Commonly misprounced words

[punisher73]

So as not to derail the other thread about Obama, I thought I would start a new thread about words that people always mispronounce.

NucUler instead of nuclear

Sherbert instead of Sherbet

 

[Blindside]

Calvary instead of cavalry.

 

[Steve]

LOL. Great thread.

Some that I hear a lot:

Laxadaisical instead of lackadaisical

Fixin or "affixin to" instead of fixing

Acrost instead of across

Calvary instead of cavalry

One we get all the time up here in Seattle: Expresso instead of espresso

Relator instead of realtor

Another one that particularly bugs me: Mute instead of moot.

Edit: Just thought of another one: Oldtimers disease instead of alzheimers.

 

[Carol]

The non-LE folks at work tend to say "incidences" instead of "incidents".

 

[Tez3]

Lauranorder for law and order

minimialistic instead of minimalist

elf and safety for health and safety... though a lot of people now deliberately use the former sarcastically!

woteva... just wrong on so many levels!

furore.. a favourite word in the media gets pronounced with the e ... fu roar e ...don't use the e please!

 

[Steve]

furore.. a favourite word in the media gets pronounced with the e ... fu roar e ...don't use the e please!

Reminds me of a blond joke.

 

[Jenna]

Oh I hated GW Bush talking about them pesky nucuular weapons lol.

aster-ix ~ rearranging the phonetics of asterisk
sek-et-ry ~ leaving out the first r in secretary

Of course yous Americans mispronounce the most abundant metal in the earth's crust: alumin-I-UM! (Or maybe that is us folk here in the UK mispronouncing alumin-UM) lol... I am just joking!!

 

[Steve]

Oh I hated GW Bush talking about them pesky nucuular weapons lol.

aster-ix ~ rearranging the phonetics of asterisk
sek-et-ry ~ leaving out the first r in secretary

Of course yous Americans mispronounce the most abundant metal in the earth's crust: alumin-I-UM! (Or maybe that is us folk here in the UK mispronouncing alumin-UM) lol... I am just joking!!

Yeah, well you guys mispronounce "beer." It's completely wrong. It's not "ail." It's "beer." Drink too much, and sure, you might get sick, but let's not get lazy, guys. It's beer. Beer. Very simple. Beer.

And it's pint, not point. You don't want a point of ail. That's just flat out wrong.

 

[Xue Sheng]

One that has been driving me nuts all day because Bill Clinton was here yesterday

Clinin instead of Clinton...it has been driving me nuts...and they are even pronouncing his name Clinin ON THE NEWS!!!!!!:hb:

 

[Nomad]

While we're at it,

It didn't happen on accident, it happened BY accident (on purpose, by accident).

Just a little pet peeve that I hear often.

 

[Tez3]

Yeah, well you guys mispronounce "beer." It's completely wrong. It's not "ail." It's "beer." Drink too much, and sure, you might get sick, but let's not get lazy, guys. It's beer. Beer. Very simple. Beer.

And it's pint, not point. You don't want a point of ail. That's just flat out wrong.

Ale is a type of beer not another word for beer per se.
http://beer.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=beer&cdn=food&tm=38&gps=659_290_1253_644&f=00&tt=11&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.brewingtechniques.com/library/styles/2_2style.html

It was originally made with barley not hops. As for a 'point' there'll only be some people from one part of the country that say that lol!

 

[granfire]

Oh I hated GW Bush talking about them pesky nucuular weapons lol.

aster-ix ~ rearranging the phonetics of asterisk

I am sorry, but Asterix is the correct spelling.

 

[Tez3]

I am sorry, but Asterix is the correct spelling.

Ah one of my favourite men! Bring me a menhir!

 

[MaxiMe]

cheshire drawers instead of chest of drawers

 

[JohnEdward]

I could write a laundry list on this, from every ghetto to every white trash redneck trailer park in this country, then through the Bronxs to East LA.

My biggest one is Clothes not close. You put clothes on, and you close the door.

Then these follow:

And not Ant (all words ending in d and made into a soft d followed by a hard t)

Inflammable not Imflammable. (confusing n an m in words)

Accentuate not Axcentuate (such words)

Affidavit not Affidavid

Candidate not Cannidate (no, sorry am married)

Excited not Eggcited (all simpler words where x is pronounced gg)

 

[MaxiMe]

redneck trailer park in this countryInflammable not Imflammable. (confusing n an m in words)

yes please lets not go Jeff Foxworthy comedy tour on this one.

It's salsa not sailsa

 

[CanuckMA]

Ah one of my favourite men! Bring me a menhir!

Used to love those comics.

 

[Steve]

It's zhoo-zheesu. Not jew jitsu.

 

[JohnEdward]

Also it is umbilical cord not ambilical cord.

It's git r done not get her done.

 

[Tez3]

Also it is umbilical cord not ambilical cord.

It's git r done not get her done.

Americans pronounce umbilical differently from us as they do cervical.
American Um bee lical.....English Um bil ical
Cer vie kal ....... cerv i cal