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?

Sliver
(I.e cut my a sliver of cake)

In my head its Slither and Sliver sounds like a mispronounciation!

I regularly go to a place called Killin with friends. Doesn’t matter which way I say it, and as far as I can tell, I’m saying it the same way as everyone else, they all laugh and correct me . KillIN KillEN K’Lin -

@Nothingclever

I regularly go to a place called Killin with friends. Doesn’t matter which way I say it, and as far as I can tell, I’m saying it the same way as everyone else, they all laugh and correct me . KillIN KillEN K’Lin -

I'd say your last one K'lin.

Emphasis on the IN

@Jinglebellsoncake

Sliver (I.e cut my a sliver of cake)

In my head its Slither and Sliver sounds like a mispronounciation!

I have the exact same problem!

No! Slither is how a snake moves, shouldn't have anything to do with cake.

@Pemba

No! Slither is how a snake moves, shouldn't have anything to do with cake.

Yes but when I say sliver it feels like I’m mispronouncing slither like saying muver instead of mother.

Oh yes, I know what you mean, like how people with estuary /cockney accents say 'muvver' for mother, or 'fevver' for feather?

It's just the association of 'slither' with creepy crawly things is stronger than that, for me.

Ah I see. I am happy thinking of slithery cake 😆

@Beachsidesunset

You should never mock/be mocked about mispronunciations - it means you've read more than you've watched. Good for you!

Exactly!

Husband calls squirrels “screw-holes”

How is it pronounced?!

Fanshaw

I pronounce Moët correctly so at this time of year when there’s a bit of it floating around I always get told I’m saying it wrong!

Someone above has mentioned 'mayor'. Pronounce it how you like but, tv and radio announcers, mayoral is pronounced mare-ull. Not may-OR-ull. Please, I can't bear to hear it and elections are on the horizon.

😮

Wretched politicians. There's one on tv now, expounding, "It's all hyper bowl". Grrr.

Awry - pronounced it aw-ree for years

I have struggled with 'Domino' since childhood. Have to consciously make an effort not to say 'donimo'..

While we're on the subject of Scottish place names. Has anyone flagged Kirkcudbright etc?

Yes Kirkbudbright and Kirkcaldy have featured quite a lot :)

I think places like Magdalen and Caius are just pronounced that way to be affected and make it obvious who the plebs are. Ditto Althorp. If it's Altrop spell it Altrop!

I say Leedel for Lidl but everyone says Liddle to the extent that they do plays on it in the advertising eg "Farnham is a lidl brighter" as it was recently renovated. But I first went to Lidl in Germany and so always say it the German way.

In my first job there was a guy named St John.... I had no idea at 16 that it was pronounced Sin-gin and actually still think it's bizarre

Leedle here too and ALL di not al di

Lewes and Beaulieu, have to really think about how to pronounce them.

Lee-dle and Al-di is the German way. All-di is wrong.

How do you people pronounce Bognor Regis?