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The mountain range on the eastern side of the U.S. is the 'apple-at'chans'. At least nearly everyone from the southern end of them say it that way (source: I'm from there).
'Apple-ay-shuns' is just as strange as saying 'Nor-folk'. Immediate indicator of you're an outsider.
Ever since that IT Crowd episode I can't not pronounce pedestal as "pedal stool".
US American. I've lived overseas a long time and pronounce the 'h' in 'herbs' because, as Eddie Izzard once said, "it's got a fucking 'h' in it". I don't know when I switched but my mom laughed at me when we had a call recently.
One I only noticed a couple years ago: turmeric (was saying, and still frequently hear) 'toomeric'.
Not me, but I know a bondage instructor who pronounces "bondage" like you would in French.
I think if you're teaching something you should know the pronunciations. Didn't take long to find other stuff wrong with him. My wife and I quickly left and sought our education elsewhere.
As an American, it didn't click for me until I visited London for the first time why names like Leicester and Gloucester were pronounced the way they are by Brits. My dumb American brain sees the names as Lei-cester and Glou-cester rather than Leice-ster and Glouce-ster.
Was on holiday in Scotland with my father. And bless this girl at the tourist information who realised that when we stupid Germans said "glennis law" that we meant Glenisla (glen ila).
Wow, I'm certain I would've done the same. Think I'd make myself a cheat sheet for Scotland and Wales when I get around to visit. Knowing that Cymru is pronounced "com-ree" gave me anxiety about butchering names there if ever I'll need to ask for directions.
I pronounce the Texas Houston the same as the. NYC street
I don't know enough about New York or football to understand this.
Texas: like the name Hugh (hyuu)
NYC: like House (how)
The -ston bit doesn't change.
Tet-nus
Assuming you're referring to bacterial infection, is that not exactly how you're supposed to say it?
Living in Los Angeles as a white person, I refuse to pronounce street and city names that are Spanish the English-speaking way. Knowing Spanish since I was a kid from school and using it on a daily basis, my brain simply doesn’t butcher the pronunciation by default.
It’s caused confusion though for sure. I used to live near a street called La Tijera, but Americans pronounced it almost like Spanish “la tierra” which is a completely different word, and I couldn’t figure out where this street was that everyone was talking about.
Houston, Texas has a street called Kuykendahl (or something similar). People kept mentioning this 'kirkendall' street and I could never find it.
Solder. I taught myself, never really talked to anyone about it, and for like a decade, I pronounced it like it's spelled. With an L.
I just can't break the habit
If it makes you feel any better, that's the correct pronunciation in England.
You know the famous mage from Forgotten Realms? I pronounce their name "EL-ah-min-ster"
Oh, I also have a terrible Boston accent so I nearly caused an HR incident when talking about "hooked horrors" aka "hookt ho-ahs" or as my coworker heard "hooked whores". Horror is the best word to check for a Boston accent with.
