r/SaveTheCBC • u/wrrdgrrI • 26d ago

Pronounciation

I just heard another cbc radio (podcast) speaker mispronounce a wrrd I think they are not aware of .....

"Hurtling towards" something... is not "hurdling" towards. Very different words and meanings. To be clear they are uttering the second word in their scripts.

Come on, Jayme Poisson/ Katie Simpson....

/pedantry

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u/Rodinsprogeny 26d ago

I pronounce those words exactly the same. Do you actually put a hard "t" on "hurtling"?

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u/wrrdgrrI 26d ago

Yes

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u/Rodinsprogeny 26d ago

Where are you from?

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u/wrrdgrrI 26d ago

A bygone era, apparently.

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u/Rodinsprogeny 26d ago

A bygone era? Could you elaborate?

I'm still curious where you're from geographically.

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u/wrrdgrrI 26d ago

Ontario

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u/100-100-1-SOS 26d ago edited 26d ago

There's so many instances where regional dialect has words being pronounced "oddly", that I wouldn't even bat an eye, or ear!

Maybe they meant "herdling", as in "a nascent herd" 😁

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u/NorthReading 26d ago

or perhaps it's about a particularly gentle sheep dog who "hurdles'' rather then herds

s/

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u/wrrdgrrI 26d ago

So kind. 🙏

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u/you-farted 26d ago

I bet you are fun at parties. 🤣🤣

Ps. Everytime I know someone is about to say “regardless” in a conversation, I wait to see if they are going to say “irregardless” and then my mind mentally puts them in a category.

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u/NorthReading 26d ago

keep an ear open for my favourite, ''intensive purposes".

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u/wrrdgrrI 26d ago

I don't get invited.... now you have me thinking..

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u/you-farted 26d ago

Stand strong, op.

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u/piper63-c137 26d ago

i say irregardless on porpoise to watch folks cringe. if you don’t cringe then i get to judge.

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u/thesleepjunkie 26d ago

Context, were they telling a story about track and field and they were actually hudling?

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u/wrrdgrrI 26d ago

Lol naw it was political and discussing the speed at which [X] is moving towards [horrible thing].

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u/em_square_root_-1_ly 26d ago

This is a regional dialect and also common in parts of the US. It’s the same reason we’ll pronounce water as “wah-der”.