Mispronunciation

I do this on purpose... to amuse myself...

Leicester to me is Lie-Ces-ter not Lester.

ETA... I also say wor-ces-ter-shire sauce.

I spoke to a call centre last week who pronounced Worcestershire as wuchis-terr-cha.

Down the road (well near Grantham) there is Belvoir Castle but its pronounced Beaver Castle

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Apostrophes.

And yes, I agree they are overused.

Cockburn is Cockburn not Coburn....

Another thing, why is a "toe" spelt t-o-e and a "star" spelt s-t-a-r. Yet a "toaster" which, broken down, sounds the same is spelt "toa" and "ster" ?? WEIRD!!

Ah thanks, I knew it was wrong but I couldn't be bothered to get a dictionary!! lol.

Seriously? You actually hate it?? I must be a muppet then!

This has always been known to me. Ironically, this pronunciation is propogated by toffs who maybe don't realise they are promoting a mispronunciation from the original French (whcih might be construed as "posher").

See... I say 'star' and '-ster' differently, so I don't say toastar!

I used to say both these, and only realised ball part was ball park about a month ago! ?

It's ok you can keep me company. Must be us common Midlanders ?

I say "toe-ster", not "toe-star"

English is such a hybrid language that it's inevitable that multiple spellings of the same phonic exist.

I've always said ballpoint ?

I once had a uni lecturer that pronounced encyclopedia "en-chick-la-pod-dear" and separability thesis as " sep-a-bil-tee tee-sis". I stopped going to them in the end!

Flow, do you mean aggravate?

Holborn is 'Hoe-bun' rather than 'Hole-born' but I've only ever heard Clapham as 'Clahhhhhm' when people are taking the pi$$. Similarly with Streatham known as St Reatham. The mispronunciation of Marylebone makes me chuckle whenever I hear it, particularly as it features on the Monopoly board (or always used to!).

I always say Marry-le-bone?? But I have heard it said as Mar-lee-bone too??

I always use the latter!

Can't believe you've been on The Weakest Link Panj - 'Mazin!

I hate Simular instead of Similar - Really annoys me. As does Brought instead of Bought.

Oh how annoyed I can get when I hear people mispronounce Billecart Salmon.

And for the record, it's Moet with a "t".

Plebs.

I say Mar-lee-bone, but Mr S says Marry-lee-bone.

Also didn't know about Holborn!

Yup it's definitely 'Hoe-burn'. H works there and corrected me when we first met ?

My nan was hilarious for mispronouncing things. We used to giggle at her for saying "ayn-moans" instead of anemones! And 'elite' was always "ee-light".

Incidentally, the whole "ght" thing in the English language is very silly. Why on earth would you put a 'g' in something with an 'ooo' sound like "through"??

My Grandad can't pronounce fajitas and says "vaj-eaters". Colleague couldn't pronounce Chateaubriand t'other day and said "Shat-o-Brian". ?

Also - Scottish grandad says "sangwitches" instead of sandwiches.

This must be American? I don't know any British people who would pronounce herb as 'erb? But correct me if I'm wrong..?

Eddie Izzard does a v funny sketch about the differences in American and English pronunciations of words... including the use of 'ough' in 'through' instead of just 'thru'

I deliberately mispronounce sandwiches as 'sammages' because... I can.

My kids are quite funny. The middle one insists that soya milk is actually 'sorry milk', and the smallest one hasn't got the hang of the letter 'j' yet, so when she wants some juice to drink, she calls it "oosh". That's now how we spell it on our shopping lists too.

Marr - la - bon (you could use 'le' but in the French way). Emphasis on the 'Marr'

You do realise you have just made me yell this aloud in my office in a crap French accent? Think Inspector Clouseau.

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I think I prefer my way!

That's how the Monopoly man used to pronounce it on my Monopoly game for the PC.

Me too

Also I say ham-bag instead of handbag.

I love that sketch. Dressed To Kill, is that right? "You say "erb" and we say "H-erb" - because there's a f**king H in it!" ?