Simple words you mispronounce

[ADarkDraconis]

But is either pronounced either or either?

Neither.

 

[Tim Hall]

Took the words out of my mouth! I hate it and it's all I can do not to chip in with "No, you cannot but the bar-tender will get it for you" every time I hear it

The bar-tender getting coffee? How frightfully modern.

 

[MichaelW2]

And 'I have to itch my foot'. No, you *have* an itch and you have to *scratch* it!

That'll learn 'em.

 

[gary r]

Stunt Kite !

 

[ADarkDraconis]

My good friend thought that Sasquatch (bigfoot) was called Skatchwatch. She called him this for years until her husband corrected her, and she argued with him about it! He thought she was talking about a Swatch Watch She also thought that the gentleman with the scythe was called the Rim Greaper. We decided in a fit of hilarity at work that that was Grim's lesser known little brother, and gave him adventures of his own!

 

[Crackle]

red lorry, yellow lorry

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

[QUOTE 5142032, member: 45"]You also get Americans that say "can you bring" when they mean "can you take". But that's just using the wrong word, not mispronunciation.

Oregano. Herbs.[/QUOTE]

In books by American authors they write ‘an herb’, ‘an hotel’ or ‘an hospital’ - each start with a H which is sounded, it’s not a vowel sound!!

 

[MossCommuter]

In books by American authors they write ‘an herb’, ‘an hotel’ or ‘an hospital’ - each start with a H which is sounded, it’s not a vowel sound!!

I think that was an affectation invented by the Victorian English because the thought it made them sound posher.

 

[ADarkDraconis]

In books by American authors they write ‘an herb’, ‘an hotel’ or ‘an hospital’ - each start with a H which is sounded, it’s not a vowel sound!!

They will say 'an herb' because we pronounce it 'urb', but the others do have a decidedly H beginning and I have never seen 'an' in front of them. On the subject of Herbs, my boss's dad (used to be VP of our company, and judger of desserts at our company picnic) is named Basil and is pronounced Bay-zil (how we say it here). My Colchester friend used to call him Baz-zil just because he knew it irritated him, haha.

 

[awomaninsane]

A word I hear a lot at work is 'eye-broop-en' instead of ibuprofen.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

They will say 'an herb' because we pronounce it 'urb', but the others do have a decidedly H beginning and I have never seen 'an' in front of them. On the subject of Herbs, my boss's dad (used to be VP of our company, and judger of desserts at our company picnic) is named Basil and is pronounced Bay-zil (how we say it here). My Colchester friend used to call him Baz-zil just because he knew it irritated him, haha.

Like berNARD and BERned

 

[winjim]

The old chemist's joke about how to make ethyl lactate doesn't work in British, since we pronounce ethyl properly, and not like the woman's name.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

For the benefit of my kids: Schedule starts with a "sh" sound, not a "sk" sound. .

Weren't they taught that at shool?

 

[MichaelW2]

I think that was an affectation invented by the Victorian English because the thought it made them sound posher.

Very Old Testament:
"And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau"

 

[Fnaar]

I have met sensible adults who incorrectly use crutch and crotch.
They are not interchangeable.

Miss Goodbody does voluntary work with a group for disabled men. She says they may not be interchangeable, but they are closely related