Oh, don’t get me started. It’s a “thing” in my dialect. I didn’t notice it until I was in my thirties, and people from the internet made fun of me for it. Every store ends in " s", even if it doesn’t. Aldis, Dominicks, Jewels, JCPennys, Fannie Mays…I honestly have no idea if any of them has an s in their actual name or not, but they all do in my dialect. About the only exceptions I can think of are Target and Wal-Mart, and Wal-Marts doesn’t sound all that “wrong” to my ear. (Targets sounds weird, though.)
Yeah, I don’t say Targets or Wal-Marts… but I do, for some reason, say “The Wal-Mart”.
One of the exits on I-80 is Scotrun, PA. When I see the sign, my mind reads it as “Scrotum.” Apparently I’m not the only one.
Director M. Night Shamalamadingdong.
Me too! And we had a copy of the book in my dad’s library, but it wasn’t until high school that I made the connection between the two.
Mena Suvari and Mira Sorvino.
In high school I had know idea who Christian Dior was (or even that the brand existed). My girlfriend was into historical fashion. And so his name came up occasionally, and she pronounced it “Cretin Dior” simply because it amused her.
Which I didnt learn until I said it to the guy in the tux shop for prom. She found that the funniest thing ever.
But 20 years later “cretin” is still the first thing that comes to mouth.
No, that’s the guy who does stuff with Ricky Gervais. [two people I get confused. Englishmen named Stephen, I guess that’s enough for me. I can never remember which one is funnier though.]
I call her “Michelle Snoop Doggy O’Cedar.”
This one actually threw me. Just due to the names?
Mr. Sali has always been stumped, despite patient tutoring, on how to pronounce Keanu Reeves. (The ‘Keanu’ part.) So now he calls him Kleenex Reeves.
The Yankees aquired pitcher Hiroki Kuroda. Everytime I hear the name my brain substitutes it with Rookie Carroca, the name of a character in My Favorite Year.
The crowd of current mundane actors milling about - the Ryans. The Kates. The Jennifers. There are too many similar first names, and I can’t tell one from the other.
Mary Cassatt and Mary Surratt.
Don’t even get me started on Kazuko Fukudome.
We were watching Parks and Recreation last night and I was asking my wife a question about Phylicia Rashad. Who isn’t on the show, but Rashida Jones is.
In my case, it’s Jennifer Jason Leigh, Leah Thompson and Allie Sheedy.
But I get the added bonus of thinking about one of my favorite movies.
Alan Swann: Rookie, your Meatloaf Mindanao was superb!
Rookie Carroca: Thanks. That takes two days to prepare, you know.
Alan Swann: Really! Tell me, what was that rather pungent taste?
Rookie Carroca: Parrot!
[someone spits up and Aunt Sadie swoons; the parrot cage is empty]
Rookie Carroca: And theyre not easy to work with. They put up some
squawk.
Alan Swann: I can imagine!
I always read Sarah McLaughlin as Sarah McClanahan, no reason…:dubious: