How Do You Pronounce Across?

[MIKolbe]

is "ACROST" acceptable?

When spoken, it wears on my last nerve..and my boss says it... and I flinch every time he says it.

Then, I have an associate who says STRAWLS, instead of STRAWS.

What the heck?

[Hilde]

across, but probably in a weird swedish chef way.

[goldenchild17]

no, just wrong. Like those (including my grandmother) who say "warsh" instead of "wash" The world is not a Goofy movie.

Edited July 6, 2010 by goldenchild17

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='goldenchild17' date='06 July 2010 - 02:52 PM' timestamp='1278445928' post='2138563']
no, just wrong. Like those (including my grandmother) who say "warsh" instead of "wash" [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/ohno.gif[/img] The world is not a Goofy movie.
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I thought maybe it was one of those British terms like saying "amidst" instead of "amid," but I looked it up, and it isn't.

It's just wrong.

My old boss used to pronounce the word "picture" as "pitcher." Drove me nuts, especially since she was otherwise an extremely intelligent woman who was a stickler for correct punctuation and spelling.

[Vincent Vega]

You ever get the X-ray = X-shray bit?

[goldenchild17]

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='06 July 2010 - 02:01 PM' timestamp='1278446502' post='2138572']My old boss used to pronounce the word "picture" as "pitcher." Drove me nuts, especially since she was otherwise an extremely intelligent woman who was a stickler for correct punctuation and spelling.
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I hear that pretty regularly. Doesn't bother me as much, probably because all my little siblings (and probably myself at one point) said it like that and might be explained, but adding sounds to words that have no business being there is just wrong.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='MIkolbe' date='06 July 2010 - 12:43 PM' timestamp='1278445398' post='2138555']
is "ACROST" acceptable?

When spoken, it wears on my last nerve..and my boss says it... and I flinch every time he says it.

Then, I have an associate who says STRAWLS, instead of STRAWS.

What the heck?
[/quote]
the book that is perfect for practicing diction is "The Cat in the Hat". i'm serious. you should give it to him as a gift and tell him to read it to himself every night before bed.

[aalpha1989]

[quote name='goldenchild17' date='06 July 2010 - 03:52 PM' timestamp='1278445928' post='2138563']
no, just wrong. Like those (including my grandmother) who say "warsh" instead of "wash" The world is not a Goofy movie.
[/quote]

Hey, "warsh" is awesome! I don't pronounce it that way myself, having been raised in New Mexico, but many of my Midwestern compatriots say it...

[Lil Red]

[quote name='goldenchild17' date='06 July 2010 - 12:52 PM' timestamp='1278445928' post='2138563']
The world is not a Goofy movie.
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says you

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='06 July 2010 - 04:27 PM' timestamp='1278448031' post='2138583']
the book that is perfect for practicing diction is "The Cat in the Hat". i'm serious. you should give it to him as a gift and tell him to read it to himself every night before bed.
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if i give that book to my boss, will you help me look for new employment?

[KnightofChrist]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AsnsHvp594http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AsnsHvp594[/media]

[MIKolbe]

iono what that is, but i dont think it's working...

[HisChildForever]

I don't see an "o" I see an "aw".

[dominicansoul]

"uh cross"

[Lil Red]

[quote name='MIkolbe' date='06 July 2010 - 01:41 PM' timestamp='1278448863' post='2138592']
if i give that book to my boss, will you help me look for new employment?
[/quote]
no. tell him to have a sense of humor.