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Lucca Wed 23-Jun-21 08:24:05

A survey has revealed the most irritating mispronounced words:

pinkym Thu 24-Jun-21 11:35:59

Our DGC love that Grandad cannot pronounce "squirrel" and pronounces it "squiwwl". They're always trying to come up with ways to trick him into saying it!

win Thu 24-Jun-21 11:31:41

Definitely of instead of have but I am told that is part of the Devon and Cornish dialect when I complain.

lightallan Thu 24-Jun-21 11:31:03

nothink for nothing

haitch for aitch

Two, too and to

ta for to

There are many more but too many to write just now.

Sloegin Thu 24-Jun-21 11:30:26

'Maths' or 'math' in US is pronounced 'maaths ' in N.ireland. My husband was a maths teacher so I quickly learnt to pronounce it differently when we moved to England!

Moggycuddler Thu 24-Jun-21 11:30:02

Arthuritis, though another gran posted it. Labrinth for labyrinth. Vunnerable for vulnerable. And draws for drawers.

pinkym Thu 24-Jun-21 11:29:15

Samwidge for sandwich errrggghhhh!

Mamgujane Thu 24-Jun-21 11:26:45

And then we wonder why people can’t spell!! They write what they’re saying.
Have had many an argument with students over the “aitch” question, usually demanding recourse to the dictionary.
Predominately instead of predominantly. Off your own back - another classroom argument. And I’ve had to explain to students that unfortunately the idiom is “can’t be arsed” and therefore best avoided, at least in class. Many of them say can’t be asked.
I criticised an estate agent once in an email and she “reputed” my criticism!!
Well, that’s a few things off my chest. But plenty more where they came from...

Mauriherb Thu 24-Jun-21 11:25:15

Any word pronounced with a k instead of g , anyhink nothink somethink , drives me mad

FarNorth Thu 24-Jun-21 11:23:38

Two rr's in where sloegin?

Krispii Thu 24-Jun-21 11:21:59

Tomater, potater and tomorrer....

Sloegin Thu 24-Jun-21 11:20:30

'rs' not 'rrs'! That's Devon me dear!

FarNorth Thu 24-Jun-21 11:19:22

Yes prostrate for prostate is so silly - even medical staff say this. shock

Sloegin Thu 24-Jun-21 11:19:17

I think this is a general south of England one but offends my N.Irish ears when I hear 'pattern' pronounced ' patten'. There are two rrrs in there! On the other hand a lot of N.I.folk pronounce 'film' as 'filum' which sounds very weird to English ears. Extremely irritating to even hear BBC journalists pronounce place names incorrectly. Why not the way the locals do?

leeds22 Thu 24-Jun-21 11:18:23

Skydancer

And when did Kenya get pronounced Kenya? In my day it was pronounced "Keenya".

Kenya is how the Kenyan’s chose to pronounce their country’s name on independence.

GardenofEngland Thu 24-Jun-21 11:18:10

Tweny fir twenty so many on tv do it!

Shandy3 Thu 24-Jun-21 11:10:55

Empathetic instead of empathic, whilst both can be used, in different contexts, often empathetic is used when it should be empathic

Fanni Thu 24-Jun-21 11:10:28

Prostrate for prostate.

GrammarGrandma Thu 24-Jun-21 11:09:28

It amuses me that so many pedants think is "pronounciation."

Jules1960 Thu 24-Jun-21 11:09:12

Fruneral for funeral

grannytotwins Thu 24-Jun-21 11:08:34

V instead of versus. Tottenham v Arsenal is versus. Why can’t tv presenters pronounce the correct word? Latin for against.

Annaram1 Thu 24-Jun-21 11:07:34

Presteegius instead of prestigious.

Blue55 Thu 24-Jun-21 11:03:39

I agree with of instead of have. It drives me nuts!

Yammy Thu 24-Jun-21 10:57:15

Math as a plural for maths

inishowen Thu 24-Jun-21 10:56:15

Supernanny used to make me smile because she couldn't say ACCEPTABLE, she would say ASSESSABLE. In her latest American series she no longer used the word. Someone must have told her!

TrendyNannie6 Thu 24-Jun-21 10:50:48

His, instead of he’s, I don’t want Nuffin, instead of Anything!