In the preferred pronunciation of “often”, the “t” is silent. I hear more and more people pronouncing the “t”, so I expect that through common usage it may gradually become acceptable.<\/p>\n
Espresso doesn’t have an “x” in it, though you often hear people pronounce it as if it did.<\/p>\n
Did you have a “real-a-tor” help you sell your house? It’s “realtor”.<\/p>\n
Did you say “I could care less”? Then I guess you care, unless you mean that you “couldn’t care less”. <\/p>\n
Have you heard people say they need to “orientate” themselves when they mean “orient”. <\/p>\n
I’ve already talked about “nucular”. I’ve heard that Americans have more trouble with this than Australians or the British.<\/p>\n
What frequently mispronounced words bug you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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