Actually, I KNOW I am, but it really annoys me that my mum pronounces the name Rachel, 'Racial'

[VeniVidiVickiQV]

thats it really.

they all own land too and talk about docking tails off thigns

i am a fish outta water

eek.

Keenya - my mum says this
And Sonny instead of Sony. I think she also says Nike wrong but tbh I'm not sure what correct version is

Choclit and Toilet as Toylit - uuuugh!

adn have this posh thing that really terrible things( lioek death or perosnal injusry) are triviliased to be" oh how nuaghty of him to die"
and cshite things like " ilost my parkign ticket" are
" Oh my dear what a tragedy"

odd

mum used to sya steeeerio

for stereo

then produce a pre war dictionary to back herslef up

My MIL says sangwiches!

My parents say break - fast.

My dd wears scrunchies in her hair for p.e. But my mother keeps calling them crunchies.

mil called heelys

"wheelyboots"

Hold on...the magistrates say things like "how naughty of him to die"? Is this in court? Do they do a mean impersonation of Stephen Fry while they're at it?

lol

no
in court they are oddly streetwise

can tlak drug jargon wiht the best of em

odd whne an army wife of 58 talkes baout skank tbh

I was in a chemist once and a little old lady in front of my asked for "buyyourselftablets". It was eventually deciphered as Bisodol.

While holidaying in Sardinia we spent a lot of the time shootin up smack with Jeffrey and Rosemary. Twas frightfully fun.

Fimbol did you snigger? You did didn't you!

goddit

Sorry, Fimbo not Fimbol

fibol good imo

Yes and the poor chemist assistant was trying so hard not to p herself laughing.

Wheelyboots is good.

My MIL pronounces bagel BAG-ell (bag to ryhme with sag).

I pmsl on here last night when someone said they used to work in a cafe & a woman once asked for a "cup of chino" instead of a cappaccino!

My mum used to correct me when talking about my cousin Bronagh. I pronounced her name as "Baronagh" I don't any more.

Oh yes and Expresso is another classic.

I had a mate who used to say mushtashe. I loved her dearly but every time she said it, I had the urge to leap up and punch her in the gob.

And then there was an ex boyfriend's mum who used to talk of cerebral PLASY.

In both cases, I used to take every opportunity to work the offending word into the conversation and pronounce it slowly and clearly.

Until the day the boyfriend's mother corrected me.

He had to go after that, no relationship can survive a desire to cave someone's mum's head in with a frying pan.

I once heard two ladies discussing whether or not to buy a jar of tomato & basil sauce which was "glutton-free".

Have also had a confusing conversation with dh re the "beer garden" next to the Globe Theatre in London. (Kiwi pronounciation of beer and bear is almost identical)

I was thinking about starting a similar thread when I got up for my middle of the night wee last night!!!
DP says 'accreutt' for accurate and it drives me bananas!!
Also another pet hate is people who say 'pacific' for 'specific'!!