How do you (mis)pronounce some words

[Analog6]

Last night I heard an NBN newsperson say the Pope was about to be beautified, rather than beatified! Bit of a difference there in outcome.

And I knew a young chap who always called those tall trees popular trees! And I have heard so many people say cutelry rather than cutlery.

[AmyK]

arks instead of ask... i hear it all the time

I sometimes say that, I have a slight speech problem from having to wear a plate for 3 years, then having braces for 2 years, and then another 2 years of having a plate.

I hate how Americans pronounce 'anti', and 'multi'.

[triptych]

I've noticed people actually say "LOL" instead of laughing...

[ScottM]

Mine, another grammatical one, is with the singular / plural meaning of something.

For example "so-and-so team have..." - isn't team a singular, consisting of individuals (plural), ie "so-and-so team has..."

Or "Tasmania Police are doing-such-and-such" - we do only have one police force here, don't we? Or is every member of the force a "Tasmania Police" in-itself?

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but all the I's in my head agrees.

[ameerat42]

Mine, another grammatical one, is with the singular / plural meaning of something.

For example "so-and-so team have..." - isn't team a singular, consisting of individuals (plural), ie "so-and-so team has..."

Or "Tasmania Police are doing-such-and-such" - we do only have one police force here, don't we? Or is every member of the force a "Tasmania Police" in-itself?

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but all the I's in my head agrees.

Hey, ScottM. It depends on how the collective noun is perceived as doing the action, ie: is a whole force doing an action en masse, say, or is a whole bunch of individual doing a lot of individual actions. It's not one you can strictly apply the rule of singulars (now there's something) and plurals.

If you really want to get upset about something, take a stick to those who say the likes of "...there's a lot of birds in the sky..."
Am, or sometimes A(he)m.

Edit. Upon re-reading your missive I suggest you really try saying seriously "Tasmania Police is holding a fete this weekend..."
You're right! It does grate. Now if it were "...The Tasmania Police Force is...", well, I might go, myself.

[Bennymiata]

One outstanding miss-pronunciation that we have all heard, and it relates to our hobby, is the word FILM, where some pronounce it FILEM.
I hate that pronunciation!

[Kym]

Fil-em ... only in Queensland and maybe a bit in NSW.

[James T]

Fil-em ... only in Queensland and maybe a bit in NSW.

People in Ireland go to watch fillums.

[wmphoto]

Only in WA can we pronounce Derby correctly (not Darby). And Albany is Al-ba-nee not All-bon-ee.

[Bennymiata]

Well, you can call Wagga Wagga, Wagga, but you can't call Woy Woy, Woy!

Why is that?

[ameerat42]

Well, you can call Wagga Wagga, Wagga, but you can't call Woy Woy, Woy!

Why is that?

Then there's Curl Curl. I Dubbo why, by I can't see why Nottingham!

[mrDooba]

I call them sandwidges I love toasted sandwidges

[Namus]

For years after moving up to QLD in 1993, I pronounced 'Indooroopilly' as 'Indoor-raw-loop-pilly'; only in about 2001 was my mispronouciation pointed out to me