What would you say to a friend/colleague who pointed out, kindly

[MadameCastafiore]

That you were mispronouncing a foreign word?

Just wondered if I am touchy or this is another time when she says something to me and I should stand up for myself?

I can't believe I fell for that Trills!

I get it now, in fact I'll never forget

The times I have had my (correct) pronunciation of bruschetta wrongly corrected.
I hate ordering 'a panini'. But I am too bothered about appearing a ponce, to ask for a panino. So I just order 2 sandwiches. Win-win.

its called" unpaid work " now.

I think the gmt changed it once. Its like people talking in shillings. GRATES

hahah
h called it dolchiss ( the shoe shop)

time for a new thread

If she was saying lasagne with a hard g then no, you were right to correct her nicely! Most other italian words though, not sure!

Theydon BOYS.

Wrong.

I would so much rather be corrected than keep on pronouncing something incorrectly; seems like I'm in a minority however...I would have appreciated it, OP.

I can't believe it isn't Theydon Bwah, I'll have to never go there, I can't change how I think it.

is it like some wood for dirty old men?

OOh, Theydon Bois, good one. I have been saying it wrong until that thread not that long ago, about commonly mispronounced place-names. I've only said it 'in my head' though, don't think i've ever said it out loud.

My app is almost as much fun as Siri
Who I STILL ask to talk dirty to me

If anyone, however gently, corrects my DMs pronunciation of anything she HATES them. It comes from her low self esteem and complete embarrassment at being wrong. The best you can do is use the word correctly in normal conversation and hope she gets it.

So, what was the word? I'm dying to know - what if it's one we all mispronounce?!

Years ago I made an alteration to a work database and corrected the address to Tooting Beck.

I didn't know it was actually spelled Bec. I just thought someone was a bit thick.

i did NOT know that about community service/unpaid work! i have never heard anyone call it unpaid work. we are talking about the stuff people are sentenced to instead of going to prison right? i'm nearly sure Lola in EE talked about doing her community service. so is that wrong then?

shock horror - eastenders gets it wrong!

yup
its been that for YEARS

Theydon Boyce, to be phonetically precise :)

And thanks to the East London Lisp, nearby Gants Hill is Gant's Hiww...

My mum is wilfully intent on pronouncing the name Lois as Lewis, despite being corrected several times. As one of our friends is called Lois this is somewhat embarrassing.

Name change op and tell us that way

ok, nobody likes being corrected, but there was no need to go potty at you!

and fwiw - you may as well tell us the word, even if you don't, if she's on here, she'll recognise the situation anyway

At least she knows now. She can either carry on mispronouncing it or not, that's up to her. And you know to never bother again and just leave her looking like a fool.

I pronounce things how they are written on purpose.
It helps those who are less educated feel like they fit in and gets on the tits of the snobs

Now shall we have lass-ag-nee or spag-hetty -bolog-nayse for dinner?

Fellatio - you'd be right in thinking anyone who says 'horeetho' for chorizo is an idiot, as it should actually be said 'cho-ree-tho', the 'ch' is the same sound in Spanish - you can enjoy correcting them from now on!

Many years ago my Mum sold her car through a small ad in the local paper. A bloke turned up at the front door saying 'I've come about the pew-gott'. It sounded so nice in board Yorkshire!

Curly - is your MIL Irish?
Nearly all loads of Irish people say Thigh for Thai.

Nah - she's from liverpool, Amphitrite. Never heard an Irish person call it thigh food, though. Will look out for that one!