Pronunciation Pet Peeves

[Baise-moi]

Post things that annoy you with either the way they're pronounced or the way most people pronounce them.

I have many. Many words that really fuck me off.
Yacht. Colonel. Lingerie (lawn-jur-ay??? REALLY??? Which fucking idiot decided on this?)

With the way most people pronounce it, the only one I can think of is February (Feb-yoo-ary). Silent r's do not exist in English. Stop it. It's the same shit as "lie-bair-ee". IT'S WRONG. ENOUGH. SO IS COUPON BEING PRONOUNCED KYOO PON.

LIST YOUR UNREASONABLE OR PERFECTLY REASONABLE PET PEEVES.

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With February, it's not the pronunciation that bothers me (If you do say the R, it just sounds awkward), but the spelling. It should be Febuary.

[Bannanachair]

Colonel is a funny one - when I was young, I used to think that it was two entirely different ranks, one spelt and pronounced as "colonel" and one spelt and pronounced as "kernel" (as in a kernel of corn).