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)

Resteront instead of restaurant.

My ex used to say ob-vyoo-ously instead of obviously.

I can’t stand new-cu-lar or new-killer when they mean nuclear.

Well, it's an Italian word, and I would pronounce it fo-catch-a, because the single 'c' is a hard 'c' but the 'double c' makes a 'ch' sound, and you don't say ee-a after that, it's just the 'a' sound. I haven't read all yet, so someone's probably said this by now, so forgive me if they have.

I have started to hear the word 'misnomer' used instead of mistake or misunderstanding. A misnomer is a mis-naming of something.

A Londoner once told me not to say 'Marry-le-bone' because it's 'Marr-le-bone'. That was a long time ago. Maybe it's changed.

I knew someone who said doverman instead of Doberman. She said that's how you pronounced it as it was a German dog.

I must confess I did google to double check.

My husband can’t pronounce Alzheimer’s. He calls it Old Timers!

Yes, drawers and draws have completely different pronunciations for those speaking rhotic English (i.e. the majority of English speakers). Rhotic accents make written English a good deal easier to read and spell, and make spoken English easier to understand. It's almost as if the language was developed with rhotic accents in mind...

Close and clothes are pronounced exactly the same, or with a voiced TH if you prefer, and both are perfectly acceptable.

Joolery instead of jewellery is incredibly common these days, to the point of apparently being the accepted pronunciation on the BBC news. Drives me nuts!

Or axe instead of ask.

Paninis, even worse with an apostrophe.

I know it has evelved intot he english language but it means sandwiches in Italian, a sandwich is panino.

I know English likes to travel the worlkd mugging other languages for words and phrases but I really struggle with this one.

Even if they are just repeating a word after you, there are some words they may not be able to say correctly. It isn't just words they have only seen written down.

Not just dyslexia. I think it’s very rude to laugh at someone because they’ve read a word and never heard it. Means they’re reading which is surely only a good thing.

@Poshjock I love the way Scottish people have one more syllable in drawers. Also in world and girls.

Oh I love axe instead of ask. Common in Caribbean accents and in parts of London. Aahxe.

How do you pronounce it?

EXACTLY. An example is awry - one post earlier said their friend thought it was said ‘awry’. Reasonable guess if you’ve only seen it written down.

Yeah, it's a Scottish thing. Probably more West Coast.

Cos the needle jags you! 😁

How is the 'th' in clothes only spoken 'if you prefer'?

If you don't prefer to say it you're saying a different word entirely!

Clothes and close are always the same in my accent, always have been. Just as drawer and draw are different.

I hate these threads, they could be interesting but they're just filled with sniping by people who can't understand that people who speak differently to them are also speaking correctly.

Do you genuinely just bypass the 'th' then? I've not heard that before!

I turned around and I said (sometimes multiple spins in one conversation, sometimes describing a conversation in the car)

Somefink

Haitch!!! 🙈🙈🙈

I'm in east Scotland and it's the shows here too.

And just like that. Took longer than expected.

FYI, haitch is the name of the letter in Ireland, the older form, a shibboleth in NI and in summary, correct.

Aitch is correct too btw. Two things can be right. I know, mad.

Hospical instead of hospital makes me wince