How do you say controversy?

[DrNortherner]

Con trov ersy or

Contro versy?

Debate in our house about whcich is correct.

I say CONtroversy - have never checked whether it is correct though. I say secretary (not secretry) and REsearch as well.

I'm Scottish if that makes any difference....

ooh Nelly!! that is another one..

my Dad talks about his Sec a tary Arghhh I am so intolleranT!

conTROversy

aha

well I grimace when I head the word

meeee grain (migrane= my grain)

wtf??

can't think of others but there are more!

Americans say alooominum because they spell it aluminum; equally they say "carburAtor" because that's how they spell it. Ho hum.

Shit i thought i knew until i read that, i think I say contro versy, as for the Yanks, they do and say a lot of things that dont make any sense.

ooh skedule upsets me.

Contro versy is BBC English. Con troV ersy is US. I think the US version slips out my mouth if I'm not concentrating. My mother should never have allowed me to watch Cagney and Lacey as a teenager.

I have one!!

ibuprofen or ibuprofen???

On mature consideration, I find that I say REsearch for the noun and research for the verb...
Aluminium definitely - in the GB it has 2 'i's, I believe the Americans spell it with just one(?)

ack

my mother has tons of these

mee-graine

thee-ETT-er instead of theatre

nitch instead of niche

used to drive me spare

And the Americans are completely barmy on the subject of science. WHY would anyone do science and engineering in non-SI (non-metric) units? It makes the maths so awkward. Plus it leads to embarrassing mistakes (not to mention crashing space vehicles) when collaborating with engineers/scientists of other nationalities.