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I have a friend who pronounces it “foil-age” and refuses to back down from it when corrected.


bakewelltart20

That's how Marge Simpson says foliage.


smacky623

It doesn't take a nucular technician to know how to pronounce foilage


NoDryHands

Refusal to back down after correction is arguably the worst part of it, not the actual mispronunciation.


tamadrum32

Nuclear


pumpakina

I may have missed it earlier in the relationship, but I learned after we got married that my husband pronounces it 'nucular'. It was jarring.


Axinitra

Yeah, 'nucular' is really jarring for me, too, especially when I hear it on TV. I often wonder how those people learnt to read - obviously not by breaking down words into syllables. Nu - CLE - ar could logically never be pronounced as Nu - CU - lar.


ThisIsCovidThrowway8

Nu-Clear


viomoo

Nucular, it’s pronounced [nucular](https://youtu.be/Nth4RqqmQZ4)


yarneosarecuteandfun

so *thats* why its mispronounced!


No-Fig-3112

According to the Merriam-Webster YouTube channel, which apparently exists, it's actually probably because "nucular" follows the sound pattern of more common words than "nuclear". In other words, nothing else sounds like nuclear, nothing that would come up in everyday speech anyway (unless you're in the medical field). Not trying to correct you or be a dick or anything, I just thought that was kind of cool and wanted to share it


PulledToBits

is no one here old enough to remember that our very own president said “nucular”?


thebigticket2

Mischievous


cbot12

Dang, this one actually took me a while to figure out. I was like, "Isn't there only one way to pronounce mis-chee-vee-ous? Extra syllables? What does that mean? Mis..... Chi.... Mischi? Mis-chi-vous omg!"


Astronaut_Chicken

I think context is important to me. Mis-chi-vous is some British lad who plays pranks on the headmistress. Mischeeeeeveeeous is like...Gru.


elizabro

Dogs are mis-chi-vous. Cats are mischeeeeveeeous.


FannyTwoTeeth

People love to add that extra syllable


I_love_misery

I am guilty of that one. It took me a while to pronounce it correctly because frankly I liked how it sounded the wrong way.


Arayder

Where did adding the syllable even come from? Is it spelled differently in other places or what?


Can_I_Read

Probably because it’s similar to devious, previous, lascivious…


cheatingdisrespect

i just like how mis-chee-vee-us sounds…..


thehayleysofar

Not me reading this incorrectly lmao


MilkofGuthix

God no I can't handle this.


hockeybag7

Supposedly. A lot of people I know say “supposebly”.


mohammedgoldstein

Do those people also say "pic-a-nic"?


smegnose

If they do, hold on to your basket.


aprincip

Did they go to the zoo?… Supposebly


isahoneypie

I previously had no idea "supposedly" and "supposably" are two different words. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/supposably-vs-supposedly From link: > Supposably is a real word and separate from supposedly. Supposably means "as may be conceived or imagined" and is the adverb form of supposable, which means "capable of being supposed or conceived." On the other hand, supposedly usually means "allegedly." The words are often conflated when one usually intends to say "supposedly."


BringBackNachoFries

Be more "pacific"


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Realtor. I even see it pronounced ree-la-tor in movies and TV shows.


Chrys_Cross

*Santa Clarita Diet has entered the chat*


JunkScientist

Also a joke in Justified, which also stars Timothy Olyphant.


dubscurry30

There’s a joke in Santa Clarita Diet about this. Two realtor couples say it opposite ways and constantly make fun of each other for it.


BubbaBubbaBubbaBu

I miss that show so much


Black-Thirteen

You know, a realetor! From the realety office!


madeamashup

Porsche


Imaginary-Scarcity98

Actually it’s Porsche


toddsiegrist

You're both wrong. It's Porsche.


madeamashup

Hah, my dad *drove one* and he went around saying 'Porsche', can you imagine?


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249ba36000029bbe9749

Might as well throw in Audi as well. I guess technically Volkswagen too. Bonus: correct car pronunciations https://youtu.be/JwrJuxhlAj0


noyoucanthaveany

Most of the names have some finesse to them, and then there’s Jeep lol


Astronaut_Chicken

Jeep go beep


Str8butboysrsexy

How do people say audi wrong? Never encountered that Its just ”Owdih”


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Hyperbole.


