Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)

[Jasper109]

Others


Iran
Iraq
al-Qaeda
Hezbollah
Qatar

It's not [censored] eye-rak or eye-ran.
It's not kah-tar or even cutter for that matter.

I've heard al-Qaeda and Hesbollah each pronounced 3 or 4 different ways in the same news cast (sometimes by the same person)

Can't these talking head morons get together, decide how they're going to pronounce them, and at least be [censored] consistent.

[kyro]

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Others


Iran
Iraq
al-Qaeda
Hezbollah
Qatar

It's not [censored] eye-rak or eye-ran.
It's not kah-tar or even cutter for that matter.

I've heard al-Qaeda and Hesbollah each pronounced 3 or 4 different ways in the same news cast (sometimes by the same person)

Can't these talking head morons get together, decide how they're going to pronounce them, and at least be [censored] consistent.

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Hmm, I call it eye-rak and eye-ran.

[Jasper109]

Do you call Italy eye-taly?

[traz]

This thread is long, so I don't know if its been said, but I hear people pronounce sushi as shushi, and it drives me nuts.

[antidan444]

I'm a serial mispronouncer. It's a good thing I write and don't do radio or TV broadcasting, because I'd suck.

Quiche -- This is one of my wife's favorite stories. A few months ago we went to Port City Java (I pronounced the J, not my fault the word should be spelled Yava ... but wait it gets better) and there's this word on the menu I've never seen before. So as the attendant waits for my order, I look at my wife and ask, "What is a Quiche?" ... except, since I have no clue, I pronounced it like "Quish" instead of "Keysch." Both my wife and the attendant totally lose it, and I'm left standing there like, "What the hell?!"

I pronounced Epitome "Ep-I-Tome" Instead of "E-Pit-O-Me" until I was 22.

I knew better on this one but my mouth is dysfunctional ... I gave my Dad a coronary when I promonced feisty "Feast-E" As soon as I did it, I said to him, "I can't believe I just did that."

There's others, but those stand out. Apologies if I repeated something someone else said, I didn't read all 300 posts.

[El Diablo]

anti,

WTF? Java is pronounced exactly like it looks, not with a Y sound.

[shaniac]

"Gamut"

I used to say "Gam-oot" all the time, and still occasionally do.

[speedfreek]

Iran = ih-rarn
Iraq = ih-rark
al-Qaeda = al-k(eye)-ee-da
Hezbollah = hezz-bol-ah
Qatar = Cat-ah

Anti = ant-ee

Pasta = Pa-ster (as in the start of pathetic)
Pastor = Par-ster (how some people pronounce pasta!)

Buoy = Boy. Not Boo-ee.
Buoyancy = Boy-an-sea.

[Jack of Arcades]

I don't differentiate between "pen" and "pin" and other words of similar spellings. Nobody down here does, but someone I knew from Galveston apparently was confused when I asked if I could borrow a "pin." "You mean a pen"? Uh... whatever.

[Bettabuy]

Chamillionaire.