Simple words you mispronounce

[Mark Grant]

A friend always says 'aminosity'.

 

[MikeG]

My mother in law says "skellington".

I say "electrickery", because it's witchcraft, not because I can't pronuncipate my worms properly.

 

[Fnaar]

'Religion' It just comes out as 'delusion'

 

[MossCommuter]

I do get it correct but I always have to check myself before I say "remuneration" because I always want to say "renumeration" (with the 'n' and 'm' switched).

 

[MichaelW2]

Ok,going a bit off topic here but why do newsreaders who are supposed to have a good command of the English language pronounce medicine "medson". It's not that difficult surely to say it how it's spelt.

When did our neighboring principality become Wayuls.
A social unit of parents and children become fambily
I forget the others that annoy me and welcome the day when every office has a resident Grammar Nazi.

 

[Arjimlad]

My lads seem to be unable to say "binoculars" - they always say "binoculosses" !

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Ok,going a bit off topic here but why do newsreaders who are supposed to have a good command of the English language pronounce medicine "medson". It's not that difficult surely to say it how it's spelt.

It winds me up when they don’t pronounce ‘sixth’ properly - they say ‘sickth’ and miss the ‘ix’ out. It is siXth!!

My sister always thought she was cursing correctly when she would say ‘God Or Mighty’. She did this until we pointed out it was ‘All’. She was 27.

Also it bugs me when people confuse commercial and advertisement (then put the stress in the wrong place in adVERtisement (they say adverTISEment, aaargh!))

 

[flake99please]

My wife pronounces Maroon as ma-rawn. It’s a topic of humour amongst her family as they’re all jambos.

 

[Julia9054]

Mnemonic
I simply cannot remember the order of "n"s and "m"s unless I am looking at the word written down.
As a teacher, it is a word I occasionally find myself needing to say.

 

[PaulSecteur]

Being a yam yam I mis pronounce “going home” with “guwin-um”.

 

[captain nemo1701]

After a few weeks in hospital last year, I seem to be unable to say 'Jeremy Hunt' without using a 'C' instead of 'H'. Odd that.

 

[keithmac]

There's a few that my kids came up with when learning to speak and they've stuck in my brain.

Codweb is one and sick-a-moo-tee (despicable me).

Two that really stand out is the inability to say three or free in the right situation and bought or brought.

I wonder if Americans actually spell it Aluminum as well, will have to check.

Damp squib is another one people have trouble with (it's not bloody damp squid!).

 

[DaveReading]

[QUOTE 5141213, member: 45"]Samwidge[/QUOTE]

In Scotland, the official pronunciation is sangwidge.

 

[Mr Celine]

Northern Irish demonstrators:

'What do we want?'
'Pronounceable words!'
'When do we want them?'
'Noaaauuuuwww!'

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

When people say ‘I was on tenderhooks!’

Tenterhooks, people, tenterhooks!!