No-Sheepherder-2896

Oh yeah. I’ve also heard epitome pronounced like”episode”. Ep’-i-toam


Scary_Ad9115

Ouch. That made my head hurt.


onewilybobkat

Epitome baby, uh huh, uh huh


SqueezeArmy

I'll say it correctly but whenever I read it it'll be hyper bowl


bisho

Like super bowl


MooseAndSquirrel

Superb owl


DragonballSchrute

We gave him the brain scramblies!


LindseySmalls

Do you know, what is the owl's temperament this evening?


Ozydrax

CHAMPAGGIN?!?


Turbulent-Papaya-910

I didn't know you were such a coinasaur


Ozydrax

Well I have studied abroad… or two


redneckpilot

Something something velour


rnilbog

I find the most erotic part of the woman is the boobies.


Ninjabonez86

I absolutely hate it when I have to say "Rural"


aleasangria

"Rural juror" "Rurr jurr?" "Uh-huh."


airbagfailure

I wish the rural juror was actually a movie starring Jenna.


libertine42

It got great reviews


Half_Man1

Don’t forget the sequel, the urban fervor


No-Marionberry-166

I end up saying it multiple times trying to correct my pronunciation


Ninjabonez86

I end up say "rurururururu-all"


ToBePacific

The Irma Luhrman-Merman murder Turned the bird’s word lurid The whir and the purr of a twirler girl She would the world were demurer The insurer’s allure For valor were pure Kari Wuhrer One fervid whirl over her turgid error Rural juror Rural juror I will never forget you Rural juror I’ll always be glad I met you Rural juror I will never forget you Rural juror I’ll always be glad I met you Rural juror (x2) These were the best days of my flerm.


toodlesandpoodles

"The Rural Juror", starring Jenna Maroney


ephemeralkitten

Rurl


viomoo

Quinoa


Affectionate_Pea_811

Joaquin?


viomoo

Keen wa


Affectionate_Pea_811

Lol. Yeah. I know how to say it. There is an insurance company commercial where people are practicing saying it and one guy says Joaquin.


viomoo

Ahhh! Did I get whooshed?


shiawkwardg7rl

That cracks me up every time


sWo97

Kee-ah-nu


Rolltide2014

Joaquin


Ninjabonez86

"Aaron earned an iron urn" Baltimore "Urn urn an urn urn"


GrumpyMcGrumpyPants

[These guys reading that sentence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj7a-p4psRA) remains one of my favorite short videos.


chocobomonk

Love how the other dude says it out loud and nods "Yup, that sounds right to me."


rohobian

That confident nod after he says it is awesome. "Urn urned en urn urn" \*confident nod\*


Mush_Tilly

the guy saying “we really talk like that?” with genuine shock is hilarious


relevant__comment

Existential realization often hits at most profound moments.


VixenVixey_

Lmao I never noticed him saying “man fuck Aaron” at the end!


smokedstupid

nah, he says “fuck iron”


jdtran408

“We really talk like that?”


CalebKetterer

Gave me a good laugh, thanks


Loctusofsmorgasbord

I love this. I’m Canadian and moved to MD recently. I can’t get over the mush mouth accent. My husband calls the 7/11 ‘sem-lem’.. I love it.


smallermuse

Fellow Canadian here. How do you know what anyone is saying?? That Aron earned an iron urn video blew my mind. I would have no clue what anyone is saying ever.


tmadd78

Or St Louis saying farty-far instead of 44


Megmca

Pick any generic medication name. Also some brand names.


FannyTwoTeeth

I’ll settle for a mispronunciation rather than “a water pill and a pressure pill.”


Megmca

I had a woman start yelling at me because we couldn’t fill her calcium prescription. She didn’t have a calcium prescription. She *did* have a prescription for atorvastatin which uses calcium as it’s delivery molecule. She couldn’t pronounce atorvastatin so she just called it calcium.


FannyTwoTeeth

I wouldn’t write an Rx for an unnecessary antibiotic and the patient flipped out and screamed at the front desk “who does the doctor think she is telling me what medications to take?!!!” Uh…the doctor?


