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!

DF likes cooking lasagna. Pronounced la-SIGN-ya. It drives me up the wall.

My mum says 'pergolia" rather than pergola and it drives me mad. Particularly since their quite hefty one is falling apart so it is a regular topic of conversation.

She also sings incorrect song lyrics but that's another story.

Also, isn't ONvelope the correct pronunciation? And I'm far from posh.

My ex-Fil has Prostate cancer. Him and his partner pronounce it as ProstRate every fucking time even though it would have been said correctly to them hundreds of times by various hospital staff.

My distinctly un-posh dad used to say ON-velope. It’s an age thing rather than class I think.

@Notsurehwhattdo

On-velope is normal! Think of ensemble, encore etc. En does often make an "on" sound.

I think I pronounce cinema as cinemar so maybe it is a regional thing? Not sure why I add an "r" sound at the end but everyone I know does.

Some on here are definitely strange though and would drive me barmy!

It's still about. It's like saying hoover.

My mum always said Prostrate too! Which always made me imagine people laying on the ground. Also always called Coir matting Choir matting.

My Mum says "Witherspoons" and "distructions" and she's an intelligent woman, believe it or not

Pit-za
Anyone called Michelle they say "mee-shell"
Caggle instead of cag-ool (the light weight coat)
Tex-A-co garage with emphasis on the A.
And coy-in with two clear syllabus for coin.
Argh!!!

I assume cinemar is the southern pronounciation, like lartay for latte.

There were several Helens in my class at primary school and one of the mums used to call them Hel-LIN.

Not my mother, but her friend: Chicken Tikka is "chicken ticker".

And Hotel is hot-ell.

eh? How else do you say it.

My dh says "munster" instead of "monster"

Another prostrate prostate over here! My Mum also pronounces Aretha Franklin’s name as A-Rita because she thinks her actual name sounds too much like Urethra.

Drettful. It's really dreadful to listen to, especially as she always says it with so much emphasis.
"Oh my goodness it was absolutely DRETTful!!"

Helen is a regional thing. There is a Helen I know that loathes being called HelLin. She started switching random vowels in people's names so Tina would become Tuna, Daisy might be pronounced as Dicey.

My dad is the boss of mispronunciation. Nazzy (also to rhyme with snazzy) Nicola Kidman, Al Pacina, and ‘that’s more likertit’ (as opposed to ‘that’s more like it’). Don’t get me started on how he says Netanyahu. He also pronounced Trump as Trumpffffffff. Was a long four years.

My mum: mute instead of moot (as in, they’re making a moot point). Also repeatedly calls someone in my family (a person I know and she doesn’t) by the wrong name. She’s actually argued with me about how their name is pronounced (I go with their chosen pronunciation, on the assumption they’re best placed to decide). Admittedly, it’s also how it’s fucking SPELLED.

I now think she takes exception to the fact their name is their name because it’s not how she’d choose it to be.

Anyway, what’s it about, eh? EH???

For the word “trump” in any context they say it like it has an F at the end. Trumf. It’s weird that when Trump was president they never picked up on news etc that their pronunciation wasn’t correct.

Pompadoms! (poppadoms)

Kia-batter instead of chi-bat-a for ciabatta. When I told her how it is pronounced she stated it couldn't be 'chi', because there's no 'h' in it. Grrrr!

My MIL once offered me some 'can-aps' instead of canapés. She also says 'cwoissont' instead of croissant.

My cat's name is Rah-pooonz-l and not Rah-puhn-zool.

I keep trying to tell her and explain that it's a German name and that they pronounce things differently over there but no dice.

Aaaarrrrggghh!

Rest-ront instead of rest-aur-ront

This this!! Most especially adding an extra s on to shops that end in A eg Marks & Spenceres or Evanses