You , of form , are n’t misspeak thesewords , but some people do . perchance it ’s the spelling , or the origin , or the shiftiness of language itself , but these parole tend to tie tongues in knots . Even if you ’re a headmaster linguist , it ’s always good to double - bridle to see if you ’re state the words on this list — adapted froman episode of The List Show — correctly .
1. Colonel
You know those eldritch looks you get when you playCluewith your friends and you accuse ' Call - in - null ' Mustard with the candle holder in the hall ? That ’s because it ’s ' Kern - el ' Mustard . Also , it was probably Professor Plum .
2. Awry
Something has gone awry if you ’re saying aw - ree because it ’s ah - wry .
3. Epitome
take a perfect example ? Ep - it - tome is the ep - it - tom - ee of mispronunciation .
4. Edinburgh
You do n’t go to Ed - in - burg , you go to Ed - in - bur - ah .
5. Ethereal
This is almost too perfect . It ’s not e - ther - real , it ’s eth - eer - ee - ul .
6. Meme
Share this with everyone you know . It ’s not a me - may , or a mee - mee , it ’s a meem ( at least we ’re endeavor to make it one ) .
7. GIF
The God Almighty of the Graphical Interchange Format calls it Jif . agree to the dictionary , which is all that matters , both pronunciations are correct , but thebattle rageson .
8. PWNED
Not pawned or pweened . If you ’ve been totally dominated , you ’ve been powned . own with a P.
9. Facetious
Fay - tious ? No , fa - see - tious . No kidding .
10. Hyperbole
If multitude keep on pronounce ' hi - per - bo - lee ' as ' hy - per - bowling ball , ' the universe is going to implode .
11. Nuclear
New - clear ? New - cue - lar ? No , new - clear .
12. Hermione
If you ’re talking aboutHarry Potter ’s best friend , it ’s ' Her - my - Ohio - nee ' ( Hermione ) . A Gentle Hermione is also a blush wine , so now you fuck how to enounce two Hermiones .
13. Ralph
Speaking of Harry Potter , it looks like the name of the video biz character that wrecks things , but the name of the worker who played Voldemort is pronounce Rayf .
14. Manolo Blahnik
you’re able to probably retrieve of a dozen unseasonable way to say it , but the name of the celebrated Spanish interior decorator is Ma - NO - dispirited Blah - nick .
15. Accessory
And the shoes Manolo Blahnik defecate are an ak - sess - oh - ree , not an a - pot - Buckeye State - ree .
16. Versailles
It ’s Ver - suspiration , unless you ’re in Kentucky or Indiana , in which case you are in Ver - sales .
17. Illinois
And speak of the neat American Midwest , it ’s ' Ill - i - noy ' ( Illinois ) .
18. Arctic
Arc - tic , not Ar - tic . There are twoCs in there .
19. Alzheimer’s Disease
It ’s Alls - high - merz disease , not one-time - timers disease .
20. Asperger’s
And its Ass - per - gers . There is no B in there .
21. Et Cetera
Just how it looks . Et cetera , not Eck cetera .
22. Pinochle
Pee - knuckle may be the height of card games that are difficult to enounce .
23. Forte
Four - tay is an Italian parole that mean loud . It ’s used all the clock time in mew - zical system .
24. Forte
Here ’s where it draw puzzling . Your garrison ( no " -ay " ) issomething that you ’re good at , or the warm part of a sword . However , this mispronunciation is so rough-cut that you will either seem like you do n’t know the Good Book or so donnish that the individual you ’re mouth with will take the air off without saying another discussion .
25. Recur
If you employ the word Reoccur , it think of something is occur again . Recur is the correct orthoepy for something that happens again and again .
26. Parentheses
Unless you ’re referring to a undivided parenthesis , apply pa - ren - tha - sees .
27. Mauve
It ’s mawv in the United States and mowv in Britain , so bedlam reigns . Either way , it ’s still just slightly purple .
28. Irregardless
No matter how you pronounce it , irregardless is not a word . You mean regardless .
29. Anyway
Anyways , always say anyway because anyhow is not a word . No extraSrequired .
30. Gnocchi
If you ’re order at the Italian restaurant , it ’s nee - oh - kee , not guh - knock - y.
31. Penne
you’re able to follow that course with a bowl of penn - nay , not pen .
32. Merlot
And wash the carb explosion down with a nice bottle of mer - low . Keep thatTsilent .
33. Prosciutto
Then dampen down the vino with a great deal of thin sliced pro - shoot - Buckeye State .
34. Crepe
In the French eating house , it ’s krep , not krayp .
35. Quiche
Or you might order a keesh there .
36. Quinoa
At the wellness food store , you ’ll want to pick up some exquisite - Washington .
37. Hors D’oeuvres
You ’ll want to serve or - dirves at your company , not hoars - doov - rez . The literal translation from French is " outside the works , " mention to a part of the repast outside the main course of instruction .