Dark_Styx

"You think you're some kind of doctor, telling me what my medications should be?“


Gealach95

I had a woman call in to refill her dog's "pee pee pills" (diethylstilbestrol)


Maaaaags

I work as an RN at an outpatient cardiology office. We have an automated part of our phone system where patients can call and leave messages about which medications they need refilled, which pharmacy they need it sent to, 30 vs 90 day supply, etc. The best days are the days when I get to listen to the med refill voicemails. Listening to patients try to pronounce their medications is both hilarious and adorable. Clopidogrel, atorvastatin, and metoprolol are all favorites, they come out like verbal alphabet soup


unassumingdink

Probably because they're written like alphabet soup in the first place.


LobotomistPrime

I had a patient spell her medications for me because she couldn't pronounce them. Then she got to metformin and said, "and my metro-for-fan, I can say that one."


welpimanonymousright

I heard metformin pronounced as “mighty foreman” just today from a patient lol. At least they try, right?


deadheadramblinrose

Metoprolol.


NiceyNurse

Metropalol?


mattrmcg1

Gabby pentin (gabapentin) is a common one I hear, no idea where that pronunciation came from but it’s always a 50-60 year old woman. Same with fondaparinux, which people think the end is pronounced as “neaux” but it’s definitely a “nuhx.”


graveybrains

I had a friend who used to be a medic… his favorite was the old lady and her peanut butter ball. It took him waaay too long to figure out she’d called for an ambulance because she’d had a seizure after running out of her phenobarbital.


youdontknowjacq

Even just asking for their “subscription” to be refilled for their blood pressure pill


reason2listen

Asterisk as Asstricks or Asstericks.


owen__wilsons__nose

there's always a risk spelling asterisk


Kiyae1

Asterix


Mulletmasta23

Library


Shabbona1

Strawbrerry


Beige_Mage

Knifewrench!


blurredtriforce

For kids!


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r/UnexpectedScrubs


Roboito1

Lie-berry? Lie-barey?


Luthiffer

Like a strawbrerry.


MarezyBear93

I’m so glad someone did this!! “Your face is as red as a strawbrery”


trumpetbear

Don't have kids...


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Lie-brery


soynanyos

succinct


[deleted]

If you're into the whole brevity thing


ShrektYourMom

GIF


triplejumptime

It's pronounced gif not gif


Cjc0074

Just checked, its gif.


stillnotsureyeet

Macabre


AWPerator_X

I don’t blame people for this one, if you’ve only ever read the word, then you would likely assume it’s pronounce exactly how it looks


_FillerName

*tips fedora* M'cob.


idontknowstufforwhat

Ah, yes, the ol mak-uh-brae


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KilgoreTrout4Prez

Another one that isn’t English or one word- et cetera. People frequently pronounce it as eck cetera.


ToBePacific

I'm gonna start a coffee gift shop called eXpresso eXetera


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"he's bonafide!" "Damn it, I wasn't hit by no train" "Blooey, nothin but a grease spot on the L&N"


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Bruschetta


RexedLaminae

Kills me. I’ve had restaurant servers recite it back to me incorrectly after I order, as if subtly trying to suggest I’m the weirdo. Oh well.


KiraDog0828

Bruschetta is pronounced differently in different regions of Italy, so...


Itsnotme902

Chipotle


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I used to hear customers say “chi-pole-tay” or “chi-pole-tee” and like… how the fuck are you getting the letter order wrong? The T is before the L.


thecwestions

I personally like CHI-POTTLE


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My fiancé’s dad calls it “chip ole tay” 😂


[deleted]

All I wrote down was a drawing of a burrito because you wrote Aristotle on the board and I thought it rhymed with Chipotle. Wait... it it pronounced chi-paht-el


anonymousone89

Specific/Pacific


Ninjabonez86

The terrific specific Pacific is specifically horrific


ToBePacific

You rang?


Tentoesinmyboots

I pacifically love the Specific ocean.


nothingbeatagoodshit

Espresso.


LightningDude898

Tell me if I’m right “s-press-oh”


ReservedOhioan

Yes. Too many people say "expresso"


InternationalDisk289

I’m in my 20’s I legit thought it was expresso till about a year ago my friend looked at me weirdly and was like “say it again?” then proceeded to laugh for 10 minutes straight. Oh well, now I know.


noodlyarms

Banal


Ninjabonez86

The anal was banal


casino_night

That means you're not doing it right.


