Those People Who Mispronounce Everything

[@darienford860]

She's so fluent on her mispronunciations that I see nothing wrong here

[@lollsazz]

No, she said "If I axked around". It's mispronounced "axed aroun"

[@darienford860]

@@lollsazz 🤦

[@scurus11scurus]

@@lollsazz are you saying she mispronounced her mispronunciation? 😂

[@lollsazz]

@@scurus11scurus Yes, you have to mispronounce correctly! 😜

[@dona7c2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 i hate you

[@nicke20686]

I like how she says library wrong but can say librarian perfectly fine lol

[@timopper5488]

Yup, noticed that right away.

[@harrywang6792]

Yeah! As a side note, as someone who learned English, it is easier for me to say librarian right than library. Because in librarian, both 'r''s is emphasized, so it's easy to nail it. But in library, the first 'r' is not emphasized, and it is squished between two emphasized syllables, it's really hard to say the 'r' right without being sounding weird, and if I am not careful enough, it's easy to "skip" the r if I am tongue tied.

[@nicke20686]

@@harrywang6792 this is true

[@TomMarvan]

I think their messing with us.

[@mindlessrover2001]

@@TomMarvan *they're "I hate you."

[@cordinarcher1054]

If I had a date with Nikki, I wouldn't be obsessing over a few fox paws.

[@meyman9]

She's a blessing in the sky

[@jasonrollins1385]

Underrated comment 👌🏾

[@kylecurryyt]

Best comment.

[@PrasannaVenkatesan96]

Sweet comment ngl

[@whatsawhizzerwebnovels4927]

I sea what you did their.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

I was a huge bookworm and mispronounced a lot of words because I read them before I heard them so this hurts my soul. Some of them are actually words I used to mispronounce, but some of them are just painful 😅

[@philochristos]

A lot of us are in the same boat. I mispronounced "syllogism" for such a long time that when somebody tried to correct me, I thought they were an idiot.

[@jaschabull2365]

Yeah, I'm told that mispronunciation is usually a sign that someone learned a word from reading, and thus might not be that worthy of disrespect. (though then again, a few of the things said in the skit probably aren't from this kind of misconception, I don't see anyone seeing the word "library" and reading it as 'libary".

[@kerrywang1126]

Same. In my head, disciple is "DISS-ipul" instead of "dis-EYE-pul". Pedagogy is "peda-gawggee" instead of "peda-gawjee". 🤷‍♂

[@AzalDaniel]

@@kerrywang1126 thanks, TIL that I've been mispronouncing pedagogy

[@seapeajones]

OMG. Pronounced macabre with teenaged confidence in high school. Haunts me to this day.

[@name3698]

Honestly half of those I wouldn't even notice if I wasn't reading the subtitles.

[@pranavps851]

What was wrong with Wednesday? Was it too stretched out?

[@name3698]

@@pranavps851 she said it like how I would've said it. Same with a couple other words.

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

@@pranavps851 she said it with a Z but I've never heard someone use the S.

[@whittenaw]

@@pranavps851 Wednesday was fine for me lol

[@whittenaw]

@@Phantom-kc9ly so when you hear people say it, they say it like win-day?

[@MrHalohunter24]

Okay but in her defense, who doesn't pronounce Wednesday as Wenzday?

[@wannaloginnow]

I’ve been pronouncing it Wenzday ever since I learned the word. So, what’s the correct pronunciation?

[@JohnDoe-ld8nr]

That is the correct pronunciation.

[@wannaloginnow]

@@JohnDoe-ld8nr Thought so. 👍🏼

[@mrjeffjob]

It’s like pronouncing Feb(r)uary with the R sound. It sounds odd to me. The one I’m OCD about is “exspecially” and excape My mother in law says house pital and heela copter. The heala copter landed on the roof of the house pital. Afterwords we went to the rest ernt. Nails on a chalkboard. Exspecially from her. Cause there’s no excape!

