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How do *you* pronounce these words?

64 replies

BritneyPeedOnALadybug · 23/02/2020 14:50

Iinclude what city/area/country you live in.

Do you pronounce mischievous as ‘miss-chi-vus’ or ‘miss-chee-veeous’ or other?

Do you pronounce often as ‘offen’ or ‘off-ton’ or other?

Do you pronounce neither as ‘knee-ther’ or nigh-ther’ or other?

OP posts:
DefinatelyAWeeGobshite · 23/02/2020 16:06

Scotland, near Glasgow.

Misscheeveeoos
Offtin
Kneethir

FriedasCarLoad · 23/02/2020 16:09

From the South-east.

MISS-ch'vuss
OFF'n
Both EEther and EYEther

Isn't a four-syllable pronunciation of mischievous wrong, rather than regional? Confused

Bluesheep8 · 23/02/2020 16:12

Mischeevus with the emphasis on the ee
Offun
Eyether
Brought up in West mids and east yorks.

Howmanysleepsnow · 23/02/2020 16:13

Miss chee vus
Off ten
Depends on the sentence

Puddlesplasher · 23/02/2020 16:14

North West

Miss ch vus
Offen
Nye ther

Danglingmod · 23/02/2020 16:18

Miss-ch'vus
Offen
Nyether

East Mids

ArtieFufkinPolymerRecords · 23/02/2020 16:30

I say Barth. Not Baath

Both those would sound the same to me (when not spoken in a rhotic accent).
I say Bath - short a sound, so B-a-th.

BillyAndTheSillies · 23/02/2020 16:35

London
Misschivus
Off-tun
Both

iklboo · 23/02/2020 16:36

Manchester

Miss-chiv-uss (because it's not miss-chee-vee-us - that's not how the word is spelled)

Offen

Eye-ther / nigh-ther

Bath with a short a (as it cat)

ParsleyPot · 23/02/2020 16:42

Misschivous
Offen
Nighther

Egghead68 · 23/02/2020 16:44

South East

‘miss-chi-vus’
‘offen’
nigh-ther’

PointlessUsername · 23/02/2020 16:45

London.

miss-chee-veeous
off-ton
knee-ther

bettybattenburg · 23/02/2020 16:50

NZ/West of England

‘miss-chee-veeous’
‘off-ten’
'nigh-ther’

Patchworkpatty · 23/02/2020 16:54

Sussex

Miss Cher vus

Knee the

Off ten

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