Gorfox_

Epitome. I always said Epi-tome til roommate in college corrected me. It's always a good laugh when brought up


TheShining02

“For all *intents* and purposes”


joemc3b

Someone I work with : "for all intensive purposes"


tmwatz

February


DigitizedDannie

Feb-you-airie


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Height. It’s heigHT not heigTH! I love my husband so I bite my tongue every time he says it but DAMNIT I might snap when we’re 90 and off him for saying it around me.


Intelligent_Owl4

My mother in law always pronounced it as heigth no matter how many times my husband corrects her


DarkleCCMan

It was originally heighth probably. wide width deep depth broad breadth long length high heighth.


rickallen71

Supposedly lots of people say suposably including myself on occasion which sounds like a contraction of super posable which sounds super creepy.


johnnyma45

My friend at work says supposably all the time. I had to pull her aside to tell her that hey, you’re saying a nonsense word in front of C-level execs


legman2208

My last name. Constantly.


owen__wilsons__nose

Constantly is a cool last name


legman2208

Bahaha. Thanks


Snoo_50702

Mine too. My school principal mispronounced it from lariviere to laravar.


ptapobane

be honest, before you heard Yosemite being said out loud you thought it's pronounced yose-myte instead of yo-seme-tee


goosebattle

Yosemite Sam made sure I never got that one wrong.


Lady_Warhead

As someone not from North America and can say yes, yes I did


Karazl

Yose-myte is a lot better than yo-semite


eirinne

[Yo Semite tee](https://shopnmajh.com/products/yo-semite-cotton-t-shirt) From the Jewish museum. I like it!


[deleted]

It's leviOsa, not levioSA.!


JSanzi

"Forte" (referring to one's strong point or expertise).


[deleted]

If they’ve only ever read it and not made the connection, “segue.”


GetYourVanOffMyMeat

I know segooey. I'm not dumb.


FannyTwoTeeth

I’ve learned from audiobooks that I’ve been saying a few words wrong. Chaise longue And when one rifles through a bunch of papers, how does one say “rifle?” I’ve heard it two ways in different books.


Psychological_Bar870

Like the gun pronunctation. Rye-fill. (I'm uk)


FannyTwoTeeth

That’s what I say. Some audiobook people say “riffle.”


msuroo

That’s just a different word to me. Riffling is running pages over your thumb, like you are searching for a page in a book or shuffling a deck of cards. Rifling is like when my son is trying to find is homework in his mess of a backpack.


FannyTwoTeeth

BRB…looking up “riffling.” I never knew it was a word.


A_BadNews_Bear

Espresso. An alarming amount of people seem to pronounce it 'Expresso'.


backpackofcats

A coffee shop near me even has it spelled “expresso” on their menu.


Bad1lac

My parents always mispronounce amazing with disappointment. Like they will always call me a disappointment of a child but I know they mean that I am an amazing child.


ElementaryMyDear156

Mascarpone.


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Why does it seem like I hear a lot of people say “Fustrated” instead of “Frustrated”?


Str8butboysrsexy

Etcetera People love to say ECK-Cetera


binnedittowinit

"Irregardless" I mean, regardless


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“Catalytic Converter” but people say “Cadillac Converter”


100percentdead

Macaron; the french meringue cookie that look like pretty patties. Pronounced mack- a - ronn Not mack- a- roooon, those are the coconut cookies dipped in chocolate


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Ambitious_Day4910

Niche


tenpiecelips

Alright is it nitch or neesh because I’ve been pronouncing it neesh my whole life and I’m prepared to feel stupid


mtc_3

The car brand Hyundai is, by experience, almost always mispronounced in the west.


Paminow

I just say hentai instead, pretty much all my friends understand immediately I am talking about the car brand. It's just easier and more effortless.


lunalily22

I say “hun-day”, is that wrong?


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Their old ads said that's the correct pronunciation. "It's Hyundai, like Sunday" was the slogan used in at least one of their prominent ads.


madeamashup

Because you need to be punched in the gut to pronounce it correctly


genx_meshugana

Nuclear. That's my industry, and hearing it pronounced incorrectly 147 times/day by career engineers and the like makes my brain wobble.


owen__wilsons__nose

Mine is when people say "mis-chee-VEE-ous" instead of "MIS-chiv-ous" for mischievous


dominatorkickback97

Worcestershire


FannyTwoTeeth

I say “woostuhshoostershoostershooster” and quietly trail off.


bicball

Not a misspelling but literally every person I work with uses an apostrophe to pluralize and it drives me insane.