It's Michigan: the whole tank went foggy years ago.

 

No matter where you rest your fins, "ecksetera" is the dregs.

I think the mispronunciation of et cetera stems from the misinterpretation of its abbreviation "etc.", sometimes misspelled as "ect.".  I think I was probably one of those "eck" people until about my sophomore year of college when I probably ran across the longhand version of that phrase in print somewhere and realized my error.  I actually had someone who is about 35 this year ask me if the phrase "of course" was one word (ofcourse) or two.  Recently I tried to explain the difference between the words "grip" and "grab" to a non-native, as well as the difference in meaning between the words "animal" and "creature".  Pretty tough to do when the person can't understand some of the words you use in the explanation.     

 

 

warsh- My gramma and grampa (thats how I pronounce them) say this and they both have Penn-Dutch/Irish/German heritage. They lived and grew up in Northeast Ohio (Champion High School)

 

buggy- I, as well as my entire family, calls shopping carts buggies. People in Cincinnati look at me like I am a total loon every time I use the term.

 

often- The T is not supposed to be sounded in my opinion (as in ofen). I took several speech classes and was taught the same thing-yet people in Cincy insist on saying the T.

 

Please?- gets me every time I hear it.

 

My lingual pet peeve is when people pronounce especially as eKspecially. Grrrr. That really frosts me and they sound uneducated to me. I know that that is my own fault but gosh...

^ That is ree-dik-alas

BUMP! Came across this article on yourDictionary.com: http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

 

100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English

 

Many are hilarious, some are infuriating, and a few I've been mispronouncing for years.

 

Highlights:

 

Don't say/Do Say

 

acrossed/across - It is easy to confuse "across" with "crossed" but better to keep them separate.

 

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a blessing in the skies/a blessing in disguise - This phrase is no blessing if it comes from the skies. (Pronounce it correctly and help maintain the disguise.)

 

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chomp at the bit/champ at the bit - "Chomp" has probably replaced "champ" in the U.S. but we thought you might like to be reminded that the vowel should be [æ] not O.

 

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expecially/especially - Things especial are usually not expected, so don't confuse these words.

 

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Febyuary/February - We don't like two syllables in succession with an [r] so some of us dump the first one in this word. Most dictionaries now accept the single [r] pronunciation but, if you have an agile tongue, you may want to shoot for the original.

 

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For all intensive purposes/For all intents and purposes - The younger generation is mispronouncing this phrase so intensively that it has become popular both as a mispronunciation and misspelling....

 

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mannaise/mayonnaise - Ever wonder why the short form of a word pronounced "mannaise" is "mayo"? Well, it is because the original should be pronounced "mayo-nnaise." Just remember: what would mayonnaise be without "mayo"?

 

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perogative/prerogative Even in dialects where ® does not always trade places with the preceding vowel (as the Texan pronunciations "differnce," "vetern," etc.), the ® in this prefix often gets switched.

 

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persnickety/pernickety You may think us too pernickety to even mention this one. It is a Scottish nonce word to which U.S. speakers have added a spurious (s).

 

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supposably/supposedly - Adding –ly to participles is rarely possible, so some people try to avoid it altogether. You can't avoid it here.

 

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tact/tack - If things are not going your way, do not lose your tact—that would be tactless—but take a different tack.

 

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triathalon/triathlon - We don't like (th) and (l) together, so some of us insert a spare vowel. Pronounce it right, spell it right.

 

Well as a northern ohioan i hear southern accents from anyone south of columbus. It is very distinct especially in the south east part of the state where west virginia has a large influence. However I am from Northwest ohio and i believe i have more of a chicago/canadian dialect. ohio is very divided in that sense

The old Virginia military district certainly has a southern accent, though Cincinnati generally doesn't (save for those Cincinnatians who came from somewhere else).