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Lucca Wed 23-Jun-21 08:24:05
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A survey has revealed the most irritating mispronounced words:

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MaizieD Fri 31-Dec-21 14:07:30

How does one pronounce geo-politics, then? hmm

JulieNoted is correct in that the 'e' is usually a marker for a 'soft' 'g' but with English being a mongrel language there are always exceptions. How about 'get'? grin

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Blossoming Fri 31-Dec-21 14:46:43

One doesn’t use the term “geo-politics” so am unable o advise on its pronunciation.

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sodapop Fri 31-Dec-21 17:33:25

My all time annoyance, tumeric instead of turmeric, even more irritating when a chef does this.

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Witzend Sat 01-Jan-22 09:44:33

Bark instead of Bach (as in JS)

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Ali08 Sun 23-Jan-22 02:44:15

Him Indoors says 'serieses' instead of just 'series' and it drives me bonkers!
He also says 'you'll get wrong' which I said as a child (it's a Geordie thing) but my mum corrected me til it stuck, "You don't get wrong, you get told off!"
Haitch, NO, it's AITCH!!
Anythink/somethink, oh if you just knew how many times I correct my DGC!
Ect instead of etc.
Will you itch me? OH GRRRRR!!

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BBbevan Sun 23-Jan-22 04:12:58

Susstificate/ certificate

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Ali08 Wed 26-Jan-22 06:14:09

Jullery for jewellery.
Chimley for chimney.
Ect for etc -- et cetera.
Defiantly for definitely.
Aks for ask.

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Daisyanswerdo Wed 26-Jan-22 18:31:44

KIL-o-metre, not Kil-OM-metre. How do you pronounce 'centimetre'? It's not like 'thermometer', which is something that does the measuring, not the measure itself.

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