Oh.

Oh. My. Gods. Sometimes I'm a little embarrassed to be from Florida. Merritt Island is a few miles north of where I grew up.
http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/volusia-county/Merritt-Island-woman-s-mispronunciation-costs-her-Wheel-of-Fortune-puzzle/-/12983450/17887838/-/9aurfc/-/index.html

Comments

Julie Murray said…
Good. I'm tired of people butchering the English language.
Randal Lovelace said…
The 'g' is silent she said... no it's not, and never was, thank you for playing.
Julie Murray said…
Well, technically the 'g' is silent.





If you're a stupid fucking hillbilly.
Julie Murray said…
No, she was required to pronounce the words in front of her correctly. Including the 'g' at the end of the last word of the lyric. She didn't do that. She lost.

This isn't about the original song lyrics. This is about a woman who couldn't take the time to learn how to pronounce words.
Jason ON said…
Or read what was in front of her.

However, I don't know what the official WoF rules are regarding speech. Is a person from the northeast who pronounces 'cah" instead of "bar" going to get the same disqualification or do regional and cultural influences count?
Jason ON said…
The thing that annoyed me is she blamed it on being from Florida. Granted, growing up, I spoke a not of not proper English, but I grew up and I learned proper English (most of the time).
Brenda Curtis said…
I was raised in Fla, a product of their education system and say swimming with a g. I'm sure she also says hollerin and that a ways.
She got the puzzle correct. That is so mean, and I'm usually a grammar nazi. That's like picking on her for being part of a low income family. I would take this to court if I were her...
Brenda Curtis said…
It's a game of letters. You have to say the letters. All 8 of them. Someone got money for guessing that letter. It's as important as the other ones. I've seen them say no for using singular instead of plural. ( car, cars)

Popular posts from this blog

So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to...

I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend.