Most stupid mispronunciations and just weird words people say

[HumanDoing]

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)

Library, li-bree. Secretary, sekertree. Concrete, athlete, Wembley- I think this is a South East thing - conk er eet, ath er leet, wemb er lee. Once you've noticed that extra syllable, you hear it every time. Sports presenters are particular offenders.

Being horrified and mortified seems a bit of an overreaction (sorry if you're joking)

Yes I was joking. Just seemed a very minor mispronunciation to me!

Ha, well you had me fooled. I probably spend far too much time on mumsnet, though . . .

This could be more an Irish thing but the use of "Uf" instead of "of". And "becuz" rather than "because".

My kids say UF constantly and I have now noticed radio presenters saying it. Nails on a blackboard for me

Interesting and fun thread. Learned some new words too.

I have relatives in Glasgow who send their children to private school. I'm sure if they heard 'disnae' they'd think you were off on holiday 😂 They were born & bred in Scotland and have the poshest accents I've ever heard. Its the same in Edinburgh 😂

I've never heard these pronunciations!

There's a village called Empingham nearby. A colleague says Epenam.
Also says Diticulitus instead of Diverticulitis.

DH says deleterious when he means beneficial.

My colleague frequently refers to getting "bobbed down" in admin.

I'm east of England and although I know in standard English it is 'I treated myself to a bunch of flowers' I might easily drop into the vernacular and say ' I tret mysen to a bunch of flowers'.

My mam says samvich

aks instead of ask - hear it all the time!

If you haven't had Italian lessons then there's no need for you to be mortified or horrified.

You know the name Giovanni? The same rule applies. The i softens the G to make a J sound, and you don't pronounce the i. You say Jo-van-ni.

Edit to say I replied before I read that you were just joking.

I like the fact that we learn on these threads. I always say 'flu jab' but I've learned on other threads that 'jag' is completely the correct word in other areas.

E is for envelope!

@Castform indeed when addressing more than one person, which was not the case.

It's a schwa used in weak forms/connected speech. Nothing to do with an Irish accent.

You use it too. You definitely don't say "of" as a strong form with the "o" of "orange" every time you speak or you'd be a badly recorded robotic message.

Taziki instead of Tzatziki. My relative insists this is how Greek people actually say it. I’m pretty sure that can’t be correct?

Same relative: Ed-AM-ay beans instead of edamame (Ed-ah-mam-ay). Like…there are whole letters missing, that’s clearly incorrect. They are adamant they’re right .

The only people I've heard use this have been Jamaican and I thought it was basically a patois thing?

Strawberry, strategy - pronounced shtrawberry, shtrategy.

Well it seemed to work for Sean Connery😉

Some Irish people do the sh for s thing too, I've heard it from a few people in West Cork. Or sometimes it's put on as a bit of an affectation when people are joking about.

I think it in Ireland it might have come about because the letter s in Irish is actually pronounced as an sh, though only if next to an i or e. That's why Seán is said Shawn and Siobhán is Shivawn.

It happens in English too sometimes, eg sugar is said with an sh sound. So is sure.

It's turmeric.

My husband says “becuz”. He’s from the West Country but went to a posh school and Cambridge.