To not realise I was saying this wrong...

[HelloBunny]

Stopped on the street today by a lady looking for a shop. She asked for the nearest “Shrov-Ski”.
Explained further that it’s a jewellery shop. I eventually cottoned on that she meant “Swaa-Rov-Ski”
Bit like “hyper-bole” with me as well... (until I heard it said on the News!) And the name “Beat-Rice”.

I always thought Moët was pronounced moway because that's how Freddie Mercury sang it in Killer Queen (which I first heard as a teenager in the 1970s).
The 1970s television adverts for Anaïs Anaïs used to pronounce it Annay Annay.
And back then Nestlé was always pronounced Nessles.

I don't remember the Annay Anay advert in the 70s, but I remember the 1980s one for Anna Eece, Anna Eece, and how we were surprised at it.
It was 'Nessle's Milky Bar'

Can-apes!

I once worked as a waitress, and I’ve been asked for -

Ka-Joon Chicken (when it was new & fancy!)
Hugh-Muss (which is how I say it now)

Reminds me of Nigella’s microwave.

Love Nigella’s meecro-wahvay.

I can remember when people drove Pew-jots, Sitrons and Ren-olts

Great thread. I particularly like Eggyput and this:

And there is the famous AskAManager thread about somebody who thought she had two colleagues, the guy called Joaquin who she emailed about stuff, but had never met, and the other guy Wakeen who sat opposite her….

I was laughed at when I first tried to say the word decipher out loud. Apparently it doesn't rhyme with Christopher.

By the way, there's nothing posh about pronouncing Menzies as Mingus. That was the standard pronunciation in Scotland when I was growing up, and lots of occasion to say it, as John Menzies was a very well-known company with shops on most high streets. When it then expanded south of the border, not really surprising that the English used the spelling pronunciation, though.

I think that's more about accent and dialect. Dooer is a more northern pronunciation I would say.

@inappropriateraspberry , it was doo-er but the mispronunciation of dower became acceptable too some.

Lieutenant for me, I still instinctively want to say loo-tenant.

Is it not loo-tenant, then?

I always thought Yosemite (as in the USA national park) was pronounced Yo-see-mite. Only recently found out it’s yo-sem-it-tee 🤪

Leftenant.

No, it’s lef-tenant, blew my mind that one.

And a fairly recent one, telling a friend I would love to drive a Porsche (pronounced porsh) one day.
only to be corrected that it’s actually paw sha

It is to the Americans!

My Uncle never tried to pronounce some words as they should be said. So mange tout was always mangy tout and ragout was not ra-goo but literally rag-out.

Isn't that the expression we use in Ireland - "How's the craic ? " meaning how are things in your life.
or

"What's the craic ?" meaning how is life with you, what's going on in your life. Any news.

The number of people who say “on tenderhooks”..... it’s tenterhooks

Heard 'Swingeing' (to rhyme with whingeing) and thought it must be a mispronunciation of 'swinging'. Nope, it's a word. Ignoramus.

Someone asked about the pronunciation of Perdita. It's purr-di-tuh but a lot of people assume it's purr-dee-tuh.

I have a question. How is mischievous pronounced?
Miss-chiv-us
Or
Miss-cheev-i-us

Yes, in the UK it's 'left-tenant', but in the states they pronounce it loo-tennant.

Dont remember why, sure someone will be along who does!

I recently read a post on Facebook of a friend, that was at her “widths end” with her child.

Actually made me belly laugh that one, I wonder how many times she’s said it in real life conversation without being corrected

Nougat - I always said Nugget but recently discovered it's Noo-gah.

It seems most of the words we all struggle with are from other languages? Greek, French...

I can pronounce Menzies and Dalziel easily but MacKenzie?

Is it the same as MacKinnie then?

@LadyEloise1 yes it’s craic .

@Mannymoomin thats a whole other thread. I think they’re called malapropisms.
My mum’s friend used to complain how expensive a restaurant was by saying it was contortionist instead of extortionate. It conjured up some interesting images in my young mind.