[@davepowell7168]

U oxymoron

[@georgieeve2026]

That guy would have a breakdown if he had to listen to us in Australia 😅

[@PatternLand]

I’m pretty sure he would be fine it’s just annoying listening to someone from the same country say everything wrong lol

[@amandawilliams8715]

true ))))

[@rahileshanbi5551]

@@PatternLand aren’t those accents tho? We pronounce stuff differently.

[@thisandthat7927]

“I hate you” lol best way to end a first date ever

[@jimclayson]

My greatest accomplishment in life was teaching my now-ex-wife to figure out how to choose between using "I" or "me" in a sentence. Sure, she divorced me after seven-and-a-half years of marriage, but I think it was worth it.

[@cremebrulee4759]

Definitely. Thank you for your hard work.

[@francescoporcari8597]

I'm not a mother tongue (you can guess it from my name), coukd you help me? I'm struggling because it seems to me the two terms are used without any rule by native speakers. I would say that "I" is used when the speaker is the subject of the sentence, while "me" when the speaker is thebdirect objective or part of a prepositional phrase. What about the nominal predicate?

[@falkland_pinguin]

​@@francescoporcari8597 You're not a native speaker. As for your actual point, I don't see anything I would add (apart from the "you and I"/"you and me" debate; there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus about what happens with conjunctions like and). But I'm not a native speaker either, so I may have missed some strange edge cases

[@Danny_mahi]

Whatever role Nikki plays she nails it, especially the crazy ones. Even in those roles she's absolutely hot.

[@sansore8868]

Shes so good she doesn’t even have to act in the crazy ones

[@hdora510]

She is the real deal and good actor

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

What does that have to do with anything

[@kylecurryyt]

Wait…she’s playing a character???

[@Spacecat683]

EXpecially *

[@TrishTin]

2:19 He's so excited that he speaks in subtitles!

[@kristinadetmer8332]

“expecially if I start axing around early.” I’m going to try to incorporate this line in my every day speech. Hilarious! 😝

[@paulmcewen5627]

Anyone care that at 0:36, it should have been "If this WERE an actual emergency..." ? The subjunctive RULES!

[@candice1989]

That first "liberry" really made my eye twitch 😂🤣

[@gamaltk]

"what are you, from Spain, doing a semester abroad?" I'm dead 🤣

[@jsusna1972]

Ricky: "Oh, Lucy! You got some splaining to do!"

[@elephant_888]

He was definitely not a Monette fan! 😂

[@pureskill123]

That's some major gaslighting for Wednesday.

[@dchawk81]

"what does your dad do? He's a koh loan el in the army.

[@viper-the-great]

that one akeays bugged the sh*t outta me 🤣 spelled so sillt conpared to how its pronounced. everything should just be spelled fha net ickly 😂😂

[@aaz.4040]

English is not my first language and this skit bought back many memories in middle school. 🤣🤣🤣

[@kashif9145]

It’s the W’s & V’s don’t work for us freshies

[@christopherpadilla715]

Date her! Marry her! Then correct her pronunciations later! It’s Nikki Howard you’re on a date with buddy!!

[@no1run732]

Dude look at my longer comment. You wish it. Now learn how to do it.

[@3YZ-TS191]

I'm with you, Christopher. Ruin a great thing over a few mispronounced words? C'mon!!

[@viktorskarlatov8227]

Chill, bro.

[@JamesJon1187]

Lol. Yeah..this vid was actually a documentary.

[@arishrajan]

Dude have u seen her other videos ... who would dare marry someone like that ...

[@silvijaplantak1869]

Love it Nikki. Lots of love from Croatia❤️

[@mmm22chess]

As a non native speaker, she seemed to speak perfectly lool

[@juakinbm4605]

THIS

[@shogun0810]

That's exactly why you're a non native. You can't spot the mistakes

[@epac2816]

It's so fussdrating 😂

[@erka001]

I'm always baffled by people saying they "axed" something.

