Common mispronunciations

Medcine instead of medicine.

Using "of" instead of "have," e.g. should of known better!

pusghetti

They have just turned sk into ks, that's all. My kids did this all the time when they were small, not with ask but with plenty of other words. Peninsula became pelinsunna, pasta became spada and lots more.

Actually, given its spelling (double b), Ca-RIB-ian makes more sense. And again, this is a N.Amer/Brit difference. I think speakers of English on another continent might be allowed a few differences, no?

I wonder why people from the CarRIBBean (as they pronounce it) often say arks instead of ask.

Burgalry

Joolery

KuhRIBBean instead of CariBBEEan ( if you see what I mean)
I must confess I only found out recently how to pronounce bruschetta correctly.

I, too, hate nucular. The one that seems to be more and more common on tv & radio is 'serious' for 'series'. Weird but true - maybe I notice it more because my BiL says it!

Momento, anyone? But I like interred instead of interned and the other way round.

My DH says 'secetary' and also 'sulvineers' instead of souvenirs and 'katchup' instead of ketchup .

Galen gigot of lamb is the Scottish version of leg of lamb.

JessicerEnnis instead of Jessica Ennis, Draw instead of Drawer, Somethink instead of Something, likewise Nothink and Anythink. And my biggest pet hate - "H" pronounced "Haitch", not the correct "Aitch".

Something that really makes my toes curl is 'haitch' rather than 'aitch' but I feel this has been discussed long and hard elsewhere.

That's probably because we say it fast, chloe. I don't think I've ever pronounced it 'after wards' though!

I used to be a 'secetree' in the 'nucular' industry and I actively dislike the month of Febury I am in agreement with ga, absent and Soutra my teeth have been set on edge just thinking about those words.

Afterwads instead of afterwards

I once watched a programme featuring Gino D'Acamp, the Italian chef, who was trying to get someone to pronounce bruschetta properly. He said it is not as in brushetta, it is brusketta.

DefinAtely is definItley one of the most annoying mis-pronunciations. It seems the norm to pronounce it this way now

I have never heard bruschetta pronounced. I might have got the k from chianti but....

is it brush or brus?

Except it's more likely to be ki-LAM-idder

Ki-LOM-meter is correct in North America whether we like it or not.

With respect, Grannyknot, I don't see how Ki-LOM-etre could ever be correct. It's most likely widely accepted useage, but how do they pronounce Centimetre? Kilo-metre is based on 'metre'.

One of my other pet cringe-making pronunciations is 'eye-dyllic'; and I've always said 'brushetta', because I've only ever seen it written. I wonder if it's said 'brusketta' in the US, making it like skedule and schedule.

I always wondered which was right for bruschetta. My pet gripe is ashoom for assume. Or is it correct to put an h in the middle?
Accents are obviously excluded from this list - eg, in Norfolk it sustifcate for certificate; fillum for film.

Or gigot for leg of lamb