38. Chipotle
If you ’re still hungry , you could roll through chih - pote - lay . Please do n’t call it Chi - pot - aluminum . Or you may just eat up a bowl of chipotle pepper . They ’re great by themselves . Or with …
39. Guacamole
And do n’t forget to compensate a little extra for some gwac - a - gram molecule - eh , not gwac - a - minute - lay .
40. Caramel
Chipotle does n’t serve flan , or else it would be really loose to segue into discussing care - a - mel . Care - a - mil is also acceptable .
41. Thyme
It ’s time , like a clock , not thigh - me .
42. Mayonnaise
We probably all abbreviate it to man - ayze because may - oh - nayz is a mouthful . A aright pronounced mouthful .
43. Prescription
That matter you get from your doctor that you take to your pharmacy is a pre - scrip - shun , not a pur - scrip - shun .
44. Realtor
It only has two syllables , not three .
45. Jewelry
That goes for jool - ree , too .
46. Asphalt
It ’s ass - fault , not ash tree - shift .
47. Ptolemy
The Hellenic mathematician ’s name is pronounced tall - a - mee .
48. Bacchus
And a political party with Ptolemy and Bacchus ( back - us ) would be a blast .
49. Veteran
Napoleon was a veh - teh - campaign ( three syllables , not two ) of the Napoleonic Wars .
50. Veterinarian
And Chewbacca resents experience to go to the vet - er - in - air - ee - an .
51. Comfortable
It might make you squirm , but kum - fur - ta - bull has four syllables .
52. Supposedly
It ’s Storm Troops - poze - I.D. - lee , not Sturmabteilung - poze - ib - lee . Do n’t turn thatDinto aB.
53. Triathlon
Somehow it ’s tri - ath - lon rather of tri - ath - a - lon , which is admittedly much more play to say .
54. Especially
And resist the enticement to throw an 10 in to make it ex - pesh - il - lee when it ’s es - pesh - il - lee .
55. Larvae
Getting back to squirmy things , it ’s lar - vee or lar - vai , but not lar - vay .
56. Asterisk
We should note that it ’s ass - tir - isk , not aks - tir - isk .
57. Affidavit
And it ’s officially aff - i - 24-hour interval - vit with aTat the ending , not aD.
58. Schadenfreude
If you ’re chuckling that citizenry actually mispronounce some of these words , then you ’re experience Artie Shaw - boom - froy - da .
59. Chauvinist
It ’s show - Virginia - nist ( jingoist ) , not cho - va - National Institute of Standards and Technology .
60. Mischievous
It ’s like the word itself is play a crafty put-on on all of us because it ’s just so enticing to say miss - chee - vee - us when there ’s no extraIat the end . The correct path to say it is miss - chuh - vus .
61. Dr. Seuss
Another direction to vocalize silly while being correct is to pronounce the legendary author ’s name asdoctor soyce . He said his name as if it rhymed with voice , but everyone says it like it rhymes with succus , which is wubbulously wrong .
62. Chiaroscuro
The key to get this art technique wrongfulness is in the chee . The veracious fashion ? Kee - uh - ruh - skyoor - oh . It ’s the use of dark and igniter in contrast , not a Brazilian restaurant where they keep giving you substance until you beg for them to cease . That ’s a …
63. Churrascaria
All together now : Shoe - rah - scah - ree - ya .
64. Gyro
Please , please when you ’re grade one , do n’t call it a jy - ro . It ’s yee - ro , which should be easy to think back because it rhymes with hero and both are sandwich .
65. Kiton
The cute lilliputian mussel are kai - tens . They ’re not kittens .
66. Acai
Ack ! It ’s a softC , but you also pronounce the letterIat the end . Uh - sigh - ee .
67. Cache
If you ’ve get obedience and poke , you ’ve got cachet ( cash - eh ) , but if you ’re storing your moolah in a cache , it ’s pronounced merely cash .
68. February
It ’s feh - brew - ary , but we all know that we should officially deepen it to feh - boo - ary .
69. Regime
It ’s beam of light - jeem , not ruh - jeem .
70. Solder
SilentLs should make everything foxy . amazingly , it ’s sah - der , not individual - der .
71. Often
Tons of people get this one wrong with great geometrical regularity . It ’s off - nut . TheTissilent .
72. Dilate
This one might make your eyes bug out . We have the inclination to supply anotherAin there , but it ’s di - late , not di - uh - late .
73. Preternatural
It ’s not pray - ter - natch - uh - rul . It ’s pree - ter - natch - uh - rul . Spooky , right ?
74. Hierarchy
It ’s high - er - ar - kee , not the simplified high - ar - kee .
75. Lambaste
There ’s no penury to moderate this one . It ’s lam - basting stitch , not getaway - phloem .
76. Recondite
It may be hard to understand , but the word is pronounce reh - tribe - dite .
77. Pronunciation
You pro - nown - ce a countersign , but you do n’t pro - nown - cee - ate it . Stick with pro - nun - cee - ay - shun , and you ’ll be fine .
