Mis-pronounciation of words

Mis-pronounciation of words

I love this when I hear it, because, well, for one... most people
I speak with know the words, and pronounce them correctly, so when my
ear catches a variation, I am pleased(and amused)
I also enjoy reading posts on web sites of peopole from other countries
trying to speak english..
its kind of like decyphering code. I'm sure if I were attempting to
speak another language I would be just as bad, if not worse..

We'll begin by examining a few words spoken by cohorts or aquaintences..
at the top of my list is"//'
this fleck of food that got into my keyboard,,what the..get outta dere...
thank you..ahh yes, now it works again..!!!!

"Reburished" well, this person uses it as the word for Refurbished
"Decrepitated" i think this person meant Decreped



Another form of creativity occurs when a person is trying to describe
a silliness of behavior, or a word of distainment over another

"you're just a "humbum" (bum, i guess)

yet another person makes up their own phrases..they told me you've got
an "8 dollar mind"...lol (I guess they think I'm cheap)
On the internet chat line one time a person called me a "bogan"...
Somehow, I rubbed them the wrong way...Bogan? what the hell is that..
it turns out in Australia, a bogan is a ner'do well or an indiginent
bum..THen yet another chatter in the room who heard the exchange later
gave me the "rundown" on similar words in different countries..
I wonder how he knew about all of this (perhaps hes a world traveler)
They aRe:
scally or pikey (England ), ned (Scotland ), scanger and spide (Ireland ), tokkie (Holland ),
Proll (Germany ) and white trash , redneck , hick , or hillbilly
(North America ).etc...

phew!


Another associated word play, (really thought process)I enjoy is when
I am asked certain questions
like: Where is your soul located? I told this one person that my soul
was located behind my bellybutton :)

As I said earlier, I enjoy reading posts from other countries..where they speak a bit of english...
Here's an example..

Hello everyone!
I share with you and will know if Sting concerts in this year 2010,
from May onward .. sure that is the interest of many! .. a fond farewell

A very charming post...well intended, and I dechypered it just fine...

Steveo