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20th May 2014
11:11am BST

Never fear, we've been there too. Here are 10 common words that you may be mispronouncing.
1. Wikipedia
Our key reference point and college saviour is actually pronounced "Wee-kee-pedia" and not "wick-ih-pedia".
2. Anyway
Because "anyways" is not a word.
3. Hyperbole
Go away with your "hyper-bowl", "hi-per-bul-ay" is the way to go.
4. Meme
The correct pronunciation of this word is: “meem”, not "me-me" or "mem".
5. Ogle
How do you pronounce “ogle”? Is it oh-gle? Oogle? It’s “oh-gul”, like don’t “oh-gul” me.
6. Duct Tape
Not “duck tape” sadly! Though it sounds more amusing.
7. Sherbet
We’re guilty of this one! Took us quite a while to realise that it was not in fact “sher-bert” but “sher-bet”.
8. Espresso
You'd like to order an "ess-presso", not an "ex".
9. Et cetera (etc.)
Similar to “espresso”, this word doesn’t have an “ex”.
10. Pronunciation
This might seem like an obvious one but many a time have we heard people saying “pro-noun” instead of “pro-nun”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOgk7CxYy1s