Pronounciation on TV

I say appreesiation, and appreesiates, but appreeshably. I suppose it’s because the penultimate syllable is stressed in the first two words, but not in the third.

It doesn’t matter in the great scheme of things, but I think it’s good to aim for high standards in pronunciation, as in anything else. Why not? Most poor speech is just laziness.

OH’s current gripe is with twenny, thiree, foree.

As long as I know what is meant I won’t lose any sleep over it. Life’s too short.

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Jilly how do you pronounce the word negotiation - I’m confused!

Wasn't it always 'negosheeation' - but people now will often pronounce it 'negoseeation'

Nu-cu-lar instead of nu-clear gets me. Artic instead of arctic. And lots more.

But as long as whoever is listening understands, I guess that's all that matters.

with you Jane 10 - so what? The world is in such a difficult place and in the middle of a pandemic- so WHAT?

Many regional differences too, great.

These have got me totally “foxed”
I can’t understand if I can’t hear the nuances.
Am I alone?

DH always says 'appreesiation for appreciation and won't hear of it being pronounced any other way, says he was taught that way at school in elocution classes for poetry reading! Puts my teeth on edge!

So what?!

Theresa May got it wrong every time. You would think that the amount of times she said the word she would pronounce it correctly. She pronounces the she as see

Jilly how do you pronounce the word negotiation - I’m confused!

Pronounciation?

"Sisth' instead of 'sixth' grates on me, and is getting more commonplace.

I am still struggling with 'negotiation'. I can't work out from the OP how it is being mispronounced or how Jillybird would pronounce it. Worse, I now can't decide how I pronounce it either . Whatever I say sounds wrong, after so many attempts to put in a 'ti' or a sh'.

Calendargirl, you are not alone. "Vunnerable" sets my teeth on edge too.

I ve never noticed that one but I get annoyed when I hear cooler said as quler by all the weather people

And before anyone mentions it, I've spotted my own mistake too

To be really pedantic, shouldn’t it be pronunciation, not pronounciation?

What gets me is ter and fer instead of to and for.

I've never noticed how others pronounce that particular word, so no, it clearly doesn't bother me. Plenty of other words where people say 'sht' instead of 'st' irritate me though, such as 'shtreet' instead of 'street'.

Btw, I presume that 'pronounciation'was a typo?
I wouldn't dream of mentioning it if this wasn't on Pedant's Corner, of course

I may be wrong, but the word ‘vulnerable’, which is used a lot at the present time, often seems to be pronounced ‘vunn-erable’

To me, this is incorrect, but I realise it could be me!