It’s not uncommon to hear people mispronouncing words, especially when they are not native speakers of English. A user on an online forum asked, “What is the saying/word that people get wrong and it drives you nuts?”
The responses were surprising and amusing.
WALLA/VOILA
“Had a friend who kept typing Walla instead of Voilà, but it was hilarious.”
DYLEXIC
“My buddy always says he’s dyslexic.”
WHATEVER THE ITALIANS SAY
“This reminds me of my friend’s ex who said we we or whatever the Italians say.”
VIOLA/VOILA
“Also, viola instead of voila.”
WEARY/WARY
“Saying weary when they mean wary.”
NIP IT IN THE BUTT
“Nip it in the butt. Not quite, but OK!”
INTENTS/INTENSE
“For all intensive purposes.”
“For all intense of purposes.”
ESPRESSO/EXPRESSO
“Expresso”
EXCAPE
“I know a girl who says EXcape instead of escape. Fires me right up.”
LOANED/BORROWED
“Same thing to me as people who say “I borrowed him some money.” No, you did not. You “loaned” him some money, you idiot!”
HEIGHTH
“There is no H at the end of height. Hard T sound!”
FISCAL/PHYSICAL
“I called on a very, very, very large retail chain HQ’ed in NW Arkansas. Their buyers would refer to their fiscal year as a physical year.”
ASK/AXE
“Let me ex u a question.”
“I’m not going to axe you twice!”
IRREGARDLESS
“I surmise this is an amalgamation of two words: regardless and irrespective.”
MOST OF/MUST OF
“And the rarer cousin must of.”
COULDA/SHOULDA/WOULDA
“This deserves more upvotes. Coulda’, shoulda,’ woulda’ as me mum used to say.”
WOMAN/WOMEN
“Women instead of woman. I see it all the time:
“I am a women that has four children.”
“I had several woman in my bed.”
Learn plurals.”
I COULD CARE LESS
“I COULD care less, instead of I COULDN’T care less. Drives me nuts.”
MARSHALL LAW
“Marshall law. It’s MARTIAL. Martial! Like martial arts. Because it’s war-related.”
ITCH IT/SCRATCH IT
“When people say ‘itch it,’ when they mean scratch it.”
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