Don't use a word if you can't pronounce it correctly!

Not disagreeing phoenix just seems so odd to me .
I have a friend, very close to me, and she always ,always refers to balsamatic vinegar, in a restaurant we others just smile , she has no idea.

No it's not earth shattering but it is extremely annoying. 'Sixth' is my bugbear. No one on TV can pronounce it. They say 'sick' or 'sith'. Most of these people are presumably well educated. I was dragged up in Birmingham but I think I know how to speak properly.

annsixty it seemed to me to be part of a conversation, rather than read aloud. No doubt it will be available to listen again on BBC Sounds.

I truly cannot believe anyone using the word hyperbole in its correct context would mispronounce it.
I still think someone was reading it .

Maybe he/she is a superbowl fan and just thought it was a bigger, better version (like a hypermarket)

DH deliberately mispronounces words for a laugh - or to wind me up. Kwin-o-a is his favourite instead of Keen-wa.

For many years I pronounced ennui as 'en you eye' until a dear friend who is a linguist gave me a puzzled look and said, "Oh, you mean 'on wee'".
It was long before the days when unfamiliar words could be heard by the click of a button on a laptop.

eazybee

Because they are wrong, and it does matter. If you are speaking on Radio 4, thereby being broadcast to millions of people, it behoves you to be correct.
Ensuring the correct use of capital letters and correct spelling is important too.

paddyann it didn't "annoy" me, was just rather surprised.

One of my cringe moments as a child, was reading out loud in class and pronouncing ‘quay’ the way it is written and not ‘key’. What I want to know is how the other laughing, 11 year olds knew the correct pronounciation. Hardly a common word.
P.S. I am over t now.

couldn't care less ,the day I get annoyed about mispronounciation is the day I'll give up on life.Why let stupid things like this annoy you?

I heard the same mis-pronunciation just recently - jarring! But it's no good saying "Don't use a word if you can't pronounce it correctly!" - maybe they didn't know their pronunciation was wrong?

Perhaps he/she was just reading something out and" hi- per-bollee" was an unfamiliar word.
It is hardly used in everyday conversation.
I think we can get too critical at times, a shrug of the shoulder to myself seems to work for me.

. I read a book as a child, with a main character called Penelope. I read the entire book pronouncing her name as Penny-lope.

Actually phoenix this one was one of my faux pas as an adult.