Why do so many sports medicine and medical professionals pronounce “eccentric” as “E-centric” rather than “Ek-centric”? The double c is pronounced just like in the word “success”. This is something that has always irritated me.
Super Saiyan didn’t read it… twice.
On topic:
It’s the same as the folks who say a-cessories instead of ak-cessories (accessories).
I’m most annoyed by those who pronounce the “…ing” sound as “…een”.
For example, “I saw a car accident while I was walkeen down the street”.
It’s those loathsome unnecessary-R-adders that get me! Samanth-er, Dian-er. It’s often the same monsters who leave the R out! Comft-ah-ble.
Jerks.
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
It’s those loathsome unnecessary-R-adders that get me! Samanth-er, Dian-er. It’s often the same monsters who leave the R out! Comft-ah-ble.
Jerks.[/quote]
Brits, New Yorkers, Bostonians.
[quote]smallmike wrote:
Why do so many sports medicine and medical professionals pronounce “eccentric” as “E-centric” rather than “Ek-centric”? [/quote]
Name and shame time.
[quote]roybot wrote:
Name and shame time.[/quote]
LOL, you want me to post some youtube videos?
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
It’s those loathsome unnecessary-R-adders that get me! Samanth-er, Dian-er. It’s often the same monsters who leave the R out! Comft-ah-ble.
Jerks.[/quote]
Brits, New Yorkers, Bostonians. [/quote]
May they all burn in hell.
[quote]smallmike wrote:
[quote]roybot wrote:
Name and shame time.[/quote]
LOL, you want me to post some youtube videos?[/quote]
Yes, please.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
It’s those loathsome unnecessary-R-adders that get me! Samanth-er, Dian-er. It’s often the same monsters who leave the R out! Comft-ah-ble.
Jerks.[/quote]
Brits, New Yorkers, Bostonians. [/quote]
Let’s not forget Jersey folk. Lol
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
It’s those loathsome unnecessary-R-adders that get me! Samanth-er, Dian-er. It’s often the same monsters who leave the R out! Comft-ah-ble.
Jerks.[/quote]
Brits, New Yorkers, Bostonians. [/quote]
May they all burn in hell.[/quote]
If you want to pronounce everything properly get a Canadian from central Canada to pronounce it.
It’s like the dictionary up and talked.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
It’s those loathsome unnecessary-R-adders that get me! Samanth-er, Dian-er. It’s often the same monsters who leave the R out! Comft-ah-ble.
Jerks.
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Brits, New Yorkers, Bostonians.
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Native New Yorkers do not add R’s. They only take them away. And not from as many places as Bostonians.
[quote]DaBeard wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
It’s those loathsome unnecessary-R-adders that get me! Samanth-er, Dian-er. It’s often the same monsters who leave the R out! Comft-ah-ble.
Jerks.[/quote]
Brits, New Yorkers, Bostonians. [/quote]
Let’s not forget Jersey folk. Lol
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North Jersey is where they have the best pronunciation of “fahgeddaboudit”, a type of health-protective memory adjustment.
[quote]smallmike wrote:
Why do so many sports medicine and medical professionals pronounce “eccentric” as “E-centric” rather than “Ek-centric”? The double c is pronounced just like in the word “success”. This is something that has always irritated me.
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They probably don’t know any better.
I didn’t know any better, myself, until I saw this thread and listened to a few internet-site pronunciations, all of which sounded like “ek-centric”. “Ek-centric” does match the pronunciation of other words with a double-c followed by an e; but for some reason I always thought this particular word was supposed to be pronounced “e-centric”.
I ek-specially hate when the hard T is pronounced in often.
I don’t like the word panties either
[quote]jp_dubya wrote:
I don’t like the word panties either[/quote]
Agreed. There should be no panties.
He ek-skaped from prison, but was later found asleep huddled in a phone boof… on his birfday.
So let me axe you a queshtin - how’s my pronounciation?
Here’s a quick test…say: Marry merry Mary.
Can you make three different sounding words?
Or…try ‘I scream’ versus ‘Icecream’.
Welcome to the wide world of Homophones!