Don't say it like that. Say it like this!

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Booh fay sounds wrong and pretentious. It should be Buh fay.

(even if the first version is correct. it sounds wrong/stupid or stoopid

Which pronunciations annoy you?

Locally we seem to have a shortage of t's...

So butter is buh-eh
Better is beh-uh
And if you called your child Natalie, it would end up nah-ah-lee.

Met somebody once at a business lunch who asked for a fee-lay steak.

Sangwidge....my mother says it and I want to smash her teeth in every time.
I also hate 'prostrate' when they mean prostate.

StillSquirelling Chester was Deva and Legacaestir (can't do the diphthong on my keyboard) is Leicester.

Are you from Shrewsbury?

'Thee -ETT- er' drives me nuts! DH's entire family says it that way. He was the first person I'd ever met who pronounces 'theatre' like that, and I well remember being at a family occasion and thinking 'Oh my God, they all do it!'

There have been threads on here about the whole 'THEE-ater/thee-ETT-er' thing. It must be regional.

DH was equally bemused at my pronunciation of it. I had to find an online speaking dictionary and play the word to him to prove that WAS how most people said it.

It is historically pronounced "Sh-roes-bury" but most of the time I hear it incorrectly pronounced on the news. Although my DSF pronounces it "Shoosbury". He's not local... .

Sorry what's wrong with booh fay?

I'm ESL so can't comment on most of the accents but am seriously baffled when English people complain about words being pronounced the way they are in their original language.

Loads of examples on this thread!

I have been corrected about the pronunciation of things in my MT by English people who expect me to mispronounce them when speaking in English.

Met somebody once at a business lunch who asked for a fee-lay steak.

That's the way we pronounce it in the US, it being a French word and all.

Tuth.
Tuthpaste.
Tuthbrush.

Yes, DH, I'm looking at you.

'Premise' when you mean premises, ie a building - yes, it is a premises!!

My MIL says buddle-eeya for buddleia and mountayne for mountain.

Chris Evans drives me mad pronouncing 'huge' as 'shooge'. And 'Hugh' as 'Shoo'.

Going back an entire page, but bogey "tuth" is a Midlands pronunciation for tooth, as well as Welsh. I get teased for pronouncing year yurr instead of yee-er. Can I have support from a bummie on this because I get called Welsh and I'm having an identity crisis!
You're all small minded an intolerant and have obviously never heard my mum talking about having coos coos for dinner. There's annoying . Never point it out though.

Sangwidge is Scottish pronunciation, isn't it? Shortened to sanger instead of sarnie. Or sammidge as they say up here in the North West

DH isn't from the Midlands or Wales. I know it's not a regional accent thing because he says saucepan rather than the 'sosspan' that some Welsh people say.
I think he is just saying 'tuth' to wind me up.

liccle

ath er letics

sikth

Bogey - saying tuth instead of tooth is a black country thing!

Schtudunt (student) and Auschtralia drive me round the bend

As does curk or cik, both meant to be 'cook'. Lurk for 'look'.

My mum and sister both say "CHEE-a-batta" for ciabatta. I've tried to tell them that the "cia" is just pronounced "cha" in Italian which is where the word comes from after all, no need to string it out to a very English sounding "chee a", but they still both say it.

Fillet is "fill it". Filet mignon would be pronounced the French way, but the word fillet has become so anglicised that it's just pronounced "fill it". I can't stand the mcD's Filet-o-fish, it gets me all confused!!!! (Do they even have that anymore? Don't really use mcds)

You wouldn't try and say restaurant with a heavy French accent, although my nan used to say "REST-rornt". It's accepted as "REST-ront", isn't it?

Ooh yes, cik for cook. That's a modern one. Seems to be very common amongst northern regional newsreaders trying to be more RP.

Valet is always one that gets me. My instinct is to always to pronounce it the French way. It's just looks such a French word! But I stop myself cos people would laugh!

But then isn't it "vallay" parking in USA?

Totally

word fillet has become so anglicised that it's just pronounced "fill it"

Not in the US. We also say va-lay. And ga-RAHZH. And yes, erbe for herb

Gentlemans gentleman = Valet

Parking service = Valay

Go figure!

Restauranteur...... No, it's restaurateur.

Lots!

Carsel
Bawth
Grawss
Carn't
Thort
Tuth (tooth)
La-ttee
Ee end to days instead of ay- Saturdee, for example.

I'm sure I'll think of some more!

Mum:
Secertary
Mataland
Hospidal
When she says a day of the week, she puts a huge emphasis on the word day. So it would be Fri- DAAY but said in a posh voice. A few sentences later she forgets and goes back to normal Friday. Weird.

Dad:
Watter - water
Papper - newspaper
Baccon - bacon

DH:
Chews -shoes
Tolc - talc
Pudden - pardon

Me:
Buzz - bus
Berry - Bury (the town)