Ax (e.g.; "Lemme ax you a question...")

i'm with you on Ax... DRIVES ME CRAZY. then there is "suposibly" .. it's supposedly people, REALLY. and of course all always famous NUCLEAR it's NOT "new-cue-larr"... it's NEW-CLEAR... dumbass

horse-pital instead of hospital is one of my pet peeves!

Li-berry for library. Grrrrrrr!

I live in Arkansas. Everything is mispronounced, and I'm going insane. Even the name of my town is mispronounced by some of the people that live here.

sangwich-drives me crazy when my nana says that or guacamole, the g is so overpronounced, and we always say it "ghuaca-" or "waca-" instead. or

Aks for ask

Expecially instead of especially

Exspecially instead of especially and all the other words where "es" is pronounced "ex" And like some other Ax for Ask drives me crazy.

saying ax instead of ask, and warsh instead of wash and bidness instead of business.

I live in WASHINGTON, not WARSHINGTON!

ambahlance instead of ambulance -

I really don't like hearing someone say "asplode" instead of "explode." Also "bolth" instead of "both." That's a lot worse.

How about "expresso" instead of "espresso"? I don't even like espresso, and that still drives me insane. I also hate when people put an extra syllable in "realtor" or "realty", and call it a "realitor" or "real-ity".

There is a traffic announcer here in the Chicago area that hyper-annunciates the W when she does her call letters: WCPT. She pauses for an extended period as in "double...you...see pee tee." It just gets to me every time I hear it.

Yep, I agree with "expresso" (ex-wife) and I would like to add "prolly" and "probly" in place of "probably." And what about dropping the "g" in "ing" ending. "Nothin" instead of "nothing," for example. I think my all time favourite occurs in the American South, where they turn the monosyllabic word "gas" and turn the a into a diphthong or worse a triphthong, as in g-a-a-s (gay-ass). :)

"Febarary" is just around the corner. I might spend some time at the "liberry."

Saying, "whaa" instead of "what".

I'll go with dubya.

This is an incore question, somebody else axed it already.

I notice that some people make this kind of errors, but it does not irritate me, if there are not too many of them at a time. Even then, I usually adapt. 1) "acrossed An agonizing ignorant mispronounciation wildly popular all across the Midwest. All acrossed the organization." Source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Acrossed It bases on the past sense of "to cross" -> "crossed" Maybe it could be considered as Midwest dialect? 2) "Asterix is a very small but fearless and cunning warrior, ever eager for any new adventure. He lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany). This village is celebrated as the only part of Gaul not yet conquered by Julius Caesar and his Roman legions." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_%28character%29 (of course, if what you want to say is asterisk, it is an error) 3) dubya is not a mispronunciation, dubya is Texas dialect: " In the Texas dialect of American English, the name is often condensed to two syllables rather than three, as in George W. Bush's nickname of "Dubya"." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W

What about general lexical misuse? When people (even in a business context) use "endorse" (as with a cheque) instead of "indorse"? Or should this be its own question?

How about when "Santy" Claus comes down the "chimbly"? Bet he doesn't get many cards on "Balentime's" day. Don't leave "tortill-yas" instead of cookies. He will eat them all,get sick and need to fill a "perscription".

Hey, I've got to ax you a question, OK? That's the only one I can think of off the top of mi cabeso.

What about the folks that pronounce Voilà "wa-laa"?

What about the folks who pronounce with as "wif"? I know a certain lot of Brits who replace th with f.

It really bothers me when people say nucular instead of nuclear. Especially when that person has the power to launch a nuclear assualt. (G.W. Bush, for any slow people out there) http://www.slate.com/id/2071155/

I never realised that dubya meant double-u - I always thought it was just some general derogatory term, so thank you for broadening my education. The fact that the President of the United States (and now I understand why people call him Dubya) has difficulty with the word 'nuclear' amuses me.

Two favourite peeves: "EX-cetera" rather than Etcetera, and (hanging a..) "pitcher" rather than Picture!

While some words are mis-pronounced, as pointed out by many in these comments, in many cases it is just the differences in accents. And we all have an accent.

People who over-enunciate words. Generally, they are the ones who complain the most. And they are irritating to listen to. As an aside, listen to the Weather Channel talking heads. AT-LAN-TA. Does anyone in Atlanta, especially those that grew up there, and not displaced northerners, pronounce the TA on the end. People that I know from Atlanta do not.

Asterix is not a mispronunciation, but my favourite comic book series!

... I dislike the slurring and abbreviating of entire phrases ... like instead of, "What are you doing?" they ask, "Cha dune?" ...

Lie-berry for Library

the way british people say vitimins annoys me (sorry british people). when people say raisins instead of reasons (yes I have actually heard that). I have one friend who says vag (rhyming with bag) instead of vague. the first time he said it i thought he was shortening vagina and i was so confused because it made no sense.

None--I live in New Jersey.

nucular mischievieous certstificate Oh yes, and my favourite in England:- Scale-electrics for Scalextric

Ah, well, acrost is NOT a mispronuciation. It is a legitimate word used more by older folk or those raised in parts of the United States that had been former British colonies. In other words, those whose ancestors spoke The King's English. A lot of disparagement is endured by people from the rural South, the Appalachians, and the New England states for the way they speak, when in reality it is - albeit antiquated - highly proper English. What I do hate is when people assume others to be incorrect based on their small sphere of knowledge. If spellings or pronunciations are different from your norm use a dictionary - and, no, not a cyber version - that is more than ten years old. You may get a real education.

News flash for dansegrrrl. If you are saying "nu-clear" then you are also wrong. It is a 3 ... count them, three syllable word. Pronounced nuc-le-ar - as in new-clee-ar. Or for those who know how to use a dictionary and can read diacritical marks: ˈnü-klÄ“-É™r, ˈnyü-,÷-kyÉ™-lÉ™r For the Hollywood types who continually write scripts with the gratuitously mention Boca Raton -- Raton is pronounced with a long. Not "Rah-tawn". This goes back to the Spanish history of state and is a name which migrated from another geographic location (a bit further south) once favored by pirates. That area was "Boca des Ratones". So, there you have it. Next time you write an overdone script "kvetching" about years of therapy and Jewish parents at least do it right.

When people mispronounce robot, it drives me crazy. I have no idea why. They pronounce it row-bit. What the hell, isn't that a sound a frog makes?

Warshington - Washington Sammich - Sandwich

There's answers to those questions. Not a mispronunciation, but improper subject-verb agreement, because plural inverted subjects require a plural verb after the demonstrative adverb There. GrammarMan

When people say "it's a moot point" but pronounce it "mute". That drives me crazy! Another one which is more ebonics than mispronunciation.... "he do" instead of "he does" I know they were taught better than that in school!

Trapped between cooperating females. Egregious!

I'm from northern new england, and well the list could go on and on... so here are a few. Florider instead of Florida Mountin' instead of mountain caa instead of car Idear for Idea Gondoler for gondola kit'n for kitten draw for drawer and for all the french folk in town... tree for the number three. huh, I feel better thanks.

Saying crown in stead of crayon.