Pronunciations you had wrong!

[WeirdArchitecture]

I am ashamed to admit that I previously struggled with 'froth' and actually pronounced it 'throff' .....there needs to be an eccentricity emoticon, I'm not that daft, I promise!

I also know someone who until her late 40's struggled with 'canopy' and pronounced it 'canape'.

DP was convinced that Moët was 'moway' as opposed to 'mwett/mowet'.

I had also previously pronounced the composer Saint-Saëns as 'san sayens' as opposed to the correct 'sahn sonz'...or something.

Anyone have any amusing ones to share?

But how is the '&' pronounced in Moët & Chandon if you say it the Dutch way?

I've been trying to reset the way I say 'Harass' from the American version (Ha-RASS) that most people use these days back to the British 'Harruss', but it's tricky once you've learnt it a certain way.

Mowett en Shondon?

@Tinkletwat

I get that Moët is from the Dutch family name and therefore the 't' is pronounced but why is it not 'moot' in keeping with oe being a 'oo' sound, is it because of the diaeresis?

sorry, can't see if anyone has already replied.

Yes, in Dutch the diaeresis tells you to pronounce both vowels separately

(and in the spirit of learning new things, I didn't know it was called a diaeresis until this post, and I haven't a clue how to pronounce it! )

Spent a good 10 mins in WHS about 40 years ago confused by my 9 year old brother insisting he needed a artillery set.

A till receipt.

I always read epitome as ep-e-tome and awry as aw-ree as well.
When I was little I always thought the name Penelope was pronounced like envelope - Pen-ve-lope 🤭

I'm sure it is moway?

I thought Moët was pronounced Mwet (as in sweat)
Also Mange Tout is 'marnge too' and a French meaning for 'eat it all'
Someone on tv recently, not Nigella, but similar, joked that it read 'man get out'

Also, many years ago, I was in a Tourist Office in Keswick, (Kessick) and asked DH what foo-thills (foothills) were.

There’s a bit in Gilbert of fire where Hermione teaches Krum how to pronounce her name and I’m convinced JKR only put it in to ensure that all the kids reading it and mispronouncing it in their heads would go ‘ooohhhhh!’

I get stuck with Quiona - I just can’t bring myself to pronounce it the right way. It just sounds so poncy…

@3catsandcounting

I thought Moët was pronounced Mwet (as in sweat) Also Mange Tout is 'marnge too' and a French meaning for 'eat it all' Someone on tv recently, not Nigella, but similar, joked that it read 'man get out'

See I knew it was man get out! Nice to be proved right 😁

When I read Harry Potter when it was first published, I'd never head the name Hermione before and was pronouncing it Hermy own (thankfully not out loud). It was a while before someone said it correctly in conversation and I was glad they'd got there first 😆.

The moet thing is news to me though and I've worked in bars of varying standards for the best part of 25 years 😆. Also in songs it's always pronounced Mow ay.

@AngelinaFibres

Nuclear. Reporter on BBC said nuke you lar all the way through his piece to camera thing . It's nuke Lee uh with a soft uh

In your accent maybe but certainly not in mine

I remembered another one. A friend at school pronounced coathanger as Cuh-TANGA! with a sort of ta-da! way of saying the TANGA! I think I prefer this way, and should bring it back into being!

@3catsandcounting

I thought Moët was pronounced Mwet (as in sweat) Also Mange Tout is 'marnge too' and a French meaning for 'eat it all' Someone on tv recently, not Nigella, but similar, joked that it read 'man get out'

Isn't it more like Monj tooh. That how I'd say it. No hard a sound and no r

Sydenham has always been pronounced Sidnum though hasn’t it?

Marnge too and monj tooh sound almost identical to me!

When we visited the Peak District a few years ago we went to Eyam, (the 'plague' village). I chose a couple of pronunciations that sounded ok, either Eye-am or Ee-am. However, a group of ladies were walking towards me who looked as if they might be local, so I asked them.

I was wrong both times! I was told it's pronounced Eem to rhyme with cream. I was glad I asked, as it must be annoying for anyone whose town/village has a different pronunciation from the obvious

a and o don't sound the same though - ah/ oh. Round these parts we pronounce our r's so if there is one there we will say it.

@DropYourSword then you differ from Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries as I’ve discovered they have audio files attached. It’s definitely rant as in ant if you’re in the UK.

@DropYourSword then you differ from Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries as I’ve discovered they have audio files attached. It’s definitely rant as in ant if you’re in the UK.

aunt is said exactly the same as aren't.
the others aren't and they rhyme with each other.

Again that's just your accent. Here aunt is like ant, rant, pant. Aren't is arr nt or arr ent depending how carefully you pronounce it

Yeah ant and aunt are the same for me. Auntie is anti.

@abbey44

I once heard someone pronounce "chihuahua" as it's spelt (chee-hooah-hooah) and now, whenever I see the word - or the dog - that's how I say it in my head.

i knew someone who owned a chihuahua - but said it with two chi's and one hua - she called it her chi-chi-hooa

I've called them that ever since !

@stimpyyouidiot

I have a lady at work that says 'okk-rah' when she means ochre (oh-ka) the colour. She's said it so many times to my face that I can't correct her now.

It’s more like oh kurr

It’s not oh-ka

@Mamette it's hard to type it how it sounds! I posted a link exactly how I say it, which is the correct way.