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?

posthumously

I've had to Google how to even spell it because it's post-humusly in my head and saying it takes a few goes

remuneration as renumeration
In my mind, it is related to numbers so made sense to me. Kept seeing it written "wrong" and then the penny dropped.

I pronounced “misled” as “My-zuld” had only ever seen it written down and not said out loud before! My family never let me live it down and now we always say it that way

Quinoa - I pronounced this as it's spelt. Wasn't until I saw an advert for it that I realised I was completely wrong.

Freddie Mercury sings 'Mo-way et Chandon' in Killer Queen, so maybe that's where your DP got it from! The maker is Dutch, where the 't' is pronounced, so 'Mo-et' is correct.

Lichen.

@YouWereGr8InLittleMenstruators

remuneration as renumeration In my mind, it is related to numbers so made sense to me. Kept seeing it written "wrong" and then the penny dropped.

Mind blown.

How do you pronounce Featherstonehaugh, Belvoir Castle and Caius college please ?!

@minniesdragg

How do you pronounce Featherstonehaugh, Belvoir Castle and Caius college please ?!

Fenshaw, Beaver, Keys I think

I know it's Fanshaw and Beaver Castle. Kai-us??

I say digital as gigital, both gs having the same j sound.

DM’s cousin pronounced “epitome” as “eppy tome” repeatedly while reviewing a book on prime time tv. It was about 40 years ago but DM still crows about it.

As a child I read “chaos” as “chowse”. I used to wonder why chowse was always happening in books but never in real life.

I still say hyperbowl for hyperbole (high per ber lee) because it annoys DP

Hey, if Freddy Mercury says moway then I will too.

Belvoir = beever
Caius = keys
Featherstonehaugh = fanshaw

Incognito is one, I always pronounced in in-cog-neeto... although to be fair that's probably because people it's the anglicised version of a forrin word innit

@YouWereGr8InLittleMenstruators

remuneration as renumeration In my mind, it is related to numbers so made sense to me. Kept seeing it written "wrong" and then the penny dropped.

I used to remember it by remuneration mun = money

• nor sure where people came from

@2020in2020

I pronounced “misled” as “My-zuld” had only ever seen it written down and not said out loud before! My family never let me live it down and now we always say it that way

My mum did this one too as a child.

She also pronounced divan as die-van.

I work for a solicitor whose first language is not English. He comes out with some crackers!

I thought invigilate was pronounced inviligate. OH found it funny and also finds my pronunciation of ventriloquist as ventroloquist amusing. I've since corrected both but nobody corrected me before!

it's beck and call.

My MIL says gillet as in fillet for gilet 🤦🏼‍♀️

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

As a child I had only ever read etiquette and managed to mangle it in my head so badly that when I used it in a game of hangman in an end of term English lesson in yr 7 or 8, I told people guessing the right word that they were wrong ...