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!

Another pronunciation thread with unhelpful, nonrhotic-centric use of "r".

Some people say cinemah, it isn't cinemar.

I’ve never heard anyone except my MIL say that ……..(who are you 😳)
😂😂😂

When I was applying for Uni about 18 years ago my dad insisted on pronouncing UCAS (as in UCAS points for getting into Uni) as UH-cuss (to sort of rhyme with ruckus) rather than YOU-cass. Still haunts me to this day

My parents call it 'broccol- lie'.

My mother calls all babies 'bubba'. And husbands 'hubbies'. As in 'Is that bubba your hubbies?' (okay- tbf that exact sentence is unlikely but to give an example).

And all teeth are 'toothy-pegs'. Even if you are an adult. 'I had my wisdom tooty-peg out today'.

shudder.

It’s Scottish. Not Scotch. Never Scotch. Unless you are talking about the drink. Which you never are.

My MIL says Tish when someone sneezes.

My mum says Wither spoons instead of Wetherspoons or just spoons

Very different people but both annoying 🙈

I say ON-velope and didn't know 'trod' was posh I say that too!!

This isn't something my mum says but what she writes. She always asks how DS is getting on at 'collage' 😂 Makes me chuckle!

On and Hugh muss for hummus. Another MIL one

Oh i forgot - sort of along these lines- a woman i worked with called car indicators 'winkies'. 'I need to put my winkies on' when she changed lane.

My mum says Mars BAR, dee-JAY, Bel-FAST and dis-CO

My mum does the same with witherspoons and I've corrected her SO many times! It's not a hard word 😭

EEEE-Kay-Ah for IKEA. Yes, it's probably more correct but I hate it.

And sang-which. Which makes me stabby.

My poor parents.

As previous pp - we used to say tussy pegs for teeth when speaking about babies' teething - not toothy pegs.

Mil: I'll have a bag of cris

Me: IT'S CRISPS!!!! (You lazy woman)

My husband says woomd for womb which makes me feel sick.

My best friend used to say avaidable for available - she genuinely thought she was correct.

My father used to say Ibittsa for Ibiza

My mum used to say Doytall for Do It All - place like B & Q.

Sorry but Peter bread made me chuckle.

I have a friend who says cuggle instead of cuddle

Some quite unkind responses here as many of the examples seem to me to be more about regional accents than some deliberate attempt to piss people off.
So many over sensitive posters tonight 😉

FIL pronounces the bank as bar-clays as in clay from the earth. Its so annoying as a family member works there so it's bloody constant. "How's things at Bar-Clays blah blah blah'. Makes me dry heave 🤣

Argh my dad does this too, and his name
is Peter 😂

But, but... don't most people from Belfast say BelFAST?!

My mum says keebab rather than kebab.

My mother says hugh-muss for humus. I can see my Israeli husband's jaw twitch with rage every time

Thank you!

I switch between the two!

Yes, it was an old brand name

Cutesising nazi is the worst

I've realised I say all of them. Just completely normal pronunciations. Maybe regional I don't know! Pretty sure my DC also say them like that!

Do we have the same mum. Drives me mad 🤣