10 Things… You May Be Mispronouncing

When it comes to pronouncing the hundreds and thousands of words out there, it can become quite a challenge to get them all right. Most of the time in order to avoid embarrassment, there are only two things you can do when you have no idea how to say something; quickly skim over it so no one hears you or just avoid it completely and change your sentence. 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