“Dink” might be confused with hate speech, esp. if the OP is actually Asian. Gotta be careful 'round here.
Uh… maybe you think they’re racial slurs, but I’d hate to think all these years you’ve been calling asians “dinks” and they were all like “Who’s he talking to?”
Here’s one that’s been bugging me for a long time: I have no idea if this is limited to Southern California, but I mostly notice it on the radio here. Instead of the “o” vowel sound, people substitute an “ah” sound. So “Orange County” becomes “Ah-range County,” “correspondent” becomes “cahrespondent”, etc. It’s annoying as hell.
“Dink” is a racial slur? I didn’t know that. I always though it meant Nerd.
Is “Dork” still OK?
No. Dork originated as a slur against those fucking guinea wops.
I heard it stands for Double Income No Kids, said of yuppie childless couples. Disparaging term, yes, but no racial connotations that I am aware of.
Schwa! As if!
You people really need to get out more if this is the kind of thing that annoys you. However, I rather suspect we’re seeing bored people who make a hobby out of being annoyed, because pretending outrage over absurdly trivial variations in the spoken language both gives them a sense of superiority and entertains them.
And the way I hear it, “nukular” is a common pronunciation amongst military types, but the pronunciation is limited to talk about weaponry; the same military types who will talk about a nukular bomb would be devastated if one hit their newclear family.
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I thought Dork was another yiddish word for male member or something (there seem to be a few of them…) 
I always thought it stood for fucking Irish Jewish Black Bastard Canadians Ska Clog Dancers.
Note to Lynn: Please to hurt me. Where is the " on my knees and begging for mercy smilie?
Nothing like those nasty Hawaiians.
I agree Blowero - this has always annoyed me - I don’t know what ahranche juice is but I am sure as hell not drinking it.
By the way – what is the proper pronunciation for the word arch-enemy? Is it [arch] or [ark] enemy?
This is absolutely not a SoCal thing. In fact, I’ve never heard it outside New York, so you might have just been listening to some transplants.
New Yorkers pronounce horrible as hahrible and such.
I just want to second the bit about homage. Come on people, this word has been a part of the English language for over 700 years. No need to Frenchify it now! I’ll even be so lenient as to allow “ah-mage” rather than pronouncing the H if you want, but 'oh-MAHZH"? Stop it!
Don’t even get me started about the “manglais” pronunciation of foyer. Gaaahhhh!
The OP is Asian. I have no clue what a dink is, though- sounds like a watch part or something.
I thought a dork was a whale penis.
lambchops: homage has been in the English language since the Norman Conquest at least. It certainly wasn’t pronounced “ommage” originally… people aren’t “sticking to the original foreign pronunciation”, but inventing a new one.
Besides, Madras doesn’t even look like it should be pronounced “maddris”.
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Bruce Daddy You might want to check out this link: =http://www.civilwarhome.com/timeline.htm. Florida was the 3rd Southern state to secede from the Union, preceded only by your home state and Mississippi.
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This seemed more interesting than the original rant anyway!
Interesting theory. My theory is that bored people who make a hobby out of being annoyed are more likely to try to belittle others on internet message boards for absolutely no reason. 
BTW, did you feel superior after you posted that?
Ever seen Spaceballs?
Just because Florida is in the South, it doesn’t make it a southern state. 
I think most Floridians agree.
I assume you aren’t from the southeast, otherwise you’d understand (and that’s not a knock against you, it’s just a regional thing)
And I always thought it was oh-MAAJ too.
I don’t really think that regional differences in dialect make any difference. As long as you are willing to adjust your speech in some cases when you move to new area.
My city is pronounced [hyoo-stun]. If you come here and call it [how-stun] you are likely to be given a beating.
Likewise Houston Street in NYC (Manhattan) is pronounced [how-stun]. If you go there and call it [hyoo-stun] you are likely to be thought a hay-seed.
As long as we have that straight.
A dink is the little dent you get on your car when the idiot in the car parked next to you opens his car door carelessly.
Well, that’s what my son in law called it anyway.
I’ve got another word for it.