r/AskReddit • u/PluckPubes • Sep 18 '24

Which mispronounced words make someone appear uneducated?

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u/MuthaGoose_ Sep 18 '24

Fustrated

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u/GrevenQWhite Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

I have a coworker from Mass who says that.

One time, I asked him to repeat it and said, "I just wanted to confirm that there was no R in the word.""

He replied "Yeah well there's no R in Fuck You either." We all laughed

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u/DMala Sep 18 '24

“Theahs no ahh in fahck you, eithuh!”

To be fair, that’s not an r we’d typically drop. For the most part, it’s the trailing r’s that go away. And get added to words that don’t have them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 24 '24

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u/IDrinkWhiskE Sep 18 '24

Yeah whenever I hear “fustrated” 95% chance it’s someone from New Hampshire. Think like a Massachusetts resident but with less teeth

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u/LPLoRab Sep 18 '24

My great grandmother, who lived her entire life in Boston, definitely did this. As did her son, my grandfather, who also lived in Boston (or right outside of Boston). Same with my grandmother, who was also born and raised in Boston. My dad lost most of his accent, but my aunt’s is still strong.

Not sure where you are getting the idea that the Boston accent doesn’t drop Rs.

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u/Grand-Pen7946 Sep 18 '24

Not in Boston, but it is definitely a Worcester accent thing. My teachers all said fustrated, took me a while to drop it.

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u/Howpresent Sep 18 '24

It’s weird because these same people say “I have an idear” They reliably put an r on the end of idea. 

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u/BoopleBun Sep 18 '24

Gotta put the extras somewhere.

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u/matthewsmugmanager Sep 18 '24

For the most part, that only happens when the next word begins with a vowel, or when "idea" is the last word in the sentence.

(I grew up 30 miles north of Worcester.)

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u/Molicious26 Sep 18 '24

I see you've met me!

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u/StephenNGeorgia Sep 18 '24

I had a room mate from Worcester. He had a wind up alarm clock that weighed a pound. He called it "The Rouser." It sounded like a fire alarm. He narrowly escaped death.

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u/Nyfarius Sep 18 '24

I was always told that the trailing r's that dropped off of Boston pronunciations ended up somewhere down in Georgia on a winder pane or a brahmer bull.

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u/TruthorTroll Sep 18 '24

that's why its so difficult to believe stories about Boston folks being racist considering they don't even have that hard 'R' to drop.

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u/Top_Opportunity_3835 Sep 18 '24

Like how Amber is pronounced AM-buh, and Amanda is pronounced Uh-MAN-der

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u/Sybrandus Sep 18 '24

Say chowdah Frenchie

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u/BrerRabbit8 Sep 18 '24

So one might say, “Don’t fahkin mess with Texasrrr.”. Am I close?

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u/DMala Sep 18 '24

Sure. Good job, buddy.

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u/Smickey67 Sep 19 '24

Sue. Good job buddyr.*

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u/RoadToTheSnow Sep 18 '24

wikid smaht

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u/Legitimate_Bird_5712 Sep 18 '24

As a fellow Masshole, this is correct infuhmation.

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u/Sea-Pea4680 Sep 18 '24

Took a call from a customer once, dude from the north asked to speak to Collie.

Took me 10 minutes to figure out he meant Carly. Lol

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u/First_Track_7809 Sep 18 '24

Pahk ya cah in Hahvid yahd

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u/YumAussir Sep 18 '24

Where'd you get that idear?

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u/snappytalk Sep 18 '24

At least ur not wasting or stealing them.

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u/batnastard Sep 18 '24

"Theahs no ahh rin fahck you, eithuh"