Pronunciation pet peeves - or how to engage in passive aggressive pronunciation

It said I was most from Oxnard, followed by LA and Santa Clarita. That’s ludicrous. I’m from Huntington Beach. They didn’t ask about pronouncing ‘dude’ or what ‘bogus,’ ‘hairy,’ or ‘gnarly’ meant or they might have gotten it.

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My boss says “entrepreneurship” funny. Its hard to describe, but instead of the french sounding “entrée” part at the front that most people say he says “enter” like an anglo… its so weird to my ears and I almost misunderstand him every time!

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