Or when they spell it like a stringed instrument ...SmileWavy

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And then there are the So Cal dingbat girls who pronounce "uhm" as a three-syllable word ("Uh-eh-um"). Makes me cringe every time.

Ha! I'm going to leave that. Way too funny! That's what I get for using the phone to post on the forums.

Another phrase I am always astonished at is "For all intensive purposes" it just makes me scratch my head and wonder at how they ever got out of school. Maybe it was a dropout.

For all you computer network guys, don't go to Australia expecting to get a job rooting...

Root vs Route
 

Go up to the Boston area and pronounce Worcester the way it's spelled sometime and time how long it takes for the locals to stop laughing at you [emoji4]

Oot and aboot.

I'm gonna sale this car.

Porsche...enough said

flair / flare .... roll / role ...you're / your.... don't get me started...

Arggh... not viola (big damn violin)

Voila' with an accent mark. It's French.

Was a guy on here with a french surname, from Canada that kept writing 'walla'.

You mean "voilà". Yes, most people these days say it wrong. It's more "vwa-la" than "walla". You need to have a little "v" sound before the "w" sound.

How about "coupon". The "q-pon" pronunciation is offense to my brain.

Actually that's in a line from Elvira Mistress of the Dark. She can say it any way she wants in my book....

Viola is like a violin only bigger and deeper in tone....

Voila is what you were looking for...

Edit!
Was a little late to this party!
I was busy getting my kicks on route (like shout) 66.
Edit again: Was late to that party too!
Going to watch hockey instead....

Got a pronunciation one for you...

Secrete...Secretion
Discrete...discretion

I left the viola spelling up to give this thread some humor. I'm still laughing about that to myself.

She must live in Viola Viola, somewhere in Washington.

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