I have mentioned before that my 75 year old mother has a tendency to make slight errors in her pronunciation of certain words.
Usually her terminology is good for a chuckle, but last night at dinner she had me completely stumped when she asked, “Diane, have you seen that HBO movie I told you about yet? The one about that acoustic girl.”
I stared blankly. She continued, “Temple something…”
“Temple Grandin?”
She replied, “Yes! That’s it.”
“Mom, I think you meant to say autistic.”
Though I suppose it’s entirely possible that Temple played a mean guitar.
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Tara R.
My FIL does the same thing, but I've never been brave enough to correct him.
meleah rebeccah
That's too funny!
Tom
My ex MIL used to call her oven a "confection oven". I always wondered why she didn't make candy with it.
She was a constant source of amusement.
AlisonH
My husband does that, and wonders why every now and then I'm totally unable to figure out what on earth he is trying to say.
Sue
Funny. I used to work at a school for autistic children and at the bars guys would think I would say I work with artistic children! Hmm, small difference here!
UP
I so want to blog about the things people mispronounce, but then some of them read my blog…as everyone should…and that would be 'hurtful', now wouldn't it?
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Rachael
Ha! That is so funny! I love stories of mispronunciation and people who use wrong words. Maybe it's mean… but it's still funny.
Is it a coincidence that my word verification is carma? sure it's spelled wrong, but…
Tired Mom Tésa
I could see her mixing that up. Glad you figured out what she meant, sometimes that can be frustrating.
Jana
HA! that is too funny, I cant believe I havent seen the movie yet, I read her book and I dont think she mentioned a guitar, but she is sort of brilliant so I suppose its possible 😉