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!

It's usually pronounced mac-DON-alds, with the emphasis on the second syllable, rather than MAC-donalds, with stress on the first syllable.

Don't worry, I'm very old and I love MN bile, better than most TV comedy!

@Mull Have not RTFT but Brufen was a brand name for Ibuprofen, yes, and I still catch myself using it out of habit.

Not at all! It was a genuine question, to which the answer happened to be No.

As it happens, the person in question isn't Welsh at all; but if she had been, it would have made complete sense! 'Tuth' for tooth is also common in large parts of Wales.

What heinous crimes your parents commit and thank goodness you all turned out to be so perfect, hmm.

The t at the end is silent

French innit

Hel-lin is RP ish I think, that’s how I’d say it

So do I!
I also say MAC donalds and Cheerios with the emphasis on the os.

My Dad says "tuth" for tooth and my mum calls Airbnb "Air nub" 🤣 I enjoy their mispronunciations.

My mum pronounces grandsons name Knorr ( as in cupasoup) rather than Noah.
It was how she grew up pronouncing it and she now can't get her head round the usual pronunciation.
Drives my sister mad!
Mum doesn't do it deliberately -she has dementia so just can't relearn the pronunciation she used growing up.

Yes, that's exactly how UCAS came about.

Like 3 separate words. She says Fal (as in pal). A. (A as in phonetically) Fel. (As in I "fell" down. Fal. A. Fell.

I've always pronounced it fal..afel...all one flowy word?

Bratford is correct if you're from Yorkshire!

I'm have vitiligo (vit-il-EYE-go) ... mother insists on calling it vil-LIT-iggo and won't be corrected!

My mum says 'sq-ehzz-ed' instead of squeezed. She also says 'wow-ful' instead of woeful. And 'jen-re' instead of genre. And finally, she says 'mod-ren' instead of modern. I get mini rage inside me when she prounces those words incorrectly. I've no idea how she came be believe that's how they're pronounced!?

Yes. See also Puttsey/Puttsey Bear (Pudsey/Pudsey Bear)

Fuh-laffle?

Tbh I don't think that bubble juice is any worse than (or different to) fizzy pop!

These are hilarious
I especially like the jazzy Nazzys!

My DM calls the cereal MOOS - li. Like a cow
I say MEWS - li. Like a cat

Yes,everyone I know says 'tuth'.

My dad pronounces Muesli as Moosly. It makes my teeth itch!

My grandad apparently insisted on 'kinema' as it is Greek not Latin in origin - annoyed my dad when he was a boy, in the forties!

Kelly Minogue… growing up, my dad refused to believe there was such a name as Kylie.

Also both my parents pronounce absolutely as abso-YOOTLY.
No idea who started saying it first/who then copied who, but it makes me want to rip my ears off!

“ tuth” is how my Wiltshire parents pronounced tooth.
My late mother always called moccasins “ mow-cas ins” and Tenerife “ Tenerifee “

My DF pronounces it Cov-id, makes my skin crawl.