LaraMN
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:01 AM
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AUGHH! It's not "real-a-ty" and "real-a-tor"! |
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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".
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madinmaryland
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:03 AM
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1. That really chafes at me too! |
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Edited on Thu Jul-17-08 10:03 AM by madinmaryland
Or is it ree-la-ly?
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Shell Beau
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:03 AM
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2. I hate that too! It is real-tor and real-ty. |
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Why do people put an "a" in that? I don't get it!
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Richardo
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:10 AM
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3. The owner and managing partner of a consulting firm I worked for could not say 'the-o-retically' |
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Edited on Thu Jul-17-08 10:11 AM by Richardo
He said it 'theory-etically'. Unfortunately he said it a lot, in client presentations. :eyes:
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LaraMN
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:13 AM
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5. My fourth grade teacher couldn't say "older people". |
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It always came out "odor peep-o". That one is stuck in my head forever.
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Richardo
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:14 AM
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6. I'm both amused and appalled |
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:13 AM
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4. I feel an urge to quote from Homer Simpson right now... |
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"Nukular, honey. It's pronounced Nukular." :P
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:39 AM
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7. That's one of my pet peeves, too. nt |
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:51 AM
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8. It's also Realtor or REALTOR, not realtor. Realtor is a |
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registered trademark of the National Association of Realtors, and is basically a brand name. ;)
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:09 PM
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15. Yeah, but the all-caps thing is just stupid |
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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.
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:59 PM
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17. Oh, I agree completely. And I am a REALTOR also. |
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I also cannot stand the NAR's extreme right-wing politics, either.:puke:
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:55 AM
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:56 AM
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10. And it's not "joo-lery", Damn it! nt |
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:03 AM
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11. Never realized before |
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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)
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kay1864
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:13 PM
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16. Not sure I agree about "hala-pee-no" belongs with the others you mention |
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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:
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:52 AM
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12. This just in from the person on the phone in the cube next to me: "SUB-sid-ary" |
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Edited on Thu Jul-17-08 12:08 PM by Richardo
...in place of the more commonly accepted "sub-SID-i-ary" :eyes:
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:57 AM
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13. I was wondering if anyone noticed my post about "chipotle" in the other thread |
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:D
So, what should we call a "dealer in reality"? :P
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regnaD kciN
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:03 PM
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14. Hearing people in the ads say "REEL-tor"... |
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...makes me go NU-killar. ;-)
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