AUGHH! It's not "real-a-ty" and "real-a-tor"!

[LaraMN]

SOMEONE, whose name will not be disclosed but may be married to me, mispronounces "realtor" and "realty" chronically. His brother is a realtor, so it just makes it all the more heinous.

At least he quit pronouncing "chipotle" as "chipol-tay".

:banghead:

[madinmaryland]

1. That really chafes at me too!

Or is it ree-la-ly?

:grr:

[Shell Beau]

2. I hate that too! It is real-tor and real-ty.

Why do people put an "a" in that? I don't get it!

[Richardo]

3. The owner and managing partner of a consulting firm I worked for could not say 'the-o-retically'

He said it 'theory-etically'. Unfortunately he said it a lot, in client presentations. :eyes:

[LaraMN]

5. My fourth grade teacher couldn't say "older people".

It always came out "odor peep-o".
That one is stuck in my head forever.

[Richardo]

6. I'm both amused and appalled

But mostly amused :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

4. I feel an urge to quote from Homer Simpson right now...

"Nukular, honey. It's pronounced Nukular." :P

[raccoon]

7. That's one of my pet peeves, too. nt

[Arger68]

8. It's also Realtor or REALTOR, not realtor. Realtor is a

registered trademark of the National Association of Realtors, and is basically a brand name. ;)

[kay1864]

15. Yeah, but the all-caps thing is just stupid

Ooh, look at me, I'm a registered trademark! BFD. Lotsa trademarked stuff out there, but they don't shout at me.

Capitalizing is fine, but all-caps is just grandstanding.

[Arger68]

17. Oh, I agree completely. And I am a REALTOR also.

I also cannot stand the NAR's extreme right-wing politics, either.:puke:

[PBS Poll-435]

9. Chi-Poo-Tyl

[zanne]

10. And it's not "joo-lery", Damn it! nt

[pagandem4justice]

11. Never realized before

just how many of these mispronunciations there are that drive me nuts!

A few more:
gel-ah-penn-o or hala-pee-no instead of jalapeno (haul-a-pen-yo)
Or two from my assistant principal:
"commANded performance" instead of commended performance (state tests)
"exemplaRARy" instead of exemplary (school rating)


:banghead:

[kay1864]

16. Not sure I agree about "hala-pee-no" belongs with the others you mention

I mean, I don't harp on "cruh-sahnt" instead of the correct "kwah-sohn'". A certain amount of anglicizing foreign words is okay in my book.

Now "croy-sent", on the other hand... :rofl:

[Richardo]

12. This just in from the person on the phone in the cube next to me: "SUB-sid-ary"

...in place of the more commonly accepted "sub-SID-i-ary" :eyes:

[kentauros]

13. I was wondering if anyone noticed my post about "chipotle" in the other thread

:D

So, what should we call a "dealer in reality"? :P

[regnaD kciN]

14. Hearing people in the ads say "REEL-tor"...

...makes me go NU-killar. ;-)