I read a magazine article a while back that listed the top 10 mispronounced words. The two I was guilty of was “realtor” and “jibe” of which I was happy to learn the correct pronunciation. I hear both of those words mispronounced often. My husband immediately looked up the word “jibe” after I corrected him—he couldn’t just take my word for it.
assessory / accessory
calvary / cavalry
cannidate / candidate
comfterble / comfortable
dialate / dilate
disasterous / disastrous
ecsetera / etcetera
expecially / especially
expresso / espresso
heidth / height
jive / jibe
lambast / lambast
eminiture / miniature
mischievious / mischievous
nucular / nuclear
ordinance / ordnance
perculate / percolate
perogative / prerogative
perscription / prescription
realator / realtor
reoccur / recur
sherbert / sherbet
silicone / silicon
snuck / sneaked
spitting image / spit and image
stomp / stamp
supposably / supposedly
taunt / taut
tickilish / ticklish
verbage / verbiage
volumptuous / voluptuous
yoke / yolk
Now you’re a little smarter, Girlfriend — And so am I.
Thanks for this. I'm kind of a nazi about pronunciation and spelling. It seems a lot of people just don't care. I'm always happy to find a kindred spirit. Some others that really bug me: your when it should be you're, then when it should be than, and definitely...a word that definitely has no A in it!
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