When customers can't pronounce words properly...

[Andara Bledin]

Impressive clergyman: Mahwiage, Mahwiage is waht bwings us togevah today. Mahwiage, That bwessed awwangement, that Dweam wifin a Dweam....
Prince Humperdinck: skip to the end.

Do you know the quick and easy way to reproduce how he speaks? Plant the tip of your tongue against your lower jaw just below your teeth, and keep it there.

I have a tendancy to watch how people talk, for some reason. Did you know that you can lip read accents?

^-.-^

[LifeCarnie]

Plus you probably don't really need one because they are virtually indestructible.

That my friend, sounds like a challenge!

Let me introduce you to my little friend....Mr. Blowtorch.

[Becks]

Mmm, copporn! Delicious and buttery... and behind bars!

My favorite!!

[Shironu-Akaineko]

There's a fairly well-known episode of the Simpsons, where the teachers strike because of how old everything in the school is. At some point, Bart is at the back of a mob of teachers, and he starts a game of Telephone to the front. Which ends up with Principal Skinner saying something to the effect of: "And that goes double for the 'purple monkey dishwasher' comment!"

Nope, it was Missus Crabapple that said that.

[cinema guy]

Well, we have a new Ben & Jerry's franchise at the cinema. I told a coworker that the flavour I liked was 'Rohemian Bapsodey'.

[thegiraffe]

About the funniest mispronunciation I ever heard was when a guy in one of my college classes pronounced the word "paradigm" as "para-dig-em"

Probably an understandable error, but it struck me funny.

In my AP American History class in high school (the AP part is important....), we were discussing the Native Americans. One of the otherwise quite bright guys was reading the book, and came across the "eye-ro-key" tribe. The entire class looked at him like he had just grown three heads. The teacher looks at him for a second, and asks "Iroquis?" (ear-oh-coy).

He didn't live that down for the rest of the year lol.

[AriRashkae]

I'm just happy if the blokes can even say our store name right, let alone our merchandise. Ocean State Job Lot. Ocean State Job Lot! Is it really that hard? Not Ocean City Job Lot, not Ocean State Odd Lot (WTF, mate?), not some truncated version involving three or fewer words, and definitely not Big Lots. GAH!!

I think I need my teddy...

That's ok. To me, it's still East Coast. At least my family knows what I'm talking about.

(And I still slip up and call it Riverside. Still not used to "Six Flags". )

[MadMike]

I was in line at the local burrito place once, behind this older couple. The guy was trying to decide what kind of "tor-TILL-a" he wanted. His wife suggested he try the "ja-LAP-e-no."

I had to hold my breath to keep from laughing right then and there.

[JustADude]

I was in line at the local burrito place once, behind this older couple. The guy was trying to decide what kind of "tor-TILL-a" he wanted. His wife suggested he try the "ja-LAP-e-no."

Considering I went to a language-specialized Magnet* elementary K-2rd (switched to a Math/Sci school for 4-6, when my family realized that's where my strengths were) and was in the Spanish track, an annoyance at that stuff is so ingrained I would have been forced to either make an ass of myself educating them, or walk away to avoid biting through my lip. To me, that's as bad as pronouncing "Doughnut" as "Doo-ugh-nut".




*Magnet schools, for those that don't have them in the area, or are under the widespread misapprehension that they're "Retard Schools", are schools that offer the normal range of general education, as well as advanced curriculum courses in one specialty or another. They're generally better equipped and staffed than "typical" public schools, and require (or did at the time I went) the child to pass a minimum-aptitude test to get in. They also accept students from several districts, since they're spread much farther apart than typical schools, and they don't all offer the same courses.

[Blade_Raver]

Lots of mispronounciations from places I've worked at:

CompUSA:
"EDO DIMM" for memory type (Either they were SDRAM DIMMs or EDO SIMMs)
"Hard drive" for the computer box.
"Windows 94, 96, 97, 99" for windows versions

Convergys - SBC DSL project:
"My AOL" for internet access.
"DLS" instead of DSL
"The green Stingray" for the Alcatel USB modem (Yes, it looked like one)

MOHELA:
"Forgivance" for Forbearance
"Duh-furral" for Deferment
"Loans in default" when they're only delinquent

Other mispronounciations:

"sipu" for CPU
"Earthnet" for Ethernet

[chops]

That's ok. To me, it's still East Coast. At least my family knows what I'm talking about.

(And I still slip up and call it Riverside. Still not used to "Six Flags". )

Hell, last time I was there it was called "Riverside."

[Spiffy McMoron]

I was in line at the local burrito place once, behind this older couple. The guy was trying to decide what kind of "tor-TILL-a" he wanted. His wife suggested he try the "ja-LAP-e-no."

A true smartass would have recommended they try a "fah-JYE-ta". (fajita)