[@johnserosanguineous1886]

As-kuh-tuh. I found out lots of people have trouble with the mouth movements required to enunciate s-kuh-tuh. They literally can't do it, get frustrated and say "AXED! You know what I mean!"

[@deebedwell580]

There’s an entire history behind how that came to be. Instead of me messing it up, if you’re interested, you can actually do a search for that. As it turns out, it’s not just ignorance or poor education that causes that - it’s where you’re from or grew up.

[@erka001]

@@deebedwell580 Thanks for pointing that out! Yes I think I heard something along those lines sometime after I wrote this comment. Not being a native speaker myself, it was always just weird.

[@philochristos]

I confess that until I saw this video, I didn't know how to pronounce quinoa.

[@whittenaw]

Easy mistake to make. I think everyone makes it when they've seen the word but not heard it or something to that effect

[@amandawilliams8715]

)))

[@danieljinkins3267]

Nicky deserves to be in Hollywood. Love this girl.

[@shogun0810]

No she doesn't. She should barely have a platform here so she should count herself lucky She ain't going to suck your cock cause you're simping Cringe

[@trevorgwelch7412]

I think I'll have an Expresso 😂

[@JonathanLaRiviere]

For someone so particular, he comes out the gate with a “you literally said everything wrong” and she should have shamed him so hard for that hyperbowl.

[@bhaskarganguly7]

She owns every charecter.. such a phenomenal actor Nikki is.

[@federalreservebrown2507]

actress!! ( face palm)

[@DirectorHMAN]

​@@federalreservebrown2507it can be actor or actress for women. For men it's just actor.

[@drk321]

Were you a butcher in your past life?🙃

[@shogun0810]

@@federalreservebrown2507 did you not realize woke Hollywood got rid the differentiation between the two?! *Facepalm* Ironic.

[@federalreservebrown2507]

@@shogun0810Hollywood might have done that for you but didn't do it for me.. the tiny hats can kiss my ass

[@RamblinRick_]

This is EGGSactly the video I needed to see today.

[@garyneville1141]

Nikki you are a genius of comedy, Thanx a million for all the larfs.

[@jbbattle9946]

Haaaa! She got me hooked..."Feboooary"...Monet!!!❤

[@TheWtfnonamez]

I laughed. I know a couple of people like this, and I honestly sometimes find myself repeating the words in the conversation to see if the penny drops.

[@kingatheist7231]

The "salmon" had me in stitches lol.

[@imxjoon]

My favorite is people who say “supposably”

[@sungod9797]

“What are you, from Spain?” was actually really funny lol

[@otakoob]

When she wasn't being crazy, she met a crazy dude. Poor girl

[@xa1551]

ok but doesn't everyone say wenzday? I mean, no one actually says wednesday.

[@pranavps851]

I was wondering the same

[@Hubcool367]

I saw another comment that says it should be wens(s)day

[@kristinadetmer8332]

Wait what’s the difference?

[@xa1551]

@@kristinadetmer8332 There's no difference. That's what I'm saying

[@alasdairblack393]

No, not everybody does.

[@geneh3127]

This was incredible, so hysterical 🤣

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Haha the waiter also called it expresso. Definitely me as a fine dining server every time 😂

[@elfhririn]

😂 as always! Growing up with a speach impediment: 'library' and 'carousel' were the 2 hardest words for me to say right, took me til I was around high school to fix haha 😄

[@Kelvinllovejr]

So, I guess now is a good time to correct you on your word speech then? Speach isn't a word.

[@altabistal1]

well neither is biarch

[@elfhririn]

@@Kelvinllovejr 😆 *facepalm*

[@Kelvinllovejr]

@@elfhririn 😂😂😂

[@keretaman]

Thank you for this. I feel guilty for it but I just can't help reacting the same way :,) it physically hurts!

[@ppg4667]

Me: Hey girl lemme axe you a Girl: Runs Me:Question

[@jaschabull2365]

She probably thought that was a threat.

