Any to add ?

My husband cannot say defibrillator. It always comes out as defiblerator. It's become a family joke.

Callistemon

^“garridge” instead of “garage”^

Some of this is not mispronunciation but local accents.

Ok - barth instead of bath. There is no 'r' in the word.
Marster and Commarnder instead of Master and Commander with a short 'a'.

Standard English/Received Pronunciation is the same all over the country. Local accents don’t come into it.

It’s more bahth than barth. Some people would pronounce the r!

Has anybody mention "crate" for create yet?

I remember once flying over to visit my mum and she was complaining that no one can pronounce "create" any more practically before I even got in the door.

(When I told this to a wisecrack friend once, he said that if she'd asked me how my flight was, I should have answered "Fine, but the plane was a cree-ate")

Who is Mrs Banner?

And, if we are mentioning Commander, it annoys me to hear the American pronunciation of Lieutenant as Lootenant.

“garridge” instead of “garage”

Some of this is not mispronunciation but local accents.

Ok - barth instead of bath. There is no 'r' in the word.
Marster and Commarnder instead of Master and Commander with a short 'a'.

JulieNoted

^Extorionate rather than Exorbitant turns me into Mrs Banner.^

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

Oh sorry, I've only just realised you meant extortionate - I don't know why I couldn't see that before

Lexisgranny

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

But they are simply regional differences.
They may set your teeth on edge, but they are not incorrect.

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

Trisha57

geneology instead of genealogy

That's one that drives me crazy!

REEsearch rather than reSEARCH drives us mad.

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'.

Extorionate rather than Exorbitant turns me into Mrs Banner.

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

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!

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

Has anyone mentioned ‘deteriate’ for ‘deteriorate’?

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....

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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?