I'd probably have an opinion of this if I'd ever heard anyone pronounce it that first way :/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've never heard "matoor" but "matyoor" is annoying

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha, that's the way the French people try to say it if they speak English. Trust me, I know. I do it sometimes because of my French accent:)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

omgsh , or when people say may-sher instead of me-shur . my chemistry & piano teachers both used to do that . terribly annoying /:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

my 9th grade english teacher said it like that, most annoying thing everrrrrrr

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you are sooo right!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ive never heard anyone say it like that!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate that and "controver-see-al" instead of "Controvershel"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

they say that in those educational science videos about maturing plants or something. and the guy always has a really deep voice, like "THE MATOORING BRUSSELS SPROUTS WILL SOON DEVELOP INTO FULL-GROWN PLANTS IN THE SOFT GENTLE LIGHT OF SPRING."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've heard it. It annoys me as well but it is actually the correct pronounciation. Go to youtube and search "pronounce ch instead of t" and you may find something. There's a lady who does vids on why we pronounce things the way we do. She made sense. I was curious about the "dr" sound. Its because our mouths form similar shapes for the t sound, like top, and for the ch sound like chirp. The only diff is how our tongue shapes differently to make the diff sounds. Over time more and more people pronouce it the same way. The true way to say it is mature. Just like the right way to say "true" is t-roo not chroo.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Another ex: Everyone I know including myself pronouces most d-r words with a j-r like "jraw" instead of "draw" and "jrink" instad of "drink." The reason we do these things is because the way we shape our mouth for j-r is similar to the shape for d-r. We just alter our tongues to make the different sounds. And over time people pronouce the words the same. So for T-R, like "true" most people I know say "chr-oo" instead of "t (as in top)-roo/ troo). We should say t-roo for true or t-ree rather than ch-ree. Our mouth forms in similar ways to say t-r and ch-r but for t-r the tongue tip taps the mouth roof while for ch-r the tongue flattens and the back teeth clench.

by Anonymous 12 years ago