Word pronunciations that piss you off

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Word pronunciations that piss you off

Mushika: Dec 22, 2010

numberoneposter posted:

every word should be truncated as much as possible while still retaining its utility in description

za
burgs
ritos
sando
spaghet

etc

This is the defining symptom of the crumbling western world.

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Mushika: Dec 22, 2010

theres a will theres moe posted:

it's a mulTIMeter, not a MULTImeter.

You don't say SPEEDOmeter or ODOmeter. SpeeDOMeter. oDOMeter. Emphasis on the prefix is reserved for the unit, if that. NANOmeter. CENTImeter. KILOmeter a sometimes-exception for some reason.

A while ago NPR had a guy on talking about how back when chinese food was new in the US, the mary tyler moore show was pronouncing it "chinese FOOD" insead of "chiNESE food." It was weird and interesting.

I kind of agree, but I work with multimeters everyday and I've never heard anyone say mulTIMeter. Even master electricians say MULTI-meter. There's not really any logic behind the syllable stress in most English words. As with many aspects of English, there are so many exceptions to every rule that there are scarcely any rules.

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