Mispronunciation

There's a place near Huddersfield called Slaithwaite - pronounced by locals as Slawit. Anything else gets you laughed at, as I found out.

There's also a place in the Dales called Masham which most people pronounce Massam.

Yup! Its genius! The way he says 'because there's a f**king H in it' kills me every time

'Now you spell 'thru' t-h-r-u and I'm with you on that 'cos we spell it 'thruff''

There's a couple of places like that up here - Harthill ('artill) and Todwick (Todick)

Similarly, a town round here called Cholmondley - Non-locals don't usually get it right!

I'll hedge my bets with "Chomley"?

I think my peeves have to be:

Brought instead of Bought

Oriented instead of Orientated

Esculators instead of Escalators

Liberry instead of Library

Haitch instead of Aitch

Secertary instead of Secretary

Was and Were used in the wrong context e.g. They was going down the pub...makes my skin crawl!

Very close! Chumley.

I hate it when people pronounce "bury" at the end of a place name as "berry".

This might be a bit work specific, but it irritates me when people pronounce the 'viva' from 'viva voce' as 'veeva' instead of 'vyva'

Now they may be right and I'm wrong, I don't know, but it irritates me none the less!

Actually, the more i think of it maybe I am wrong... veeva sounds more... latin???

Yes! Although confusingly, 'Bury' (of NW England fame) should be pronounced 'Berry'.. or so I've been told

'Pacific' instead of 'specific' ? pacific is the ocean!!

Yes, because when you "bury" someone (.i.e buried alive), you say 'berry'. But 'burry' sounds very Midlands-y to me??

arggggh so confused now!!

I can confirm. People from Bury call it Berry. People from Manchester, only ten miles south, call it Burry. I say Burry. But, confusingly, I say Shrewsberry....

My biggest annoyance is "brought" instead of "bought" - my mum also says "avail-i-able" instead of "available" - gets right on my wick.

P.S. I have never been as nervous posting incase I get something wrong ?

it is Veeva ? I think Vyva would make my skin crawl!

Ooooh nearly forgot another one

Arks instead of Ask! *shudder*

Viva (as in viva voce) is pronounced vyva. I have never, in my whole academic career, heard anyone of reliable and senior intelligence pronounce it differently.

that was my thinking, but then I come across some doddery old professor who says veeva, and then I doubt myself.

I'm sticking to my guns!

I've not reached these heights in my own academic career but have always known it as a vyva.

When people say skelington. I mean, come on.

I also dislike it when people add an "s" to the end of a name that does not have one, such as "Superdrug". To be ironic I have taken to calling Tesco, "Tescoses".

Viva - long life - is pronounced veeva.

Viva (voce) - by word of mouth - is pronounced vyva.

My gran used to say "indisgestion" instead on "indigestion".

I have noticed this with Asda. It becomes "I'm off to Adsas".

Ah, I agree with you. Tesco is Tesco. But, is it really incorrect to say "I'm going to Tesco's", in the context of "I'm going to Tesco's supermarket outlet"? Of course, that means you are saying the possessive Tesco's, not a plural Tescos....

I knew someone who called it Shrowsbury... Maybe that's a local thing? I've never head anyone else call it that.

OMG, and with Matalan. "I'm just going to Mataland"

There's no D on the end!!!!!

I was born in Shrewsbury.. Hate it when people call it ShrOwsbury.. It has an 'e' in it!

My H's side of the family cannot speak properly but the main thing that really bothers me is;

eg "Can I lend a fiver".

Um no but you can borrow one.

Preeemark or PrImark?

Pri-mar-ni.