[@TRISMUSIK]

The “Escuse me” and “what are you from Spain” killed me 😂😂😂

[@blakemcmahan3960]

This was legendary status I got so uncomfortable when she said Salmun 🤣🤣🤣 how was your canoe salad 🤣🤣🤣

[@45coopaloop]

One of your best bits in a while Nikki :) Keep up the great videos!

[@haydenchristensen1404]

Is that red wine with fish? The pronunciations aren’t the only problem 🤦‍♂️

[@D4RKBRU73]

good spot !

[@tom51202]

You aren't meant for KZbin sir

[@codypiper7252]

@@D4RKBRU73 True we can't be depleting the already exhausted oceans anymore eh like c'mon we're gonna have fishless oceans by 2050

[@db5387]

Morgan Jay! That guy is an amazing stand up comedian!

[@reddon1969]

I can’t imagine how difficult it was to mispronounce all those words! Good job

[@bumstead1383]

Sometimes the mispronouncing of words crawls under my skin especially when I think she’s doing it purposely. Nikki’s so beautiful I would you know just endure it , until I explode! Lol

[@Strangepete]

This was so funny! Almost like a cart-toon. The ultimant cart-toon.

[@WarriorsSon]

That was Fyah !!

[@EJofLA]

Dat waz amuzing sanks.

[@bryanbortman4562]

Just recently found your channel. So far - this video is my favorite!

[@gcoleman18]

EScuse me … what’re u from Spain 🇪🇸 🤣 🤣

[@ViolinistJeff]

Lol my mom says MELK all the time.😂

[@andrewmacomber1638]

That’s so funny! My brother ordered a hambooger at a restaurant once! I was rolling!😂

[@blu3j00Ls]

If she said all the last bit on purpose to piss him off and laugh it off when he leaves, it would be funnier.

[@ajscott9528]

I didn't even hear any issue until she said Ki- Noah did Quinoa 😆

[@kristinadetmer8332]

Luckily this was just a regular date and not on Valentime’s Day.

[@RobSwizz1e]

1:13 gave me Julian Smith MALK vibes, hahahaha!

[@emanuelmota7217]

I am he. Prolly why I'm still alone.

[@britpoppansy]

The "MELK" one killed my soul.

[@ronque23]

I think she at least gets points for putting the proper emPHAsis on the correct sylLABles.

[@davedutttripathi8644]

Always been a fan of yours ❤ great work. I genuinely think you're the best female comedian lol ❤😂

[@shogun0810]

Low bar tbf

[@WillLeingang]

That prolly took some extra rehearsals!

[@swirlingchi]

“Ax” and “axing” are nails-on-chalkboard horrifying

[@alexandertsiolkovski5848]

Dropping a girl like that for something like that is nuts!!! He's a loser.

[@emanuelmota7217]

He's got standards.

[@flowerinthewild-x5u]

@@emanuelmota7217 standards of pronunciation? When almost every sub culture pronounces words differently

[@jimclayson]

@@emanuelmota7217 "He HAS standards." 😁

[@emanuelmota7217]

@@jimclayson The phrases “has got” and “have got” are somewhat informal and are often contracted, as in “He's got” and “They've got.” Although this expression has long been criticized as an unnecessary substitution for the verb “to have,” it is perfectly idiomatic

[@inaramir7600]

My mom is that person, and my dad after 32 years of marriage gave up on trying to teach her how to pronounce things correctly

[@vueport99]

Was your mom from a different part of the country and simply had a regional accent maybe?

[@kristinadetmer8332]

My dad says melk. It drives me crazy. I had no idea other people (mis)pronounced it that way!

[@surfmarine3118]

Her character should have said it as "mispurnounce", like I've actually heard.

[@bythewaybytheway67]

I had a friend who liked to mispronounce words. She has a whole slew of them and it drove me crazy. I always felt that she thought it was cute and did it intentionally.

[@surfmarine3118]

@@bythewaybytheway67 btw, it's a slough of whatever. Slew is the past tense of slay (not slayed).

