What Word Can’t You Pronounce?
Have you ever found yourself in a debate with someone over how to pronounce a specific word? The kind of debates that are even better at a bar when people…
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(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)Have you ever found yourself in a debate with someone over how to pronounce a specific word? The kind of debates that are even better at a bar when people are slurring their words to begin with?
Buzzfeed asked people to list the mispronunciations that annoy them the most. See where you weigh in on these:
- Expresso vs. Espresso
- Realtor vs. Realator
- February vs. Febuary
- Jewelry vs. Jewlery
- Especially vs. Expecially
- Verse vs. Versus
- Etcetera vs. Excetera
- Sherbet vs. Sherbert
You can click HERE to see which pro-NUNCE-iations (or do you prefer pro-NOUNCE-iations) people prefer, but we won't keep you in suspense. See below for the correct pronunciations:
- Espresso
- Realtor
- February
- Jewelry
- Especially
- Versus
- Etcetera
- Sherbet
Source: Buzzfeed
