To expect correct pronunciation on Radio 4!

Another hate is "lab ra tory" !

(and I meant to add) complete with unacceptable pronunciations! <hopelessly tries to channel elocution teacher c. 1962>

It's discussions like this that have given me a complex about opening my South African accented mouth in public ...

The one Americanism that really irritates me is not a matter of pronunciation (many Americans pronounce words more clearly than we Anglos do, which is fine) it's saying nthe exact opposite of what is meant:
"I could care less" when what is meant is "I could NOT care less..."

Pronunciations!!

As many English words are derived from French, they get annoyed with us for changing their pronounciations and we get annoyed with the Americans for changing ours and when anyone uses correct French, they are called pretentious! It's a minefield

The "seize 'er witch" really annoyed me too! That's not a case of alternative pronunciation as " aluminum" might be - just wrong!!

The metal was originally called aluminum. It was a spelling mistake that made it aluminium in the UK.

On the subject of transatlantic accents, I have just had an email from DDiL (American) to say DGD (just two) who has lived in USA since she was three months old, insists on pronouncing tomato the British way. When her mum uses the American 'tomayto' she says, " That's wrong mummy, it's tomato." They emigrated nearly two years ago and there is no sign off DS1 losing his accent, English with a mixture of Yorkshire (me and DH) and Cornwall & Devon (upbringing/education).

It's just pretentious.

Why do we now do certain things as an 'omaaaaarje' instead of simply paying 'homidge' ?

We're not French

As a Scot it's things like 'drawring' or 'bananar' that get to me. I now shout at the radio when I'm driving....been shouting at tv for years!!

I've even heard 'nucular' on the BBC recently.

That caribyan sounds so affected! Ridiculous.

I can no longer remember which is UK pronunciation, and which is US. I think I've been saying skedule for some time now. And first my kids mocked me for saying zebra so I changed to zeebra. Now they're laughing at me for saying that and I've got to remember to go back to zebra! Can't keep up with it.

Along with" aluminum" and " caribyan". Isn't there a saying about nations divided by a common language and I do know that is so wrong.

'Furoar' is the American way of pronouncing furore, as 'skedule' is their way of pronouncing schedule and seems to be taking over from 'shedule'...