce?

 

Wooshter sauce?

 

Wuster sauce?