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sp1814 | 15:43 Wed 23rd Jun 2021 | ChatterBank
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Perspectus Global, an 'insights agency' (no, me neither) has published the results of a recent survey into the top ten most irritating mis-pronounced words.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mispronounced-words-top-10_uk_60d2efbae4b0c101fc825732

1. Pacifically instead of specifically – 35%
2. Probly instead of probably – 28%
3. Expresso instead of espresso – 26%
4. Specially instead of especially – 25%
5. Artick instead of arctic – 19%
6. Nu-cu-lar instead of nuclear – 19%
7. Tenderhooks instead of tenterhooks – 18%
8. Ex-cet-ara instead of etcetera – 18%
9. Ass-essory instead of accessory – 15%
10. Triath-a-lon instead of triathlon – 9%

I'm guilty of five.

How many (if any) are other AB'ers guilty of?
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None of them.
Zero.

Lampost (instead of lamp-post) is one of my pet hates. Draw instead of Drawer is another.
None.
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Expresso is an acceptable alternative. It can be spelt either Expresso or Espresso. In French cafés you will hear the two pronunciations: un express or un espress.
I pronounce all of them as they should be but the ones that annoy me when I hear them are advacado, skelenton and aksed!
None. I loathe to hear the word sixth pronounced "sickth". Aunty BEEB's standards fall every so often and I have to correct the grammar of presenters and announcers. I feel as though my generation was the last to be taught grammar...
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Hang on...six!!!

Knowing this, perhaps I should go a little easier on people who say 'should of'.
^yes, "fith" and "sickth" are annoying, as is Feb-ry (or Feb-u-ery) for Feb-ru-ary.
The only one I find myself saying in a casual conversation is 'probly' - sheer laziness.
I'm proud to say I'm not guilty of any of those.
No. 5 :-)
I probly say probly instead of probably.

It's when people type in their own dialect, why? Our keyboards are all the same and I'm sure our English lessons were as well.
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Yep. ‘Probly’ is one of mine. And now that it’s been pointed out, I’m quite annoyed with myself.
Not guilty of any of them.
sp - we talk like the people we mix with.
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Wonderful how many AB'ers are perfect in their pronunciation. I feel honoured to be in such asteamed company.

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