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What's the most annoying mispronunciation you've heard?

391 replies

Sayyouwill · 20/09/2017 17:49

Mine has to be pacific instead of specific

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McTufty · 20/09/2017 17:52

Aks instead of ask

FleagleBingoDrooperSnork · 20/09/2017 17:54

someone pronouncing 'Beaujolais' as "bow-joe-lice"..... After he had informed the waiting staff in the lovely restaurant in France that he was a wine 'cog-no-sewer'. Eek!

ProfessorCat · 20/09/2017 17:55

Haitch instead of aitch.

Car board instead of cardboard.

Pitcher instead of picture.

Slither instead of sliver.

Weary instead of wary.

I could go on 😂

Tissunnyupnorth · 20/09/2017 17:56

First date many years ago when now DH ordered his dessert.....mur-ring-goo (meringue).

PiggyPlumPie · 20/09/2017 17:57

Fleagle my BIL insists that Cotes du Rhone is pronounced cot-ez doo Ron and anyone who says different is an idiot.

Andrewofgg · 20/09/2017 17:58

Fillet [steak] pronounced fee-lay - by a pretentious twat but you probably guessed that.

Andrewofgg · 20/09/2017 17:59

One of Ds's bloody teachers said haitch . . .

mumoseven · 20/09/2017 18:00

We had a neighbour who loved Sylvanian families. Except she called them Slyvanians. Me and Dd couldn't look at each other every time she said it, but I could see her shaking with suppressed giggles out of the corner of my eye.

Babyroobs · 20/09/2017 18:02

I hate people saying somethink instead of something.

00100001 · 20/09/2017 18:02

Missing out vowels

"pleece" for police
"amblunce" for ambulance

ProfessorCat · 20/09/2017 18:02

Just thought of another one.

Fox fur instead of faux fur. Very confusing.

KrayKray00 · 20/09/2017 18:03

Becorse/becoors for because. Drives me nuts. I know a lady who says it frequently and it makes my skin itch.

ItchyFoot · 20/09/2017 18:03

Dsis's dick exbf says supposubly instead of supposedly!

TheCraicDealer · 20/09/2017 18:03

I worked with a woman who frequently mispronounced things. Two that stick out are Rimmel cosmetics (“Rim-elle” with like a faux French accent) and Patrick Swayze (Sways).

Cheekychops73 · 20/09/2017 18:06

Stirloin Steak instead of Sirloin said by a friend years ago. I don't know why but it used to make me see red 😠 & want to shout it's fucking Sirloin you tit. Also include axe instead of ask and likkle for little & hospikal instead of hospital WTF???

2tired2bewitty · 20/09/2017 18:06

We had a home ec teacher who said marGURine Confused. She also managed to pronounce over weirdly but I can't work out how to express it in writing, kind of OHven, with all the stress on the O Confused

Eolian · 20/09/2017 18:08

God, too many to count. Skelington, Antartic, taGliatelle to name but a few.

KrayKray00 · 20/09/2017 18:08

cheekychops

I was so close to putting Likkle and Hospikal but it made me shudder just typing it!

shudders

TheCraicDealer · 20/09/2017 18:08

Oh and I had a primary school teacher who pronounced “Portadown” as “Port-ee-down”. And she was an NI native. WHY.

InThisTogether · 20/09/2017 18:09

0010001
Missing out vowels

"pleece" for police
"amblunce" for ambulance


This.
And chimbley for chimney.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/09/2017 18:10

Mute point rather than Moot point. Don't know why, but this really annoys me.

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 20/09/2017 18:11

An old English teacher used to say Angshunt instead of ancient. Always think if the Angshunt Mariner!

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MargaretCabbage · 20/09/2017 18:11

I went to school with a girl who said 'belong as' instead of 'as long as'.

Cheekychops73 · 20/09/2017 18:11

KrayKray it's awful isn't it?

Constantlurker · 20/09/2017 18:12

Any time someone uses 'F' instead of 'th'. It is not Free it is Three...You are not Finking you are Thinking...GAH!!!

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