# Supposably - have mispronounced words become standard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 17, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875 "2015-02-17T00:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875/321 "2015-11-11T22:56:51Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > How about “greasy”? Voiced or unvoiced “s”? “Grease” (unvoiced s; pronounced like the country) and “greasy” (unvoiced s) – fine; pronunciations “greeze” (as per **wolfman** ) and “greezy” (both voiced s) – ugghh !! ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875/322 "2015-11-13T18:07:59Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I cling to “broosketta”. > > I have a colleague who goes all the way to “dash-hound”. I thought the proper pronunciation was “wee-nee-dog”. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875/323 "2015-11-13T19:56:15Z")
> [@Sangahyando](#): > > That’s sometimes heard in the UK also; and the associated adjective, which these offenders pronounce “greezy”. Makes me want to scream, too. I agree, unless the word is paired with “spoon”; “greazy spoon” so much more, well, greazy, than “greasy spoon”. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875/324 "2015-11-14T16:10:15Z")
When Peter Lorre guested on The Jack Benny Show, he used a line from a commercial, with a unique pronunciation: “Are you still using that greazy kid stuff on your hair?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875/325 "2015-11-15T12:17:50Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > For about 10 years I’ve been telling my kids that there is no such word as “costed.” > > “It costed 5 dollars” my 17 year old daughter will say. I’m sure she must hear this from other kids. > > Apart from that, she’s completely normal. Minor nitpick. Costed is a word in English, it just doesn’t mean what your daughter seems to think it does. ‘we costed the project at £20,000.’ ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875/326 "2015-11-15T12:25:04Z")
Just looked it up though and apparently that construction isn’t really used in American English. I’m from the UK. Nitpick withdrawn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supposably-have-mispronounced-words-become-standard/712875.md?page=16)