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Prescott AZ, pronounced "Press-kit" by AZ residents. Confuses people.
A friend's dad growing up was always mis-pronouncing the word fathom. The worst part was, it was his favorite word. He would go on and on about what he couldn't fanthom. Hard to keep a straight face after awhile. We always found it more hilarious than irritating though. When we moved to Prescott, it was "PRESSc't." Then outsiders bulged the town bigger, and it became "PRESS-COTT," with heavy stress on the -COTT. Fathom was also a favorite word of my friend who mangled usurp and others, and of course underwent her special twist � she couldn't phantom this, couldn't phantom that, couldn't phantom the other thing, etc. I got used to it after a while.
"Good enough" isn't.
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So many people now days will use the word 'dude' when addressing a female.
For the record 'Boss' is prison lingo for Sorry SOB backwards.
The most irritating 'correct' speaking that drives me nuts is Alex Trebic pronouncing things. Ghetto and Hillbilly is many times less annoying than that stuff. I don't watch a lot of Jeopardy due to timing but when I do he always pulls at least one SOB out of me.
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people that text all day get on my nerves
just knowing that people are out there with that ability,....just makes me wanna punch myself in the balls
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So many people now days will use the word 'dude' when addressing a female. Isn't it 'now-a-days'? 
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that I have a pet peeve lurking.
Got a phone call from a guy that was inquiring about the Cerakoting but he pronounced it Creocoating and it took several tries to get him to understand that he was mispronouncing it.
When he finally grasped that fact he would ask a question and upon hearing the answer to each question he would respond with "Gotcha!" After a hearing "Gotcha!" for a few minutes I realized how irritating it was. Couldn't wait to get off the phone.
He was an automotive paint salesman and I suspect he was trying to find out if he wanted to start doing Cerakoting. I can never understand what these idiots from the north are saying. Travis I cain't neither. 
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I sold guns and optics for years. Trust me when I tell you not to try and understand Swarovski customers�.
Or for that matter Leupold ( Lee-up-hold)
I have also heard, frequently I'm afraid, of Hog-a-don gunpowder, and Eye-Mister Powder ( IMR)
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For all intensive purposes, it's the same thing. Just sayin'..  You say toMAYto I say toMAHto- its just a fruit "irregardless"
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
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The trees in my yard do not drop pee cans.
Teach every child you meet the importance of forgiveness. It's our only hope of surviving their wrath once they realize just how badly we've screwed things up for them.
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The trees in my yard do not drop pee cans. Are you trying to say "apple?" Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Serious question- any navy corpse-man around here?
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
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Beauchamp as Bo-champ instead of Bee-cham. locals here with that name pronounce it the first way. The French have some pronunciation quirks that Americans have trouble with. French words and names (I don't know of any exceptions) stress the latter or last syllable. The daughters of some of Carol Anne's friends were something like Di NEES Re NAY and Mi SHELL Jo ZETTE. Ka-LUMP Ka-LUMP and Ka-LUMP Ka-LUMP. So Beauchamp would be "Bo-SHAW[n]," with the nasal sound of "Shawn" without the terminal n pronounced. That unpronounced n just gives its nasal twang to the aw of -champs � and the -mps is totally silent � not sounded at all. Just don't sound natural to American ears!
"Good enough" isn't.
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"Kay" as in the shortened version of OK.
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"Kay" as in the shortened version of OK. A sure sign that somebody is an idiot. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Then there's BBC's Jaguar � Jag-you-ar.
I prefer that to "Jag-wire" that I hear too frequently.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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"Kay" as in the shortened version of OK. A sure sign that somebody is an idiot. Travis K 
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Prescott AZ, pronounced "Press-kit" by AZ residents. Confuses people.
A friend's dad growing up was always mis-pronouncing the word fathom. The worst part was, it was his favorite word. He would go on and on about what he couldn't fanthom. Hard to keep a straight face after awhile. We always found it more hilarious than irritating though. When we moved to Prescott, it was "PRESSc't." Then outsiders bulged the town bigger, and it became "PRESS-COTT," with heavy stress on the -COTT. Yeah, PRESSc't is a more accurate pronunciation than what I gave. I live in Flag, but it comes up a lot with people who are new to AZ. I've had many a conversation that started by someone asking "So, how do you pronounce Prescott?"
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I spent an hour once looking in an atlas for Whipple,Va--where I-77 and I-81 cross. That ain't the way its spelled.
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Serious question- any navy corpse-man around here? I knew a couple when I was in the Marine Corpse. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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The trees in my yard do not drop pee cans. When my yankee friends pronounce pe-CON that way, I tell 'em that a pee can is what my grandfather used to keep under the edge of his bed.
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Had a friend that owned a LGS in Greenville that pronounced Python Fython-- He did it until the day he died.
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So many people now days will use the word 'dude' when addressing a female. Isn't it 'now-a-days'? Really, people need to be more pacific�.
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