Funny ways people mispronounce words or phrases,

[Anonymous]

I know this is petty, but do you know anyone who always pronounces a common word or words wrong? Drives me nuts when my MIL says, "better put some nipsorin(instead of neosporin) on that cut". She also calls a chest of drawers, Chester Drawers, like it is a proper name. Never fails, she always says it that way. Speaking of Neosporin, my husband will say "Can you get me the triple antibiotic ointment" instead, lol.

[Anonymous]

A woman in my office pronounces the expression "in askance" with a short A sound, like "in ask-intz"

One of my former roommates and her entire family pronounced the word Onyx as Oinks.

[Anonymous]

I once caught a bit of entertainment news where Paris Hilton pronounced Swarovski Crystals as Swavoski Crystals, several times.

[Anonymous]

Mil says Costcos and quizmos subs

[Anonymous]

My husband's direct family (mother, father, brother) is from Brooklyn. They say so many word wrong that I cannot even list them all here. The scary thing is that I will say the words wrong when I am am with them so that they can understand me and also so they will not think I am being snooty. My DH and I laugh about this when we are not with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mil says Costcos and quizmos subs

HA! My MIL says "Costcos" too.

[Anonymous]

When ordering coffee, "expresso" instead of espresso.

[Anonymous]

My FIL says, "just give the baby a pepsifire when she's crying!" in a strong german accent. Haha.

[Anonymous]

My MIL is Israeli and says "Bleck" instead of "Black". She also says, "Chico" instead of "Chicos". So, when asking a saleswoman at "Chico" for the "bleck" stretchy ass pants, they didn't know what she was talking about.
Oy.

[Anonymous]

Pull for pool and pitcher for picture. Although it's not funny it's ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Stepmom: "Worchester sauce" for "Worcestershire sauce". Also pronounces "Parmesan" adding an extra "e" to the last syllable ("Parm-e-se-an").

My mom called cayenne pepper "canine pepper" once.

My husband always teases me and repeats all of these things whenever a recipe calls for one of these items; I tease him back that my parents at least kinda speak English (his don't, immigrated to the States in the 70s).

[Anonymous]

Iraq. Like the way George W pronounces it ... Eye-rack. Drives me nuts.

[Anonymous]

We had a president once who couldn't pronounce nuclear. Always said nucular. It was funny. In a tragic sort of way.

[Anonymous]

My southern relatives say, 'SaLmon' with the L. (To be fair, I think British English pronounces it this way.)

My FIL says, 'DeS Moines' with both S's.

Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Iraq. Like the way George W pronounces it ... Eye-rack. Drives me nuts.

You beat me to it...