7 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

I think it's a New England thing...can't tell you how long after moving from RI to MN (1974) it took me to lose that - and even almost 50 years later, some words still 'lose the R'.

Actually we don't cayah to lose it. If the rest of the woald can't talk right then it's not ouah problem. Weah talking just fine around heah.

You can't get there from here!

Ok... to the east coast guys - how come you don't pronounce the "H" in words like "Huge" or "Humid" but you do for other words like "Halibut" or "Hook?" (I mean Huk?)

 

I hear this and I say “What the ell?" in my best Fargo accent...

 

?

"Ok... to the east coast guys"

 

The Yankee east coast guys, the Mid-Atlantic east coast guys, the Carolina and Georgia guys or those folks in Florida?  

 

17 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Not really a mispronunciation, but tons of people here call every kind of bluegill or sunfish a "perch" ? I hate it with all my being, but it does no good to correct them. Meanwhile, if they caught an actual perch (which there are very few of here), they'd probably have no idea what they were looking at.

It's a baby WALLEYE!

There’s a couple that drive me nuts

people calling rapalas Rap-You-las, idk how they can get the you sounds out of a word with only A’s but it happens around here

people calling line thread 

people calling suicks swicks 

people calling spinnerbaits spinners

people calling tubes squid baits

walleye guys calling largemouth green carp

people calling all lures rapalas, seems like every time I’m fishing in northern MN some guy will come up to me and ask what kind of Rapala their biting on today

People calling shimano Shaman-o

even heard a couple guys say st Croix literally how it was spelled, saying the x and everything. Took all my willpower not to burst out laughing when I heard that 

2 minutes ago, Ogandrews said:

people calling suicks swicks

 

3 minutes ago, Ogandrews said:

People calling shimano Shaman-o

What's wrong with these two?  That's how I pronounce them...

On 3/2/2020 at 10:52 AM, J Francho said:

Rapala.

X2

1 hour ago, Ogandrews said:

walleye guys calling largemouth green carp

You must be from or have ties to fishermen in Minnesota...?

On 3/2/2020 at 1:25 PM, J Francho said:

Mustad - pronounced mus-TODD

For many years we called them MUSTARD hooks.

And how do you say Rapala? 
You’ll probably say RAP a la.  I always said ra PAL a.

37 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

And how do you say Rapala?

Over priced.

here in maine if we cant pronounce a lake or spell it we just shorten the name of (cobbesecconte)-maybe?goes to cobbessee

13 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

 

What's wrong with these two?  That's how I pronounce them...

I get people call them swicks all the time that’s just not what they are, should have typed out shaman o as shaymin-o

12 hours ago, FryDog62 said:

You must be from or have ties to fishermen in Minnesota...?

Born and raised 

1 hour ago, Ogandrews said:

I get people call them swicks all the time that’s just not what they are

What are they then?  I have only ever heard it pronounced that way and I have been fishing for Muskie for 25 years...

1 hour ago, Ogandrews said:

should have typed out shaman o as shaymin-o

Ok, that makes sense.  I dont pronounce it like that...

17 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

What are they then?

Buick, but starts with an S.

10 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Buick, but starts with an S.

Isn’t that what you feed birds

No, that's what you yell when you feed the pigs.

3 hours ago, J Francho said:

Over priced.

If Rapala's are over priced what do you call Megabass?  

21 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

If Rapala's are over priced what do you call Megabass?  

A good value.

I pronounce bream as "bluegill"

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

Over priced.

Yes, that is the pronunciation! It’s the only brand I use that I have to wait for a sale before purchasing.

5 minutes ago, Manly Studson said:

Yes, that is the pronunciation! It’s the only brand I use that I have to wait for a sale before purchasing.

I guess you dont own any megabass?  Lol.

4 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

I guess you dont own any megabass?  Lol.

I am cheap. My kids raid my tackle boxes too. But I am seeing the value of owning lures that work well without any need for tuning or modifications. I may advance to higher priced lures one day.

I have a $25 Popmax that has caught well over 500 bass.  I've replaced the hooks a couple times, and it has bad hook rash, but has been catching for three years.  Hands down, my most productive bait.

It isn't a mispronunciation, but anglers, even some pros, that use the term structure when speaking about cover. 

When they're actually talking about structure, they use some other term; "When you find structure on a point, it can be a fish magnet."  HUH????