Favorite Mispronunciations

topic posted Fri, December 12, 2008 - 2:10 PM by  Em
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Hi everyone. I'm hoping some of you will come back and keep me amused, so I'm offering up a favorite word related dorkiness of mine:
Favorite mispronunciations or word replacements.

For instance, in my family (fambly) we have a habit of replacing the word tomorrow with tamale, as in: See you tamale.

Garbage is gabbage (rhymes with cabbage)
Moron is mo-ron

Other words are often said with an accent or the emphasis on the wrong syllable. (em PHA sis, syl LAB le) that's an old one, but a fave.

Won't you please help my fambly become even dorkier and submit your thoughts to this topic?
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Em
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