To want to find a good put down for this behaviour?

[TrainsandDiggers]

So my MIL CONSTANTLY picks me up on the way I say and pronounce things. I have a slightly different accent to hers (one that she considers inferior to hers), but she openly laughs at me sometimes and keeps repeating how I have said something, encouraging others to join in. At other times she will correct me mid-sentence (e.g. Me: “I’ll just have a glass of lemonade”, MIL: “glaarss”). Other times she will correct me in ways that I think she’s actually wrong (e.g. “steer-roid” instead of “steroid”). And sometimes she pretends she literally cannot understand what I’m saying (e.g. “Santa?? Santa?? ...Oh! You mean Father Christmas!”) Grrr!!

I find it infuriating, rude and patronising, but it always takes me aback in the moment so I just laugh at myself, apologise or correct myself to her way of saying things.

Any better comebacks MNetters?!

SIL, you know, that correcting how I speak thing...it's really fucking rude and I have had enough now. Stop doing it.

or:

Seriously?

Again?

You're correcting me on my pronunciation, again?
We've know each other how long? (insert number of years) are you not bored of doing this yet?

Then if you want to really hammer it home, follow with:
It's like EVERY time we meet, me correcting you on how you (pick something she is crap at, say cooking) cook your pasta, over done, EVERY TIME. Do you hear me going on about it? no, you don't.

So stop it.

(I'm really nice in RL, honest. I take no shit though!)

Where's your DH in all of this, can't he just tell her to stop being so rude?

How weird are some of the responses on here? Just bizarre

Next time she does it, simply say 'I pronounce it as glass/steroids/whatever so hopefully you understood what I meant.I understand you pronounce things differently.' and then just carry on

Someknobend - why?! Why would anyone do that?

Tilt your head to one side and smile at her until she becomes so uncomfortable she'll have to change the subject. Tried and tested with my ex's mother.

Next time put your hand on your hips, shake your head back and forth, do some tutting and laugh say - slowly- bah MIL you are soooo lucky that you haven't moved to "your home town" - you'd be exhausted trying to do speech therapy on the whole county

Who the fuck says “Steer-oids “?!!! 😂

Ask the rude old bitch if she uses “Heeeeem-eroids “

Get your DH to say ‘I love how you say insert word she just corrected’ to you every time. Preferably in a suggestive way. Or start to correct her. ‘Steeroids? No, it is steroids - there is only one e and that makes an ‘e’ sound not an ‘ee’ sound.’ Preferably in a ks1 teacher voice.

Fuck all the passive aggressive responses.

"I think you heard me."

Just keep repeating “please don’t correct my pronunciation, it’s rude”

She’ll say “I’m only joking” to which the reply is: “it’s not funny. No one would ever find that funny and you wouldn’t do it to any other adult”

Every. single. time

Do your best to say it calmly and politely. It makes the case for her rudeness even stronger.

Actually Pictish I.really.enjoyed someknobends suggestion. It was funny and would screw with the MILs head. Your suggestion? - no, not much

Just say 'did you mean steroids?'

Tilt head to one side and gaze quizzically until she drops her stare. Passive-aggressive stare off.

What does your husband say about his mother's rude behaviour? Does she do it in front of him?

Only on mn is did you mean to be so rude considered a searing put down
In reality.It’s lame,limp and just begs the response I did,yea.get over it

SomeKnobend laughed my rear end off picturing this 😂 Not sure why some posters above don't "get it"?!

My MIL also does this. Classic case in point:

Me (reading a story to DS1): The End

MIL: THUH-End

Me: THEEE-End

MIL: THUH-End

Me: DEFINITE ARTICLE PLUS VOWEL EQUALS 'THEE' YOU MASSIVE ANNOYANCE wish I'd said this

She also corrects DS1 because he can't pronounce his 'r's (he's 5)

Could you pretend you assumed she couldn't hear you and that's why she repeated the word "Yes, glass, anyway as I was saying..."

If she persists "Why do you want me to say it in your accent instead of my own?" Or "Are you still having trouble understanding my accent? Have you thought about getting your hearing checked out?"

Me, I'd pause, brief death stare, repeat the offending word in my accent again and continue as if nothing happened. Have a slight aura of I dares you

Honestly people big up all their supposed sassy responses,I don’t believe em
Most people would be annoyed but let it slide,whilst inwardly fuming

*Honestly people big up all their supposed sassy responses,I don’t believe em.
So what? They're fun and have the potential to be used.

Most people would be annoyed but let it slide,whilst inwardly fuming
Like the OP who's asked for suggestions, and she's got them. Which is kind of the point.

I have gone NC for less and I don't regret it.

So MIL is it fuck off or fuck orrrf?

How bloody date she! Go with Pictish:

actually just tell her. “I don’t like the way you keep correcting me. I find it patronising. No one else does that to me...only you. Can you not, thanks.”

It's straight to the point, not rude, not passive aggressive.

Buy her a box set of ‘Keeping up appearances’ for her next birthday and put a note on ‘Because you are SO like Hyacinth!’