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

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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!

I always thought cinema was originally spelt kinema.

The Earl of Grantham called it kinema on Downton Abbey, so it must be true. He was very snooty about the 'kinema people' who were filming at Downton iirc.

In that case it would be from German, though it is a French invention. Perhaps the country phased out the German in the war years

DF says Glassgow, for Glasgow.

Both DM and MIL say Per Uno for Per Una

MIL - talks about DH having power of att-or-neee, see also prosecca, cran for crane, more-gage.

It drives me slightly potty. As they get older there seems to be new words that they have learned to mispronounce when they used to get them correct.

According to Wikipedia…

”The term kinematic is the English version of A.M. Ampère's cinématique, which he constructed from the Greek κίνημα kinema ("movement, motion")”

Yes, ibuprofen was sold solely under the brand name Brufen until the mid-80s, then the patent expired and generic versions and versions with other brand names etc started to appear. Oddly, when I was in hospital about five years ago, all the nursing and medical staff called it Brufen even though most of them probably weren't even born when it was sold under that name in pharmacies, which makes me wonder if the NHS's supplier still uses that brand name.

American books often spell 'kebabs' as 'kabobs' and it drives me absolutely insane.

The NHS doesn’t have “a” single supplier - they purchase what’s cheapest -and I’ve not seen Brufen since the 80s. It’s a really odd phenomenon.

I say onvelope too. I'm 68, so maybe it's an old people thing.

😂

Please tell her what "fisted" actually means!

And then come back and describe the look on her face when you do.

My niece has a "fox leather" jacket.

I was quite alarmed at this, until I realised she meant faux leather, known to us older folk as plastic, and not the skins of vulpine creatures.

I have a colleague who used to say Ibrufen. She used to be admin in the NHS and a phlebotomist.

I had a colleague who said ice CREAM with emphasis on the cream, and holeeday for holiday. And made the ss in kissing really sibilant, which gave me the ick.

My Dad says EGGsams for exams and my Mum pronounces waffle to rhyme with baffle. But I just think they're cute.

i did…

she looked appaled and said

PEOPLE DONT DO THAT

i had to explain they did

it was soul destroying

I usually say Ee-kea now, as I live in Spain

That's how we said it in Germany, long before they were in the UK.

My dear MIL drives me mad in many ways but the following phrase makes me twitch;

Happy Crippy!

She means Happy Christmas.

Mischievous

So many people say miss-cheev-ious

There is no i after the v

It's pronounced miss-chiv-ous

I say onvelope and lair 😳

I can offer up

EGGSams
REE-vise
Soya sauce
veggytubbles

Have family who say wensdee, thursdee etc

‘Theeyetter’ for theatre

I had a pet rabbit as a teen called Cunicula (Latin for 'rabbit'). My mother used to pronounce the second 'c' as a hard 'g'. Used to drive me up the wall!

My friend says 'Eddycation' instead of Education and 'Chilledren' instead of Children. How I've not punched her yet is a mystery.

My mum used to call 'comfort' (fabric conditioner) Cofnurt which she'd picked up from her friend even thought she could say it properly before hearing her friend say the bloody word!!!

Reminds me of my husband and him being excited to have come across mangaytaoot... yup, mangetout

Oh and another one- ooayfa for UEFA and e-ro for Euro... 😭🤦🏻‍♀️

Birday instead of Birthday
Nail polish instead of nail varnish- arrrrrrrgh! There are so many!

Lancashire here and we say 'trett' too. Same with 'led' eg. "I led down for a bit a shut eye!" 🙈