I have also fallen in love with applique...to discover I have pronounced it wrong :)

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08-10-2012, 05:20 AM

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sparkys_mom

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Originally Posted by nativetexan

as long as it's not ap pleee kay!!
controversy is pronounced in my European detective shows with the accent on the second syllable. It took me a minute to get that one straight in my head.

I listen to a lot of audio books and always love the ones that have a lot of British pronunciations. Controversy is one of my favorites.

08-10-2012, 05:25 AM

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When my son was little our neighbors had a new Winnebago. He turned to me and asked, "What's a weenie badge o?"

08-10-2012, 05:53 AM

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I know exactly what ya'll mean. This is a fun to read thread.

08-10-2012, 06:39 AM

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too doggone funny !!

08-10-2012, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by DebraK

very cute. You don't want to know how I thought facade was pronounced when I was younger ;-)

I pronounced facade "fa-kade" for many years until my niece set me straight. ha ha

08-10-2012, 06:53 AM

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I have a problem not pronouncing the "L" in Salmon.

My mother, bless her heart, couldn't pronounce "Calvary" and always said "cavalry" - bad for a So. Baptist Church Lady.

08-10-2012, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jcrow

I pronounced facade "fa-kade" for many years until my niece set me straight. ha ha

I'm still not sure how to pronounce it. Is it "fa sod"??

My sister got almost hysterical a couple years ago when I said "sherbert" instead of sherbet. I've listened to other people say it, and seems like they put an extra "r" in there too.

08-10-2012, 07:28 AM

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My husband comes from a part of California. I'm from the Pacific NW. One day I overheard him discussing something with his mom, they kept saying "ammons". I asked what he was talking about, and he told me that's how they pronounce almonds. I started poking fun at him, and he asked me if we pronounce the fish sal-mon or sammon.

Touche.

08-10-2012, 07:33 AM

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I had a few mis-pronounciations as a child... Europe, deny, and of all things, pancake. For some reason I called them pan-a-cakes.

08-10-2012, 07:34 AM

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This has been the funniest topic. I just love it. My daughter picks on me constantly for my prononciations of words.
she just tells people that I make words up and who knows what I am saying. I know what I am saying. Now she lives in Australia.........They talk differently and some things are just not the same. also different parts of our own USA here pronounces words differently. too funny.