Words or Phrases that People Make Fun of You For

pshsx1 · #1 08-09-2010, 09:40 PM

My Texas friends make fun of me fairly often for the "Michigan" things I say.

I'm sure this happens to a lot of people when they travel (or maybe even at home? :P).

Saying "pop" is an obvious one, of course.

Apparently I say the word "month" funny (like a Midwesterner, I guess lol).

Also, the big one I used to get teased about was "Oh, are they going out?" as in "Oh, are they dating?"

KSUViolet06 · #2 08-09-2010, 09:42 PM

I say soda (I'm from CA).

Senusret I · #3 08-09-2010, 09:43 PM

At least you don't saying "Going steady." That would be very Theo Huxtable.

When I was a kid, I would mumble a little, so when I'd say "Excuse me" it would sound like "Shoes me." Only one kid noticed this and he would get a kick out of it. Now, I notice that Eric Braeden (an actor from Young & The Restless) says it THE SAME WAY! And he's like 70!

(My diction got better though. lol)

Alumiyum · #4 08-09-2010, 09:46 PM

I start sentences with "Dude..." when I'm talking to someone. Horrible habit and I get crap for it. Rightly so.

Very regular use of "fuckin'". Another bad habit. (As in, "I fuckin' hate how hot it is right now because my air conditioner is broken.")

My very pronounced southern accent. Not country, but southern. My immediate family does not talk like me. None of us have an explanation for it. Mostly my pronunciation of the "I" sound.

"Fixin' to". Again, none of us can figure this out. My grandparents use it, but my parents do not (we are all from the south).

Senusret I · #5 08-09-2010, 09:54 PM

^^^ I say dude and fuckin and nobody shits on me for it. You are welcome to my friends and family if you need them.

ree-Xi · #6 08-09-2010, 09:56 PM

People laugh when I ask for shots on my ice cream. My mentioning of having "ice cream with rainbow shots" on FB even sparked a debate among my friends.

My acting coach cringes whenever I drop my "t" mid-word. For example, "kitten" sometimes comes out as "kih-ehn", "Britain" comes out as "Brih-ehn". I'm conscious of it in auditions or when performing, but in daily speech, not so much.

I also have a habit of pronouncing "Boston" as BAW-stin.

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"Fixin' to". Again, none of us can figure this out. My grandparents use it, but my parents do not (we are all from the south).

Hubby used to say this. After 15 years with me, he's cured. My in-laws, however, are always "fixin" to do one thing or another.

My hubby also pronounces "insurance" as "IN-sur-ance, whereas I say "in-SUR-ance". He actually does this with a lot of words.

epchick · #7 08-09-2010, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pshsx1

Also, the big one I used to get teased about was "Oh, are they going out?" as in "Oh, are they dating?"

I still say that!! "Oh they are going out? for reals?"

I apparently say "for reals?" a lot...and with a slight Mexican accent to it.

I don't really get made fun for it...but when my cousin and I are having convos, she gets mad when I take her saying ".....but I don't say anything" and use it.

For ex.

Her--"you're funny looking."
Me--"oh yeah? You know what? You're funny looking....but I don't say anything"

and then laughing ensues.

Alumiyum · #8 08-09-2010, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

^^^ I say dude and fuckin and nobody shits on me for it. You are welcome to my friends and family if you need them.

Seriously, I might borrow them. I've always assumed it's because it isn't ladylike, but gimme a break...

christiangirl · #9 08-10-2010, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

At least you don't saying "Going steady." That would be very Theo Huxtable.

I think it's adorable and would love a guy to say that to me. Then again, my spirit rests in the late 80s.

LatinaAlumna · #10 08-10-2010, 12:44 AM

People make fun of me when I say "Get a load of this...." or "Get this...." before telling a story.

Miriverite · #11 08-10-2010, 12:58 AM

I say "this is true" a lot, along with "veto", as in: "Let's go see a movie tonight!" "Veto."

pshsx1 · #12 08-10-2010, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ree-Xi

My acting coach cringes whenever I drop my "t" mid-word. For example, "kitten" sometimes comes out as "kih-ehn", "Britain" comes out as "Brih-ehn". I'm conscious of it in auditions or when performing, but in daily speech, not so much.

I also have a habit of pronouncing "Boston" as BAW-stin.

I drop the T out of a lot of words that I say.

Internet is another word that comes to mind.

Also, that's how I pronounce Boston. :P
Sounds correct!

sweetmagnolia · #13 08-10-2010, 01:46 AM

i get made fun of a lot for saying 'oh dear' or 'oh my goodness'
also, what most people call water fountains i call bubblers. that confuses people a lot.

dreamseeker · #14 08-10-2010, 06:13 AM

jamaicans tend to pronounce every syllable of a word.
so when most people say comftable, i say com for table.
same for ve ge ta ble.

oh and i learned the hard way (ha!) that up here rubbers=/= erasers.

jennyj87 · #15 08-10-2010, 08:49 AM

I grew up in RI and my mom was from Boston and my dad was from Cranston which is one of the worst places for the Rhode Island accent.

Now I go to college in FL so I get teased all the time for things like clicker (remote), bubbler (water fountain), carriage (shopping cart).

I also get teased becasue I say "room" funny. My friends say I sound like I'm saying 'rum'.

I also learned quickly that jimmies to people are not chocolate sprinkles. Oops.

And of course, wicked.