Things that people say wrongly....but they're too old to be corrected

[Moomin8]

When I was about 18 I had a boyfriend who used to call Valentine's Day 'Valentimes ' day.

[cortex10]

MIL always calls pizza 'pizz-er'

[meow1989]

Jags instead of jabs sets my teeth on edge.

I quite often muddle up saying genuinely and generally and that drives me mad too.

Dh pronounces "collection" as "klec-tion". Oh the rage.

[Cyberworrier]

Haha yup it’s sangwiches (or sangwidges) in my west coast family! People down south have pointed it out. Sand wich- sounds awfully OTT in my head when I try to pronounce it ahem properly (!)

[MrsMoastyToasty]

Ideal instead of idea.

(Disclaimer - I live in Bristol. Bristolians like to add the letter L to most words)

[alwayscauseastir]

My grandma, now 84. She has a conservative not conservatory. And during the war they dropped an apnoptic bomb...not atom bomb. She also has skating boards, not skirting.

[avocadochocolate]

I know a personal trainer who says 'skelington' for skeleton.

[Knittingnanny]

My late mother insisted her slippers were “ mow- cas- ings” and would correct anyone who pronounced the word “ wrongly”

[RueCambon]

Oh that one is common I think. I remember hearing a man say ''skelington keys'' about twenty times once. The words were beginning to lose their original meanings.

One I used to say as a teen was perculate instead of percolate.

[Evilmorty]

My DM says certifi-kit but I think that’s a cockney thing rather than a mispronunciation.

And one that I can’t tell is correct or not but both my mum and SIL say nugGUTs instead of nuggITs. I think I might be wrong on that one but I’ve never heard anyone else’s say guts.

[LittleCandle]

DF used to have a 'metrass' (mattress) on his bed. Why he said that I will never know. He often mis-pronounced words, quite often because he had only seen it written down, never said. But once he had an idea in his head, it wouldn't matter who told him he was wrong because he wouldn't believe them. And he certainly never believed me!

[Nicketynac]

I say samwich, with an M. Can't stop it.

[notso]

Chimbly
Pelanty
Drownded
Pittle onions
Kaggle for Cagoule
Basmatic vinegar
Birfday
Amblance

[Toseland]

Johnny Dieppe!

[Sunflower20]

Wow it seems like the general public is incredibly stupid.

[cockingup]

The way Alan Sugar says 'manufacture'. 🤯

[notso]

Slightly different but a lady I've known for 16 years always calls me by a different name. She didn't speak very good English when I first met her and I corrected her a few times but she didn't seem to get it, it's been so long now I can't correct her.
When DC3 was little I was chatting to her and DS said loudly "why's that lady calling you Kelly"
I was cringing but the lady said
"now little one, Mummy's name isn't Mummy you know"
I stood there thinking "No and it's not Kelly either"

[ginginchinchin]

I know a funeral director who calls it a funderal (pronounced like funeral but with a d in it)

[ginginchinchin]

Infidelity benefit (from my local government days)

[SeraphinaDombegh]

Grown adults who pronounce mischievous "miss-chee-vee-ous". There is no E sound after the v! It's just not there!

[Crawley65]

N suite rather than en suite
Cersificate
Radiator pronounced rad iator rather than raid iator. Maybe this one is regional?

[katseyes7]

Years ago l went to a Weightwatchers class. The class leader used the word "pluffmans" (ploughman's!) several times when talking about eating out choices.
We all sat there looking at our feet.

[GooseFeather]

ohyesiam Aeriated is not a word. Aerated is.

SeraphinaDombegh - yes! People saying misscheevius is like finger nails down a blackboard for me. Almost no one seems to be able to pronounce it correctly.

[portsland]

Having a wow of a time

[fantasmasgoria1]

When people say breggsit instead of brexit. Newsreaders do this as well as other people! Mataland is another!

[Mrsjayy]

My mum said Brixit the other day bless her.