Words you deliberately mispronounce

WiFi = “whiffy”
Fajitas with a hard j.

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“Sparkly water”
“Dove-ett” instead of “Doo-vay”

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This is a good one, I also do this. To the extent that even in my internal monologue it’s the “wrong” one.

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Misled = myzled

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Sometimes I say “prenium” instead of “premium” but I can’t, in all honesty, say it’s always deliberate.

Yesterday, I did a small burp and accidentally said “shh” when I meant to say “excuse me”

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Have to talk about ‘entrepreneurs’ at work occasionally, so I try and avoid saying it the same way twice

Entrepreneers
Entreprenyooers
Entreprenoyers
Entreprenhowers etc

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Bolognese.

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Oregano

I say O-rig-a-no not orray-gah-no

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pret a manger

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hyperbole

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Doritos

I like pronouncing “pseudo” as “suede-o”

quinoa

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comin’ atcha

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It’s bollock-knees in my house.

Skellington
Ambliance

I pronounce London like Nick Frost does in Hot Fuzz

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Mac (as in a raincoat): always pronounce it in a bad Scouse accent (“maccchhhh”)

This dates back to a time we visited Liverpool and overheard some woman saying “I don’t want a coat maccchhh, I want a macccchhh maccchhh” (cool story, CCB)

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I say foccacia to the tune of the vocal sample in runaway. Irks my girlfriend a small amount

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Espresso = EX-presso
Awry = OR-ree
Banal = BAY-nal
(last two are a bit niche admittedly, but are based on childhood experience of reading the word before I ever heard anyone say it, so invented my own pronunciation)

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