Common mispronunciations

Nucular irritates me somewhat and I used to know someone who always pronounced the t in the middle of Christmas. Presumably, that would have been correct at some point, but not, I think, nowadays.

Recodnise and reckernise

Excellerate rather than accelerate.

Mischievious rather than mischievous - - also library rather than library.

Oops of course I meant libary rather than library !

Pacific instead of specific.

'Laura norder' instead of 'law and order', (especially when they refer to the 'breakdown of laura norder' which seems to refer to a distressed lady).

Vunrable for vul-ne-ra-ble.

Have we said "secketery"?

Probly instead of probably.

Oh, JoyBloggs, you've hit on one of my pet hates! And why can people who put glottal stops into their otherwise standard English not manage to say 'Law and order'? Ed and Dave spring to mind.

'Ki-LOM-itter' instead of 'KILometre'...

"mute point" instead of "moot point"

prostrate for prostate, and ménage for manège (household / horse riding 'rink')

Does anyone else share my obsession with the pronunciation of diss-ect rather than die-sect? This was drummed into me by a biology teacher who would say we would be dissecting a rat ie opening it up not cutting it in half. The other pronunciation seems to be widely used but it still sets my teeth on edge; after all, if it were die-sect surely it would be spelt with only one s?

Lilygran, glad I'm not the only one who finds that really annoying!

Brush etta instead of brushketta in bruschetta

Sikth instead of sixth, there are so many TV presenters that say this!
Baareee instead of battery
Hehww instead of hell
Alumium instead of Aluminium
I could go on...sorry!

I think people can be forgiven for mispronouncing words like bruschetta, especially if you have never heard the word, only read it.

Fith instead of fifth - TV presenters are the worst offenders!

Not if they are working in an Italian restaurant and correct MY pronunciation!

The American pronunciation of Lab rat ory, instead of la bor at ory (that doesn't look right, but hopefully someone will know what I mean!)

Skedule instead of schedule, pacific instead of specific. That sikth thing drives me mad too. One sports presenter on the BBC this week described someone as 'being in sick place'. Grrrrr

bags has raised the good point that one man's pronunciation meat is another man's poison. E.g. re @feetle in South Africa it is the other way round. Ki-LOM-itter would be correct and KI-lo-meter would be incorrect. Ecksetera and people would laugh at me! (or at least suppress a smile) when I said South-wark as it is written when I first arrived here.