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What's the most annoying mispronunciation you've heard?

391 replies

Sayyouwill · 20/09/2017 17:49

Mine has to be pacific instead of specific

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Sosks · 20/09/2017 20:01

Strawberry "dai-query" Grin

InteriorLulu · 20/09/2017 20:02

Windowscreen for windscreen.

Albun for album.

Movingon1611 · 20/09/2017 20:02

Inter pre tated instead of interpreted

ByseddSosij · 20/09/2017 20:02

Basgetti (spaghetti)

Andrewofgg · 20/09/2017 20:03

And anyone mentioning Laura Norder should be boiled in oil and the process uploaded to YouTube.

mamakoukla · 20/09/2017 20:03

Sangwich

MrsSchadenfreude · 20/09/2017 20:04

I'm from the South East and say "garridge".

Eemamc · 20/09/2017 20:10

My mum says ice skating ring and ibufrofen instead of ibuprofen

In pubs I order an Estrella in the Spanish pronunciation... without the pretentious Spanish accent... so I say ess-tray-uh. Quite often I get corrected by the bar staff saying "its es-trell-uh actually" then I say "it's the Spanish word for star... that's why it has a star logo....I don't mind if they don't know that's how it's pronounced, but I do mind being corrected if I can pronounce a Spanish name correctly and they can't!! AIBU?

GotToGetMyFingerOut · 20/09/2017 20:10

People that say and write draws instead of drawers! Chester draws. Rage.

Isthatwhatdemonsdo · 20/09/2017 20:11

Haitch instead of aitch from a fucking teacher too! Pacific instead of specific.

Catsize · 20/09/2017 20:13

EEmamc, not at all. Reminds me of a waitress called Charlotte who insisted on pronouncing 'merlot' 'merlott'. She became Merlotte Charlotte of course. Mean.

mygorgeousmilo · 20/09/2017 20:15

Some-think - something! There's no K on the end ffs!
Mischeevious - mischievous

jeaux90 · 20/09/2017 20:16

Botatoe. It's a p. A fucking p!!!! AngryAngry

IncyWincyGrownUp · 20/09/2017 20:17

When he was 3 my son had a stand-up row with his F1 teacher over the letter H. She said haitch and he didn't. After a lot of angst on his part, and barely controlled mirth on hers, it was agreed that he would do phonics with Mrs F instead because she could say it in an acceptable manner. He was diagnosed with Asperger's not long after.

My eldest cannot for the life of her say supposedly. It is apposably and try as she might she cannot get her tongue around it.

Fuckoffee · 20/09/2017 20:19

To the pp who said they have never met anyone over the age of 7 who says "skelington". Meet my oh and his entire feckin family. They are an embarrassment at Halloween, it's like they turn into a bunch of small children.

blahdyblahblah · 20/09/2017 20:19

My Dad says 'netflisks' and I love it. GrinGrinGrinGrin

Dutch1e · 20/09/2017 20:23

Or-ree for awry.

Although to be honest I found it sweet rather than annoying. Seems like the kind of thing you get wrong because you've always read it rather than heard it.

Like the way I said bed-raggled for years Blush

missminningham · 20/09/2017 20:24

Topiary. Pronounced toe- pie- ary.

There's a beauty place near by that coyly referred to bush topiary with lady garden references.

TWO separate people I showed read the leaflet and mispronounced it, ruined all my sniggering joy... Angry

affectionincoldclimate · 20/09/2017 20:24

Prostrate instead of prostate as in prostrate cancer. Ffs.

Should of instead of should have - I know that my judgy pants are around my ears as I say so but if I hear someone say it, I have to work hard to take them seriously after that.

NatMatCat · 20/09/2017 20:26

If you're from Newcastle then you'll know pilla for pillow and the hyper correction of mirror to mirr-oh. Don't mind the former but the latter is arrrgh.

TroysMammy · 20/09/2017 20:27

I went on a fun ji forage once not a fun guy forage. It gave me the rage everytime he banged on about the fun ji we found.

JenniferYellowHat1980 · 20/09/2017 20:32

Hozbidal

Andrewofgg · 20/09/2017 20:33

And the first syllable of dynasty rhymes with din not dine.

JanQuadrantVincent · 20/09/2017 20:35

Bit of an odd one but we've been watching Ultimate Beastmaster on Netflix and there was a contestant called Felipe, but the American female presenter kept - throughout all the episodes - calling him Fe-lippy.

Everyone else said it correctly, even the American male presenter.

Fe-lippy

NoKidsTwoCats · 20/09/2017 20:38

Expresso instead of espresso.

Unrelated to pronunciation but I can't bear 'could of', 'should of' etc either.

'Somethink' is also a bug bear.

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