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

A survey has revealed the most irritating mispronounced words:

FannyCornforth Thu 24-Jun-21 08:40:22

FarNorth
Thenk yew.
Wen will dew wen's bist. ?

FarNorth Thu 24-Jun-21 08:53:20

FC ears, ears. (In a Prince Charles voice)

Babsbada Thu 24-Jun-21 10:33:42

Poker dots for polka dots

Blossoming Thu 24-Jun-21 10:38:23

Wo’evaaa

Soz grin

Worthingpatchworker Thu 24-Jun-21 10:40:23

Skeleton.......mispronounced as skelington

Misuse of learning...as in, I’m learning him to read’

MichStew Thu 24-Jun-21 10:43:33

Living in North London our children grew up with the dialect "should of" instead of "should have" (done something, for instance) syndrome.

It was bad enough when it was spoken but I have also seen it written quite frequently.

The worst example I came across was in a Nivea advertisement on the Tube! I can't remember the exact details - it wasn't "should of" but something along the same lines, such as "could of",

One wonders whom they employ as copy-writers, editors and printers that it got through to actually being put up n the Tube carriages!

Annaram1 Thu 24-Jun-21 10:45:00

My daughter in law says her favourite flowers are nasturniums.

MichStew Thu 24-Jun-21 10:46:40

The "n" in the last line should, of course, be "in". The perils of the spell-checker accepting any single letter as valid (not that it could do otherwise).

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

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

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!

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

Math as a plural for maths

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

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

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

Presteegius instead of prestigious.

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.

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

Fruneral for funeral

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

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

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

Prostrate for prostate.

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

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

Tweny fir twenty so many on tv do it!

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.

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?

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 11:20:30

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

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

Tomater, potater and tomorrer....

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

Two rr's in where sloegin?