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I agree totally kircubbjn2000. It's bothered me for a while now that people suddenly started saying CONtribute and DIStribute. I. can understand why people do it and I am wondering how far back both versions are mentioned in the OED. I did say at the time too, that you never hear Americans say CON-tribute or DIS-tribute, which is backed up by graphite's quote. If I can find the conversation I'll post a link.

You say Tomato, I say Tomayto ....

I've found it! Started by kircubbin two years ago!!!

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That must have been a slow news day, two years ago!

Whitewavemark2

Do we all understand what they are saying?

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Quite

Grammaretto

Is it offen or often?

"Offen", obviously!

...just read that the "t" went in the 17th century and started to come back into usage about 70 or 80 years ago.

Both are in the Oxford and the Cambridge dictionaries.

If pedantry was an Olympic sport, this thread would win gold 🥇😁

To be fair, how people pronounce words often depends on where they're from. For example, the word 'bath' is often pronounced 'barth' in the south of England, but not up north. Which is correct? Both, depending where you live, or where you're from.

An entertaining thread for Sunday morning all the same.

Flowers - I say CampaNUla and was corrected by a friend that it should be CamPANula.

Don't get me started on PEEnees (Peonies). I'm always a bit nervous to say it out loud 😅

This thread could go on for ever

I say camPANula.
No idea if its wrong or right though.

Clematis:

Is it ClemAYtis or Clemmertis?

Giraffe or girARffe?
Zebra or ZEEbra?
And the old favourite, sCOne, or
.. well SCONN?

Indigo8

Clematis:

Is it ClemAYtis or Clemmertis?

AFAIK it’s clemmertis but that always sounds wrong to me. I’m firmly in the cleMAYtis camp.

It’s scone as in cone… 😁

It's rather pointless having "rules" if nobody is quite sure what they are.

"Morning Mrs Jones.
Was just admiring your.... hang on"

Quickly consults the online pronunciation checker....

"Clematis"

JackyB

I agree totally kircubbjn2000. It's bothered me for a while now that people suddenly started saying CONtribute and DIStribute. I. can understand why people do it and I am wondering how far back both versions are mentioned in the OED. I did say at the time too, that you never hear Americans say CON-tribute or DIS-tribute, which is backed up by graphite's quote. If I can find the conversation I'll post a link.

People haven't just started saying this - I have stressed the first syllable of those words for the while of my life, as has my 93 year old mother, and my grandparents before that. I never heard it pronounced any other way when I was growing up (in Yorkshire).

From a purely linguistic angle, I would be interested to know which pronunciation came first. However, I really don't think it matters in the slightest when they have clearly coexisted for a very long time.

But it does irritate me (mildly) when I hear people who should know better, such as TV reporters, say perspective instead of 'prospective' and vice versa.

Americans do say "Aloominum" though.

And 'Math' 😃

If you understand what the person is saying let it be.
Some people must be very bored to notice. I could not care less.

Grannybags

It’s scone as in cone… 😁

Yes, that's how i pronounce it.
It would have two 'Ns' to make it sconne, to my mind.