The Life of Me

I am right. When it comes to word pronunciations, I am always right. That's just how it is. (Not really...) I really, really, really, really, really hate it when people pronounce words wrong--or just, differently than how I pronounce them. (Unless they, like, have an accent or something. Then it's okay.) (If it's a British, Irish, or Scottish accent, then their pronunciation is so much better than mine.) (I love British, Irish, and Scottish accents!!!) 

The following is a list of words that people pronounce "wrong" fairly frequently, and that drive me nuts:

1. Pronouncing "roof" like "ruff" 

2. Saying "route" like "root"

3. Enunciating the "h" in "hacer" (Spanish word for "to make"/"to do")

4. Pronouncing "pathetic" like "pafetic" (Which I used to do until I was 5)

5. Pronouncing "eraser" like "enraser"

6. Any time someone says "een" instead of "ing"

7. Saying "symonym" or some other variation instead of "synonym"

8. Mispronouncing "statistic"

9. (OMGOSH, this one BUGS ME SO MUCH!!!) Pronouncing "et cetera" like "ek cetera" (It's abbreviated etc. Hint-hint! Come on!)

10. I'm not sure if I'm right, but isn't "thyme" supposed to be pronounced like "time"?

(There's more, but I'm blanking out, so... Toodles!)

-Sue Donimm