Al Pacino has ruined my day

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DM rang last night and told me she had watched a film starring Al Paseeno -that's how she pronounced his name. DM has done this before, and I told her it's not 'Al Paseeno, it's Al Pachino'. So I told her again last night it's Al fucking Pachino.

DM is all narky with me today because I corrected her speech. Well, I said, when you call him 'Al Paseeno' it makes my teeth itch; which is apparently not good enough defence for correcting her and highly bad manners.

She has other words which I don't correct, keybab is one example.

I ended up apologising!

I would have to kill her.

I used to work with a girl who pronounced yoghurt yog ought

a lot of people are so primed to hear pacific when they know it should be specific that they correct you even though you say it right. I've had that a few times. I say indignantly "i did say specific!" adn they give you the 'oh sweetheart' look. argh. My mother is always right and never says anything wrong.

sashhIt's a small town in the NW of England.Do you mean Manchester?

No!! Got to be Bolton, surely? Or Bull-tunn as they say it there.
My husband says 75% of these. Along with Toberole for the nice triangular chocolate and senile dimension instead of dementia. Oh god there's so many more too that I can't think of.
Oh yes, Italy is apparently very famoly entoriated. Which he says all the fucking time.
I will probably LTB

Family ffs! Although. ...

My mum (who certainly did not speak estuary - bit posh really) used to say 'Wai'rose' with a pronounced glottal stop.
I could never fathom it and it made me cringe.

Loads of people used to do that Wai'rose thing. I think they thought it WAS posh somehow. Personally I much prefer Waichrose. The colleague who carefully says sandwich exactly as it is spelt drives me mad.

Friend says Candem for Camden. DH says bold for bald and almond with a short a and pronounces the l. Jalapeno with the j sound always makes me smile.

To those who are specific about the "j" in jalapeo being pronounced "h", please tell me you do also insist on the "enyo" ending and don't fuck it all up by saying "halapeeno".

Please?

I've had the pleasure of standing next to loads of people in church, school assemblies etc singing "halle LOOOL ya" instead of "LOO ya". Horrific

Ok I have three! I have tried for years but they still happen every time to the point I try not to ever say them

Penguin always comes out as pengwing (I now just say pingu)

Chrysanthemum always comes out as chrysanthe...ninum (apparently my grandmother did the same)

Antibiotics always comes out as anti...bee...otics

It really is not on purpose!

I have to concentrate not to pronounce anemone as anenome. I have never got the spelling wrong, only the pronunciation. I've noticed that a lot of people do the same.

Go on, say 'anemone' and make sure you're not one of them (addressed to everyone).

Grunt you have blown my mind.

Oh no! I'm so sorry. I hope it didn't make too much mess.

Did you just discover that you say 'anenome' too?

I did!

You've made my day!

My mum says Anenome for the sea creature & Anemone for the flower

anemone - there is no such thing as an anenome, but it is easier to pronounce :)

OH MY GOD I CAN'T SAY WAITROSE.

I am so happy to have seen this thread! My mouth just cannot wrap itself around Waitroooose as one big whoosh - I have to concentrate so hard. I'm from southern Ireland, and I sound Cornish when I say Wait-rose.

"there is no such thing as an anenome"

No one has claimed there is.

Grunt - until I looked it up, I thought it was as Witch's mum says. I blame someone I've worked with for saying "Wood Anenome". It sort of sounds right, but it's wrong :/

Biffalobuff 'meme' (as in internet or Dawkins) is pronounced like 'me' with an m on the end - so 'meem', not 'me-me'.