Any to add ?

LauraNorder

Skellington for skeleton drives me nuts, make no bones about it.

Haha, yes, I have heard that one.
Also, chimley for chimney.

Burgelry for burglary.

Georgesgran

I seem to remember the late Cilla Black recounting her first introduction to an ‘advocado’. No such word, but she repeated it a dozen times in the tale.

That's just the sort of thing that she would play up.

Lately I hear a lot of ‘shtrong’, ‘shtrength’, shtreet’, etc.
I don’t know who started it, but it’s been spreading like the blasted pandemic, so I’d like a Stern Word with them.

Whoever mentioned the dropping of t’s, ditto x 100. I sometimes think presenters/people doing voiceovers for ads, are given strict instructions to do it, even if that’s not how they’d speak normally, in order to sound as un-posh as possible.
Even Radio 4 is at it - whatever is the world coming to? ?

Gosh a violet coloured mythical small,person calling us sad….am I bovvered ?? Oops sorry…bothered.

So does said person go on every single thread which isn’t deadly serious and have a go ?…..several times ?

FannyCornforth

Georgesgran

I seem to remember the late Cilla Black recounting her first introduction to an ‘advocado’. No such word, but she repeated it a dozen times in the tale.

That's just the sort of thing that she would play up.

Mohave a friend who says this. I’m far too fond of her to point out the mistake!

Prostrate instead of prostate.

Not all Purplepixie just a few,but i get your drift.

Callistemon

And I just say theatre without a special emphasis on the 'a'

I don’t emphasise the ‘a’ but I do pronounce it. Is that unusual? How do other people pronounce it?

A lot of the supposed 'mispronunciations' mentioned on this thread are nothing of the sort. They are simply different but equally correct ways of saying the same word!

Geography and garage are two examples of that, but there are many more.

Why do people get so hung up over such things, hating anything anything that doesn't match what they personally were taught (probably many years ago, and by someone who was taught it many years before that etc., ...)

We speak a living language, and it changes form all the time and always has done!

Sorry, only kidding. There's lots of lovely and very unsad people on here. Please accept my apologies.

Witzend they sound like fearful snobs. I am the very opposite of posh and I have no idea why I pronounce some things the way I do! I think it’s because I have picked up some things from the different places I have lived.

MamaCaz

A lot of the supposed 'mispronunciations' mentioned on this thread are nothing of the sort. They are simply different but equally correct ways of saying the same word!

Geography and garage are two examples of that, but there are many more.

Why do people get so hung up over such things, hating anything anything that doesn't match what they personally were taught (probably many years ago, and by someone who was taught it many years before that etc., ...)

We speak a living language, and it changes form all the time and always has done!

Speaking as she who started the thread…I’m not hung up on any of this nor do I hate it, I just thought it was a mildly interesting snippet from the Times this morning.

Blossoming

Callistemon

And I just say theatre without a special emphasis on the 'a'

I don’t emphasise the ‘a’ but I do pronounce it. Is that unusual? How do other people pronounce it?

I think it modifies the 'e' but I wouldn't say it with the emphasis on the 'a' as 'ay':
Thee ay tre

No, I don’t say it as ‘ay’. More like the name Thea, followed by ter

Lucca

MamaCaz

A lot of the supposed 'mispronunciations' mentioned on this thread are nothing of the sort. They are simply different but equally correct ways of saying the same word!

Geography and garage are two examples of that, but there are many more.

Why do people get so hung up over such things, hating anything anything that doesn't match what they personally were taught (probably many years ago, and by someone who was taught it many years before that etc., ...)

We speak a living language, and it changes form all the time and always has done!

Speaking as she who started the thread…I’m not hung up on any of this nor do I hate it, I just thought it was a mildly interesting snippet from the Times this morning.

Sorry, Lucca - by the time I had read all the posts in the thread, I was so frustrated/incensed that I had forgotten what your original post said, and just needed to make a general response.

ONvelope instead of ENvelope
Vetenary instead of Veterinary
Concord instead of Concourse

And I know it's not a mispronunciation but
Extorionate rather than Exorbitant turns me into Mrs Banner.

Don't even get me started on Crimbo....

Has anyone mentioned ‘deteriate’ for ‘deteriorate’?

I’m sure Keenya changed to Kenya when the country became independent

yggdrasil

What about geology, geodesics, geothermal,
geophysics. geoscience. geomorphic.
geometry, geocentric.

Just to confirm
The Greek root word ge, commonly used in the English prefix geo-, means “earth.”

That is a good point yggdrasil. I was taught not to pronounce the 'e' in geography, but your examples do rather oppose that!

Extorionate rather than Exorbitant turns me into Mrs Banner.

Gosh, I've never come across that one, it sounds absurd

I talk about anachronism but I also talk about anacronym; it drives me mad because I can't remember which doesn't have an 'an'.

REEsearch rather than reSEARCH drives us mad.

Trisha57

geneology instead of genealogy

That's one that drives me crazy!

‘Ter” instead of “to”; “garridge” instead of “garage” and “winder” instead of “window” all set my teeth on edge.