[@augustvergara6878]

The end was so good haha

[@tomscott3]

great performance. expecially the end. it was like fouth of july when all the fiyaworks go off at once.....,

[@_DB.COOPER]

She’s definitely sumthing.

[@kaid3566]

People that unnecessarily Capitalize words are Even Worse!

[@shonuff7612]

It makes me feel like I'm not human when I hear the things most people are extremely bothered by and I can't relate. I just don't care enough it's not hurting me so why care?

[@cuddyross5432]

Well that went well! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@edwardrook8146]

Nucular- that one bugs me too. But I have a buddy who says "grodge" instead of "garage" and now I can't help saying it that way

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

She's TOO GOOD. You mispronounce so perfectly!!

[@davidoday777]

That's enhances her cuteness... you're outta that dude's league anyway :P

[@dudesayingthings]

I got my blood boiling just from watching this 😂😂

[@ironsnowflake1076]

5th or 6th grade flashback. Reading aloud to class. Pronounced colonel co-loan-el. Was clowned mercilessly.

[@galamander_1327]

Closer to how the French say it, which is where the word came from.

[@johnleeson6946]

LeBeau from Hogan's Heroes!!!

[@humanrightsadvocate]

2:22 But, Wednesday _is_ pronounced WeNZday.

[@unfnbelievable3609]

Wed-nes-day IS one of those words that makes absolutely no sense. Is it Gaelic? I don't know, I don't speak Gaelic. The pronunciation just doesn't make sense in the American English I learned.

[@omnivore2220]

Finally, someone calls them out! I eckspecially liked watching this one while sipping an eckspresso. My mother was one of those who "worshed" clothes in the "worshing machine". We lived in Worshington State, back in the 1960s, but I can find no such state on the maps today. Still, there are words that no one on Earth knows how to pronounce, like "Hoppes", the name of the company that makes gun cleaning products.

[@RikodiusRex]

I would do that stuff on purpose if he told me it annoyed him. 😂

[@sonofblessed]

In real life it does seem petty to dislike a person for mispronouncing things, but on the other hand mispronouncing words signals a level of superficiality or ignorance.

[@geneh3127]

He would never lmao 🤣 😂

[@aswithinsowithout]

She’s so sweet. He’s a meanie. Lol

[@ktwhimsy6946]

OMG the “exspecially” kills me when I hear it! Side note: I make jewelry for a living & have a relative that likes to repost my work on social media (it’s a sweet gesture, she’s trying to help spread the love) but she keeps spelling the word “necklace” as “neckless” 😂😅…. “Check out my niece’s neckless!” ….. 😮

[@garypierce7380]

That poor guy was loosing his mind. It would drive me crazy to.

[@DoreenBellDotan]

I can so relate to this. My Husband is a grammarian.

[@dalehenry4694]

Nikki you're so funny 😂...

[@kepler186f4]

"Lucy... you got some 'splaing to do!"

[@WhatIfTheories]

I think you are just speaking Philly being that I grew up in that area. It's basically it's own dialect of mispronunciation here. That is why we pronounce the Eagles as Iggles here. We sometimes even write it in the paper as the Iggles to match our pronunciation. We say Warder or Wooder for Water. It can drive many people mad as the list goes on how we say most things different lol.

[@jrnumex9286]

1;31 my boy has to let the anger truth fly.

[@FlyboyGWN]

AAAARRRGHHHH! These are the same people who say "literally" when they mean "figuratively": it's LITERALLY the OPPOSITE of how you are using it! Well played.

[@babetravelling]

Good thing, I get away with it 🤣

[@jackbuggs9339]

This is an uncut geam!

[@editingbasket9728]

Leave her with the bill for the final dagger!

[@UmarKhan-su1vv]

Hypber bowls hahahaha

[@theonyxknightknightmaster3792]

I agree with that guy, I didn't go on a second date because she kept using the word " Ax" instead of ask.

[@emmablackmusic]

Where did the sound go at 2:19?