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Most stupid mispronunciations and just weird words people say

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HumanDoing · 22/08/2023 22:41

Them instead of those - them shoes
Pacific instead of specific
Should of instead of should have
Agreemence and agreeance instead of agreement
Chorizmo instead of charisma (the guy at work actually said it, pronounced it like a sausage)

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Mumteedum · 22/08/2023 22:45

Chorizmo! No! 🙈😆

Defiantly instead of definitely (drives me bonkers)

PointyMcguire · 22/08/2023 22:46

A dear friend says fokachia instead of focaccia 😂

Ritascornershop · 22/08/2023 22:49

People thinking loose means lose and vice versa. Drives me crazy.

Moonrising · 22/08/2023 22:49

My dad says coleslaw when he means coldsore 😂

Cocopogo · 22/08/2023 22:49

I used to say fokachia, still do sometimes but at least I’m saying it how it’s spelt not like pacific Angry

Peajee · 22/08/2023 22:49

My stepkids say jamped instead of jumped. They are adamant that it's the correct way to say it.

Cocopogo · 22/08/2023 22:52

DP (not british) pluralises words that shouldn’t be and says things like “so much of” like there’s so much of traffic etc. Drives me mad, I drive him mad correcting him too!

Thisismyhappyface · 22/08/2023 22:52

Peajee · 22/08/2023 22:49

My stepkids say jamped instead of jumped. They are adamant that it's the correct way to say it.

Are they from Anglesey?! Drives me mad here 😂

FettleOfKish · 22/08/2023 22:52

One of my team (also a good friend and knows it's in good humour) has a post it stuck to her screen in my handwriting that says 'should HAVE, would HAVE, could HAVE'.

Also 'brought' and 'bought' being used interchangeably Angry

DH gets his S's and Z's confused because English isn't his first language. He likes Sombie movies and Sebras Grin

Cocopogo · 22/08/2023 22:52

You live on Anglesey? So jealous!

Cocopogo · 22/08/2023 22:54

DP also says V and W wrong way, you can guess his nationality, drive me mad but also that he uses words with them in so much. You’d think he’d just try to avoid those words!

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 22/08/2023 22:54

Close instead of clothes.

I hear it a lot in Wiltshire.

Peajee · 22/08/2023 22:54

Thisismyhappyface · 22/08/2023 22:52

Are they from Anglesey?! Drives me mad here 😂

No, Scotland. I didn't know there was anywhere that people said it that way, they're the first I've ever heard say ir.

Cocopogo · 22/08/2023 22:55

Cunt instead of couldn’t

Laurdo · 22/08/2023 22:55

Moonrising · 22/08/2023 22:49

My dad says coleslaw when he means coldsore 😂

I knew someone who thought it was coldslaw.

runoutofgoodusernames · 22/08/2023 22:55

Excuse me, how DO you pronounce focaccia? Asking for a friend 🤥

HumanDoing · 22/08/2023 22:55

Trouser instead of trousers

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Houseneedsalift · 22/08/2023 22:55

My sister says Goodle instead of Google but has learning difficulties so I don't correct but instead wonder why her Brian came up with that

rocksstones2023 · 22/08/2023 22:56

runoutofgoodusernames · 22/08/2023 22:55

Excuse me, how DO you pronounce focaccia? Asking for a friend 🤥

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/focaccia

Barleymilk · 22/08/2023 22:57

My ex used to say mirrow instead of mirror.

WhootDaFook · 22/08/2023 22:57

Just No

Most stupid mispronunciations and just weird words people say
FettleOfKish · 22/08/2023 22:57

I know it's a legitimate thing in Scotland so unreasonable of me to twitch at it, but I can never get used to 'jag' instead of 'jab' for injection.

Another one is Australian friends calling St. Patrick's Day 'Patty's Day'.

FettleOfKish · 22/08/2023 22:58

Houseneedsalift · 22/08/2023 22:55

My sister says Goodle instead of Google but has learning difficulties so I don't correct but instead wonder why her Brian came up with that

Have you asked her Brian? Grin

Laurdo · 22/08/2023 22:58

Peajee · 22/08/2023 22:49

My stepkids say jamped instead of jumped. They are adamant that it's the correct way to say it.

My friend and my foster siblings say jamp. They're from Dundee and Aberdeen.

thistimelastweek · 22/08/2023 22:59

It's marshmallow not marshmellow.