[Closed] Misuse of words - doing it on purpose!

comedy affect

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comedy affect

I wish I could admit to having done that on purpose, because that one actually does wind me up!

At home I still say "busgetti" for spaghetti. My son said it when he was about 5 - many years ago now - and it stuck. I don't say it to waiters in restaurants though.

I worked with a guy that came from a part of the UK where they thought they were too good to pronounce the letter "H" at the beginning of a word. . . . . what's that all about?? 😉

do you have words you misuse purposely for comedy affect or otherwise?

Normally I would never do such a thing, how very dare you!

but ....pumpture.

It just makes me giggle.

When I was 5 or 6, my dad would refer to spaghetti bolognese as ‘Spag Bolog’.

At school one day, the teacher went round the class asking us what our favourite meal was. I proudly announced that mine was spag bolog. Now I’m not sure if I mispronounced the G at the end (doubt it) or she misheard me, but I got into a ton of trouble for inappropriate language... 😕

I used to right posts with homophones on hear and BM butt sum pendants didn't sea it. Sew now I've stopped. the misuse is reel.

I worked with a guy that came from a part of the UK where they thought they were too good to pronounce the letter “H” at the beginning of a word. . . . . what’s that all about?? 😉

a hangover from when the language of high society was French? See also, calling cow meat beef (boeuf) - the fancier things retained their french influence

Destructions = instructions.
Fairy Nuff = fair enough.

Actually a few that are mentioned on the other thread to the wife as she is a bit of a grammar pedant and a biologist. Giving her "two choices", abundant use of "seagull", calling snakes poisonous. Laugh a minute in our household

A few years ago I had a 5 cylinder turbo vulva, loved the heated leather seats, the sound system and the rasp from the exhaust. I did do a bit of studying gynecology as a bored teenager with the big dictionary at the school library

Non negotionable

My oh would always say that so now I do the same to annoy her.

There's plenty of other words I pronounce incorrectly just for fun

We've been jokingly referring to Asparagus as Aspergers in our household and only recently realised we were actually getting it right by accident rather than wrong on purpose.

I sometimes pronounce 'aluminium' as 'alloominum' because it winds people up so much. Also tomato as 'tomayto'.

I'm genuine here never know if it's dayta or daata , I was born in '61 that's my excuse

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I sometimes pronounce ‘aluminium’ as ‘alloominum’ because it winds people up so much. 

Writes name in special book.
Checks we have enough space against the wall, for when the revolution comes.

I would probably have used the word porpoise in the thread title.

I pacifically asked you not to start this thread.

If I mispronounce a word and am corrected by a pedant, I say “sorry I have peach inspedimnet and pronunced it wrongly”

Potahto when talking to Americans

Alluminium was called alloominum by Humphrey Davy but was renamed aluminium by the royal society.

Can’t remember where I read that for a reference.

Not nesecelery.
Igventure instead of adventure, my son (now aged 22) used to say this all the time when a toddler.
Chrees, instead of trees. Also mini-chrees for brocolli, aka bollocky
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-horse as a suffix for any word ending in ous, eg dangerhorse, adventurehorse.

How we all laugh...

I pacifically asked you not to start this thread.

Ah yes, similar but I always call that big body of water the Specific Ocean.

My son has a friend with a condition that I pronounce ass-burgers.

There is nothing finer than a teenager trying to show you up by correcting you, before they realise that you are just that step ahead.

Acroplis, as in the zombie Acropolis

Acropolis Now . Hours of fun.

I always like Terry Pratchett's Apocralypse...

Several courtesy of the kids, such as coming to an “aggrievement” over which TV to watch, or getting up to mystery (instead of mischief).

sTatellite

Just as I was reading this thread, my wife said she was having a strange day and she felt like she was having an "outer body experience". I corrected her, but she insisted that this is exactly what she meant...

You're all going to hell in a motorpike and sidecarp.
Possibly turbotcharged.

Fairy Nuff = fair enough.

Fairly Muff

Shirley

Any kind of software with "manager" in the name is converted to "damager".

e.g. NetworkDamager.

Any kind of software with “manager” in the name is converted to “damager”.

Mangler.

Windows 3.11 File Mangler

My partner always mispronounces the O at the end of spanish / mexican dishes. Such as Nachohs instead of Nachos. Just to annoy me.

I still like British Broad Corping Castration and The World is Your Lobster even though they are 1000 years old. And 'learn to pork choply' to go with the peach inspediment up there ^

If I mispronounce a word and am corrected by a pedant, I say “sorry I have peach inspedimnet and pronunced it wrongly”

I explain that I have trouble with my worms (hat tip to Ronnie Barker).

Fairly Muff

Furry.

In fact, that's probably worth posting here.

Fair enough = hairy muff Shirley?

If you haven't said cromulent or embiggened in a bit of important work, are you even British?

Writes name in special book.
Checks we have enough space against the wall, for when the revolution comes.

I work on engineering projects.

Spelling things with an s rather than a z in documentation passive aggressively get's me through the days. Even when spellcheck disagrees with me.

coming back from the bar with bags of scratchings.

If it's a kosher bar that would be legendary!

Aurelius off of Gladiator

How about brevity and using Aurelius from  Gladiator

Why is there a common usage of basis after words like daily or weekly?

Order an expresso. You'll get lots of bites, it's just too easy.

"Fairy snuff" surely for "fair enough"

Ha, for months I had a girlfriend really confused as I kept saying "hairy muff" instead of fair enough. Every time she asked me about it I was adamant that I had said "fair enough" Broke down in hysterics one day with the look on here face n ending up confessing.

Datas instead of data. Working with various tech people it never fails to get a bite or send them into a twitching fit

Whoever does that is a poxy moron.

Washing/shopping/waste paper bastard.
Bastardball. Still makes me chuckle hundreds of years later...

Momentarily. I use it like the Yanks do: in a moment, rather than for a moment.

Interrogative. Again from US Military Radio Telephony: I have a question.

I have many more I deliberately misuse to amuse myself. 🙄

"Sausinges!", as a tacit tribute to my old mate Bluebottle.

Probably a thousand other deliberate mispronunciations also in the style of various Goon Show characters, to be honest. I don't get out much.