Words your parents pronounce/use that drive you CRAZY!!!

[Notsurehwhattdo]

My parents say ON-velope. Rather than EN-velope. Cin-a-MAR, rather than Cin-a-ma.

Slightly differently, they also say 'trod on' rather than 'stepped on'. I know it's not incorrect, I just hate the posh way they say trod and think it's a horrible word!

All the above drives me crazy! Aaaaarrrghhhh

Inspired by the theatre thread!

My Mum used to call it Break Fast. Technically its what you're doing I guess but everyone else in these parts pronounces it brek (to rhyme with shrek) fast.
I had an aunt that always said chimbley too. Weird that one.

Cargigan….instead of cardigan. Still makes my toes curl .

Mine says "lair" instead of "layer"

PuNkin, not puMPkin!

(Although technically, @Notsurehwhattdo, 'envelope' comes from the French language, so 'ON-ve-lope' is considered correct, alongside the Anglicised 'EN-ve-lope', so your parents are not technically wrong in their pronunciation, sorry!)

My mum says Cheeri...oooos ( emphasis on oooos) instead of cheerios.
MAC Donalds
Ugh😃

Also onvelope. Plus albow and covid with co like in cough rather than co like .co.uk.

Oh mine does!
Forgot about that..

I pronounce all those words the same way @Notsurehwhattdo it must be a regional accent. My mum always says veHicle pronouncing the H which I find a bit strange.

Peter bread, rather than pitta. I think it comes from when we were children but we have transitioned and they haven't!

My mum says “Hari-boo” instead of “Hari-bo” even though “Haribo” is so obvious and it drives me mad 😂

Slightly off topic but close enough...

DD is getting her first few teeth and my mum says 'awww look at your toothy pegs!'

The control needed to not scream is immense.

My mum mispronounces so many words. So so many. I have to bite my tongue through every conversation because she makes herself sound stupid and she isn’t, but she just sounds so stupid. I could never say that in public, only anonymously. I hated it as a teen as my friends made fun of it and I can’t stand it as an adult because I have to correct it for my kids. Ugh. Hate hate hate!

This is just standard slightly old fashioned posh speak?

They probably complain about your Estuary English (or whatever) to their mates..

My mother used to say 'chimbley'.

'Dressing gowned' was another one and she pronounced 'though' as 'thore'.

My mum says diabetes with a ‘ess’ at the end rather than with an ‘ease’ sound. It drives me mad.

My dad says Data as Darter.

My MIL says this and it drives me crackers

Her and Kirsty Allsopp! Also 'crate' for 'create'. Old school posh I guess.

Be interesting to know the things we say that make our kids cringe...

Not really a mispronunciation but adding an S to everywhere....Asdas, Lidls, Aldis, and Mataland ....

Don't know why it makes me grind my teeth.

Brew-fen for Ibuprofen. Although I know a couple of older people who say that so maybe that was an old brand name?

"My parents say ON-velope. Rather than EN-velope. Cin-a-MAR, rather than Cin-a-ma."

I alternate between those pronunciations to be honest.

I'll offer up pizza pronounced as "pitt-suh". (my mum)

… actually I say old fashioned… I’ve just realised I say onvelope..

My friend's mother used to go into restaurants and ask to see the 'minwee'.

My mum used to pronounce nazi as nazzi (to rhyme with jazzy).

My husband says the word 'god' as guard. Most odd that one

Waffles with a high ‘a’, like baffle or raffle. It makes me rage.

My mum used to say ‘stir FRY’ as two very separate words, with a slight emphasis on the second syllable.

She was also v put out she couldn’t precook and reheat them