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)

Anythink and somethink are so annoying. I hear them a lot unfortunately. 😠

Everyone in Scotland says jag too.

Anybody who wants to know more about Scots, it's worth following @misspunnypennie on Instagram.

Advocado instead of avocado.
And saying a criminal from long ago was hung not hanged.
Pheasants are hung.

Tom Kerridge is on my tv and keeps saying restauranteur. No bloody N Tom.

Oh shit, I didn't know this! I've been saying it wrong! (40 years old)

That's OK, lots of people do. But he is one. He should know!

My kids say UF constantly and I have now noticed radio presenters

Are you sure you're hearing an F sound there and not a V?
The word OF is included in the Dolch word list because of the fact that the F has a V sound and the O has a U sound (as opposed to the O and F sounds in OFF, which are phonetic).
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/of

When people say TUMOUR-ic when they mean turmeric.
Irritates me more than it should!

Feb U erry

I hate it when people pronounce it FEB-REE!

Most people I know - including me - say Feb U erry!

Ds says crouch instead of crotch 😂

I’ve always heard that as Paddy’s Day. (Australian here.)

The dictionary pronunciation posted above sounds like what I’d expect with “fokachia,” so I’m not sure what the wrong pronunciation is supposed to be!

Prostrate cancer instead of prostate cancer. I thought my idiot BiL was the only person who said that (DSis says he "can't say it without the r" which is a peculiar claim) but the other day I heard two other people say it that way.

My friend said prostrate instead of prostate a while back. She is an English teacher. I did say the word back as prostate in a casual manner (well as casual as you can be talking about such things😆) but she didn't notice and kept saying it. Or did notice and thought I was wrong. Or realised she was wrong and decided to style it out!

I used to pronounce misled like miser - still cringe

Yes, several people were saying it correctly in this group the other day, but the ones mispronouncing it presumably didn't notice. I daresay it's a long-established habit.

Reminds me of a scene in the 1975 series of How Green Was My Valley - Huw at school saying "misled" as "mizzled" and being berated by Mr Jonas for it (iirc, only saw it back then!)

Yes I remember that. He pointed out to Mr Jonas that he’d read far more English words than he’d ever heard pronounced.

Not this again.

Ignorant has two meanings.

Lacking knowledge
Or
Rude

I knew someone who mixed up 'orgasm 'and 'organism' which could be amusing on occasion

Thank you! I can't remember anything else about the scene except my mum and I adopted "mizzled" as a joke between us for a while.

Tzatziki is sat-see-kee

“Between you and I”