Quirks of speech, or how we say what we do, but in error

[King 5.45]

My dad always has had two funny ones. One was the inability to say the word "sentence." It's always come out "sent-ness." I don't know why. It just seems to be ingrained. The other one is him pronouncing a Swedish brand of motor-car. It isn't a Volvo, but, instead, a "vulva." On that one, mirth has definitely ensued before.

For this guy, it's "ambidextrious."

http://www.cylinder-slide.com/videos.shtml#Ambidextrous

[Kimba]

For the life of me, I cannot say worchestershire. I always get the sauce part right.

[GuyMontag]

nuclear.
Do I need to actually provide a youtube link?

[King 5.45]

nuclear.
Do I need to actually provide a youtube link?

Not unless you allow me to respond in kind with links to the Kenyan Pinocchio.

[ehidle]

I'm from Upstate New York originally, so I pronounce "Worcester" as "Wooster." ("oo" like "book," not "oo" like "roof")

I've never heard two people from Worcester township pronounce it the same way.. and almost never correctly.

Also, Whitpain township. I say "whit-pan" because the "pain" is the french word for bread, and that's just what it reminds me of. Locals say "Whit-PAIN," which is also wrong. The correct pronunciation of "Whitpain" is like "Whippin."

Is it still a quirk if I pronounce something correctly and everyone else pronounces it incorrectly?

[King 5.45]

I'm from Upstate New York originally, so I pronounce "Worcester" as "Wooster." ("oo" like "book," not "oo" like "roof")

I've never heard two people from Worcester township pronounce it the same way.. and almost never correctly.

Also, Whitpain township. I say "whit-pan" because the "pain" is the french word for bread, and that's just what it reminds me of. Locals say "Whit-PAIN," which is also wrong. The correct pronunciation of "Whitpain" is like "Whippin."

Is it still a quirk if I pronounce something correctly and everyone else pronounces it incorrectly?

My SMIL is from Watertown by way of Camillus, so I understand COMPLETELY.

And I thought that it would have been more like "WOOSTAH," or is that strictly a cheddah cheese Yankee thing?

[PisnNapalm]

nuclear.
Do I need to actually provide a youtube link?

It's pronounced "nucular" right? LOL!!

I used to work for the Penn State Nuclear Engineering Dept. That was always an amusing joke.

[adymond]

I have an ingrande inability to say thank. Instead it always comes out in a manner that gets me dirty looks. At least I get the "k" sound right at the end.

Fuck you, fuck you very much.

[ehidle]

My SMIL is from Watertown by way of Camillus, so I understand COMPLETELY.

And I thought that it would have been more like "WOOSTAH," or is that strictly a cheddah cheese Yankee thing?

You're thinking pure New England... MA, CT, RI, NH, VT, ME... the accent gets much thicker the closer you get to Boston.

[King 5.45]

You're thinking pure New England... MA, CT, RI, NH, VT, ME... the accent gets much thicker the closer you get to Boston.

AKA "wicked hard core" ...